Popular baby names in Missouri, 1915

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1915 were Mary for girls (1,562 babies) and William for boys (1,252). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,128 babies born in Missouri in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1915

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: 66 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Golda: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Celeste: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Pansy: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leota: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leta: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Melva: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jewell: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Retha: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Fern: 104 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Oren: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Truman: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Herschel: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gene: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Claud: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Noel: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Glen: 96 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cleo: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Delmar: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	1,562	–	1
2	Dorothy	943	–	3
3	Helen	899	–	2
4	Ruth	649	↑1	5
5	Mildred	640	↓1	6
6	Virginia	559	↑1	12
7	Margaret	506	↓1	4
8	Marie	432	–	11
9	Frances	385	–	9
10	Anna	352	↑5	7
11	Ruby	331	↑2	24
12	Hazel	325	↓1	26
13	Lucille	317	↑7	29
14	Thelma	292	↓2	30
15	Edna	284	↓5	20
16	Gladys	281	↑1	21
17	Evelyn	270	↓1	10
18	Alice	255	–	13
19	Elizabeth	253	↓5	8
20	Florence	234	↓1	14
21	Martha	233	↑1	25
22	Lillian	231	↑7	15
23	Louise	221	–	18
24	Opal	216	↓3	90
25	Wilma	209	↑7	80
26	Esther	203	↑11	33
27	Irene	202	↓1	17
28	Pauline	201	↑2	32
29	Bernice	191	↓4	42
30	Catherine	185	↑3	19
31	Ethel	184	↓3	23
32	Edith	181	↓5	31
33	Juanita	173	↑7	92
34	Grace	166	↓10	27
35	Marjorie	166	↓1	39
36	Rose	163	↓1	16
37	Josephine	159	↑1	22
38	Gertrude	153	↑4	35
39	Mabel	151	↓3	62
40	Velma	149	↑8	94
41	Viola	146	↑5	59
42	Doris	143	↓3	34
43	Lois	141	↓2	47
44	Nellie	139	↑3	63
45	Elsie	136	–	41
46	Pearl	136	↑4	56
47	Vera	134	new	65
48	Alma	133	new	70
49	Clara	131	↓18	38
50	Maxine	129	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	William	1,252	–	2
2	John	1,142	–	1
3	James	966	–	3
4	Robert	809	–	4
5	Charles	805	–	7
6	George	605	–	6
7	Joseph	443	–	5
8	Harold	432	↑1	12
9	Edward	420	↓1	8
10	Paul	407	–	13
11	Raymond	350	↑1	16
12	Frank	338	↓1	9
13	Walter	315	–	11
14	Harry	311	↑2	19
15	Carl	305	↑7	22
16	Ralph	284	↓2	21
17	Thomas	267	↓2	10
18	Clarence	258	↑3	24
19	Roy	257	↑5	32
20	Richard	246	↓2	15
21	Kenneth	235	↑2	28
22	Arthur	233	↓5	18
23	Henry	231	↓3	14
24	Earl	227	↑1	33
25	Albert	218	↓6	17
26	Howard	208	–	25
27	Elmer	202	↑2	45
28	Fred	193	↑2	26
29	Jack	188	↑2	27
30	Eugene	185	↑3	41
31	Lawrence	177	↓4	37
32	Louis	167	↓4	23
33	Donald	166	↑3	20
34	Floyd	163	↑8	59
35	Francis	155	↑3	29
36	Herbert	154	↑1	40
37	Cecil	147	↑12	76
38	Joe	146	↓4	38
39	Melvin	145	↑9	60
40	David	141	↓5	31
41	Russell	134	↓1	51
42	Willard	134	new	58
43	Leo	133	↑3	47
44	Clyde	128	–	63
45	Ernest	128	↓2	35
46	Lester	124	↓1	57
47	Leonard	122	↓15	44
48	Lloyd	121	↓1	62
49	Edwin	117	↓8	53
50	Ray	110	new	67

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