Popular baby names in Missouri, 1910

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1910 were Mary for girls (611 babies) and William for boys (314). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,909 babies born in Missouri in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Missouri that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nadine: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Pansy: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Opal: 118 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lorene: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fern: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alta: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Madge: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jewell: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Goldie: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Adele: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Virgil: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Orville: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Glen: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Everett: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Ray: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Glenn: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lloyd: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Willard: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Floyd: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cecil: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	611	1
2	Helen	313	2
3	Dorothy	270	4
4	Mildred	267	8
5	Ruth	237	5
6	Marie	218	9
7	Margaret	207	3
8	Gladys	167	15
9	Edna	165	18
10	Anna	162	6
11	Hazel	143	24
12	Frances	133	11
13	Grace	132	23
14	Lucille	129	31
15	Thelma	129	25
16	Virginia	128	29
17	Alice	126	10
18	Ruby	119	27
19	Opal	118	87
20	Ethel	116	13
21	Irene	104	21
22	Lillian	104	14
23	Mabel	103	46
24	Florence	100	12
25	Louise	99	20
26	Clara	98	32
27	Elsie	94	44
28	Elizabeth	93	7
29	Martha	93	28
30	Evelyn	90	17
31	Bernice	87	58
32	Edith	87	35
33	Catherine	85	22
34	Pauline	85	42
35	Bessie	84	37
36	Bertha	83	33
37	Rose	81	16
38	Gertrude	77	26
39	Myrtle	77	43
40	Nellie	77	51
41	Eva	75	45
42	Pearl	75	39
43	Beulah	69	82
44	Lena	68	66
45	Esther	67	38
46	Josephine	66	30
47	Ida	64	47
48	Alma	62	61
49	Velma	58	90
50	Emma	57	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	William	314	3
2	John	288	1
3	James	243	2
4	Charles	183	7
5	Robert	176	4
6	George	170	5
7	Joseph	105	6
8	Thomas	91	12
9	Edward	88	9
10	Paul	88	15
11	Frank	87	8
12	Harold	82	18
13	Raymond	79	19
14	Henry	77	10
15	Carl	75	26
16	Harry	68	16
17	Earl	65	33
18	Walter	65	13
19	Roy	59	29
20	Fred	57	22
21	Clarence	56	20
22	Jack	56	23
23	Richard	54	21
24	Ralph	53	28
25	Albert	52	14
26	Arthur	50	17
27	Howard	50	27
28	Louis	49	24
29	Elmer	44	48
30	Floyd	42	55
31	Lee	38	49
32	Ray	38	68
33	Joe	37	25
34	Lloyd	37	67
35	Herbert	36	41
36	Lawrence	35	35
37	Leo	33	51
38	Chester	32	61
39	Clyde	32	57
40	Kenneth	32	43
41	Leonard	32	46
42	Eugene	30	39
43	Cecil	29	77
44	Everett	29	88
45	Lester	29	64
46	Alfred	28	38
47	Herman	28	52
48	Russell	28	58
49	Ernest	25	31
50	Virgil	25	>100

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