Popular baby names in Missouri, 1911

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1911 were Mary for girls (626 babies) and William for boys (319). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,757 babies born in Missouri in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1911

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: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Opal: 159 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Oma: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Imogene: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Fern: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lorene: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peggy: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wilma: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jewell: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Goldie: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Orville: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Glen: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Virgil: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marion: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clyde: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Glenn: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marvin: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Earl: 77 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lester: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Everett: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	626	–	1
2	Helen	373	–	2
3	Dorothy	313	–	4
4	Mildred	290	–	8
5	Margaret	271	↑2	3
6	Ruth	270	↓1	5
7	Marie	194	↓1	9
8	Virginia	182	↑8	26
9	Anna	168	↑1	6
10	Opal	159	↑9	81
11	Gladys	156	↓3	18
12	Edna	152	↓3	17
13	Ruby	151	↑5	22
14	Ethel	148	↑6	15
15	Thelma	141	–	27
16	Frances	139	↓4	10
17	Hazel	124	↓6	25
18	Lillian	123	↑4	13
19	Elizabeth	118	↑9	7
20	Lucille	118	↓6	32
21	Irene	114	–	21
22	Alice	112	↓5	11
23	Louise	109	↑2	19
24	Florence	103	–	12
25	Edith	99	↑7	31
26	Pauline	99	↑8	38
27	Grace	97	↓14	23
28	Mabel	97	↓5	43
29	Martha	92	–	28
30	Bertha	87	↑6	36
31	Myrtle	86	↑8	50
32	Catherine	84	↑1	20
33	Rose	84	↑4	14
34	Evelyn	79	↓4	16
35	Nellie	79	↑5	54
36	Bessie	78	↓1	40
37	Esther	78	↑8	34
38	Alma	76	↑10	62
39	Bernice	76	↓8	51
40	Beulah	74	↑3	79
41	Clara	73	↓15	33
42	Emma	73	↑8	35
43	Pearl	73	↓1	48
44	Viola	73	new	47
45	Wilma	71	new	>100
46	Elsie	70	↓19	41
47	Velma	70	↑2	90
48	Ida	67	↓1	45
49	Eva	66	↓8	46
50	Agnes	65	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	William	319	–	2
2	John	287	–	1
3	James	274	–	3
4	Charles	192	–	7
5	George	175	↑1	4
6	Robert	169	↓1	5
7	Harold	115	↑5	16
8	Joseph	111	↓1	6
9	Edward	93	–	9
10	Thomas	87	↓2	10
11	Raymond	85	↑2	19
12	Paul	82	↓2	17
13	Frank	81	↓2	8
14	Harry	80	↑2	13
15	Walter	80	↑3	12
16	Roy	78	↑3	31
17	Earl	77	–	34
18	Clarence	75	↑3	23
19	Carl	72	↓4	26
20	Ralph	71	↑4	24
21	Henry	70	↓7	11
22	Richard	69	↑1	20
23	Albert	58	↑2	15
24	Lawrence	55	↑12	37
25	Arthur	53	↑1	18
26	Clyde	50	↑13	61
27	Elmer	49	↑2	48
28	Fred	48	↓8	22
29	Herbert	48	↑6	41
30	Jack	48	↓8	25
31	Howard	46	↓4	28
32	Louis	46	↓4	21
33	Eugene	41	↑9	43
34	Ernest	40	↑15	32
35	Leonard	40	↑6	46
36	Kenneth	39	↑4	40
37	Lester	39	↑8	65
38	Chester	38	–	58
39	David	37	new	27
40	Floyd	34	↓10	57
41	Francis	34	new	33
42	Edwin	32	new	60
43	Lloyd	32	↓9	74
44	Virgil	32	↑6	>100
45	Marvin	31	new	82
46	Joe	30	↓13	29
47	Ray	30	↓15	71
48	Melvin	29	new	73
49	Oscar	28	new	68
50	Herman	27	↓3	49

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