Popular baby names in Missouri, 1913

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1913 were Mary for girls (971 babies) and William for boys (789). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,944 babies born in Missouri in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1913

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

Girls

Golda: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leta: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nadine: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Berniece: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leota: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alpha: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Neva: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Opal: 150 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorene: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Fern: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Herschel: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Truman: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Noel: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emery: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Delbert: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Forrest: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Eldon: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Loyd: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Garland: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Glen: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	971	–	1
2	Dorothy	602	↑1	3
3	Helen	562	↓1	2
4	Mildred	462	↑1	6
5	Ruth	421	↓1	5
6	Margaret	351	–	4
7	Virginia	293	–	15
8	Marie	280	–	10
9	Edna	242	↑4	18
10	Frances	242	–	9
11	Ruby	242	↑1	23
12	Anna	221	↓3	7
13	Gladys	215	↑4	19
14	Hazel	205	↑1	27
15	Elizabeth	185	↓1	8
16	Lucille	181	–	31
17	Thelma	178	↓6	26
18	Evelyn	168	↑9	12
19	Alice	160	↑4	11
20	Irene	153	↓1	21
21	Ethel	152	↑1	20
22	Martha	152	↑3	28
23	Grace	151	↓5	25
24	Opal	150	↓4	86
25	Florence	140	↓4	13
26	Pauline	136	↑12	35
27	Rose	136	↑8	14
28	Edith	131	↓4	29
29	Louise	131	↓1	17
30	Esther	128	↓4	32
31	Catherine	125	–	22
32	Elsie	124	↑10	40
33	Lillian	124	↓3	16
34	Clara	123	↓5	36
35	Wilma	117	↑6	92
36	Bernice	115	↓2	45
37	Gertrude	111	↓4	33
38	Josephine	111	↑5	24
39	Nellie	108	↑7	58
40	Lois	103	new	59
41	Pearl	98	new	55
42	Mabel	97	↓10	56
43	Velma	97	new	89
44	Alma	95	–	64
45	Bertha	95	↓6	39
46	Myrtle	94	↓9	53
47	Viola	94	↑3	52
48	Eva	91	↓8	50
49	Marjorie	89	new	48
50	Jessie	88	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	William	789	–	2
2	John	722	–	1
3	James	586	–	3
4	Charles	499	–	7
5	Robert	489	–	4
6	George	363	–	6
7	Joseph	302	–	5
8	Edward	244	–	8
9	Raymond	238	↑2	18
10	Harold	227	–	13
11	Frank	212	↓2	9
12	Paul	197	–	14
13	Harry	195	↑7	15
14	Carl	189	↑5	23
15	Thomas	176	↑1	10
16	Walter	175	↓3	11
17	Earl	159	↑6	31
18	Henry	157	↓3	12
19	Arthur	153	↑6	17
20	Ralph	152	↓3	22
21	Richard	150	–	19
22	Roy	147	–	32
23	Albert	137	↓5	16
24	Clarence	136	↓10	21
25	Elmer	125	↑3	45
26	Fred	122	↑6	27
27	Howard	122	–	26
28	Herbert	112	↑1	39
29	Jack	110	↓3	28
30	Lawrence	105	↓6	35
31	Louis	104	↓1	20
32	Kenneth	103	↑1	33
33	Russell	97	↑8	50
34	Woodrow	93	↑1	44
35	Francis	92	↑10	30
36	Floyd	90	↑10	58
37	Melvin	90	new	61
38	Donald	86	↓4	25
39	Ernest	86	↓1	34
40	Lester	85	↑10	59
41	Ray	82	new	73
42	Eugene	80	↓11	43
43	David	79	↑1	29
44	Clyde	78	↓8	64
45	Lloyd	78	new	67
46	Chester	76	↑1	56
47	Glenn	75	new	85
48	Marvin	72	new	77
49	Joe	70	↓12	37
50	Leo	70	↓2	48

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