Popular baby names in Missouri, 1914

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1914 were Mary for girls (1,126 babies) and William for boys (907). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,326 babies born in Missouri in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1914

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: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Golda: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Leta: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jewell: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Opal: 180 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Neva: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Pansy: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Fern: 77 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nola: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Goldie: 65 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Cleo: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Claud: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loyd: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Glen: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Forrest: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Virgil: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Don: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jess: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Orville: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	1,126	–	1
2	Dorothy	692	–	3
3	Helen	691	–	2
4	Mildred	452	–	7
5	Ruth	452	–	5
6	Margaret	432	–	4
7	Virginia	356	–	14
8	Marie	329	–	10
9	Frances	283	↑1	9
10	Edna	235	↓1	19
11	Hazel	233	↑3	29
12	Thelma	232	↑5	26
13	Ruby	221	↓2	24
14	Elizabeth	220	↑1	8
15	Anna	217	↓3	6
16	Evelyn	209	↑2	11
17	Gladys	203	↓4	20
18	Alice	184	↑1	12
19	Florence	184	↑6	13
20	Lucille	184	↓4	30
21	Opal	180	↑3	89
22	Martha	168	–	27
23	Louise	162	↑6	17
24	Grace	151	↓1	25
25	Bernice	148	↑11	43
26	Irene	148	↓6	22
27	Edith	144	↑1	31
28	Ethel	143	↓7	21
29	Lillian	142	↑4	16
30	Pauline	138	↓4	34
31	Clara	136	↑3	37
32	Wilma	131	↑3	95
33	Catherine	130	↓2	18
34	Marjorie	130	↑15	45
35	Rose	127	↓8	15
36	Mabel	125	↑6	58
37	Esther	123	↓7	35
38	Josephine	120	–	23
39	Doris	116	new	36
40	Juanita	115	new	94
41	Lois	114	↓1	51
42	Gertrude	112	↓5	32
43	Bertha	109	↑2	41
44	Katherine	109	new	48
45	Elsie	107	↓13	46
46	Viola	105	↑1	57
47	Nellie	104	↓8	61
48	Velma	102	↓5	92
49	Eva	101	↓1	52
50	Pearl	99	↓9	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	William	907	–	2
2	John	899	–	1
3	James	726	–	3
4	Robert	553	↑1	4
5	Charles	547	↓1	7
6	George	455	–	6
7	Joseph	351	–	5
8	Edward	297	–	8
9	Harold	293	↑1	14
10	Paul	268	↑2	13
11	Frank	264	–	9
12	Raymond	260	↓3	16
13	Walter	232	↑3	10
14	Ralph	223	↑6	21
15	Thomas	221	–	11
16	Harry	220	↓3	19
17	Arthur	196	↑2	18
18	Richard	194	↑3	17
19	Albert	179	↑4	15
20	Henry	179	↓2	12
21	Clarence	178	↑3	22
22	Carl	176	↓8	24
23	Kenneth	169	↑9	30
24	Roy	168	↓2	32
25	Earl	153	↓8	33
26	Howard	151	↑1	26
27	Lawrence	148	↑3	35
28	Louis	145	↑3	20
29	Elmer	136	↓4	46
30	Fred	136	↓4	28
31	Jack	131	↓2	27
32	Leonard	120	new	45
33	Eugene	119	↑9	43
34	Joe	119	↑15	34
35	David	115	↑8	29
36	Donald	113	↑2	23
37	Herbert	112	↓9	42
38	Francis	108	↓3	31
39	Chester	102	↑7	56
40	Russell	99	↓7	49
41	Edwin	95	new	53
42	Floyd	95	↓6	58
43	Ernest	92	↓4	38
44	Clyde	90	–	63
45	Lester	89	↓5	57
46	Leo	87	↑4	47
47	Lloyd	86	↓2	66
48	Melvin	82	↓11	59
49	Cecil	81	new	79
50	Alfred	80	new	41

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