Popular baby names in Missouri, 1918

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1918 were Mary for girls (1,950 babies) and William for boys (1,428). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,499 babies born in Missouri in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1918

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: 76 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dortha: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Veda: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Melba: 80 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jewell: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lorene: 111 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Leta: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Berniece: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dixie: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vesta: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jewell: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Herschel: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Junior: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Milford: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Virgil: 145 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wilford: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cletus: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loren: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilburn: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Cleo: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	1,950	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,293	–	3
3	Helen	1,013	–	2
4	Ruth	798	–	5
5	Virginia	748	–	7
6	Mildred	708	–	6
7	Margaret	651	–	4
8	Frances	436	–	8
9	Marie	426	–	12
10	Anna	369	↑1	10
11	Ruby	355	↓1	27
12	Edna	322	–	23
13	Hazel	312	–	33
14	Martha	292	↑3	25
15	Elizabeth	290	–	9
16	Evelyn	288	↓2	11
17	Gladys	286	↑5	22
18	Marjorie	284	↑7	34
19	Thelma	283	↓3	32
20	Lucille	281	↓2	29
21	Alice	275	↓1	13
22	Wilma	258	↓3	82
23	Betty	250	↑17	21
24	Pauline	245	↓3	35
25	Doris	237	↑10	19
26	Lillian	237	↑4	15
27	Irene	236	↓4	16
28	Florence	229	↑4	14
29	Edith	216	↓3	30
30	Bernice	213	↓6	41
31	Juanita	209	↑5	85
32	Louise	208	↓5	18
33	Opal	207	↓5	94
34	Lois	200	–	42
35	Josephine	192	↑3	24
36	Ethel	190	↓7	28
37	Catherine	185	–	20
38	Maxine	184	↑8	87
39	Esther	181	–	38
40	Grace	174	↓7	31
41	Clara	162	↓10	43
42	Viola	161	–	59
43	Alma	159	↑4	73
44	Rose	152	↓3	17
45	Georgia	150	↓2	>100
46	Mabel	150	↑4	74
47	Jane	147	new	53
48	Velma	146	new	>100
49	Geraldine	141	new	77
50	Nellie	141	↓6	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	William	1,428	↑1	2
2	John	1,368	↓1	1
3	Robert	1,125	↑1	4
4	James	1,120	↓1	3
5	Charles	921	–	5
6	George	677	–	6
7	Joseph	566	–	7
8	Harold	463	↑1	13
9	Edward	450	↑1	8
10	Paul	410	↓2	14
11	Raymond	403	–	15
12	Frank	362	↑3	9
13	Thomas	324	↑1	10
14	Walter	323	↓2	11
15	Richard	307	↓2	12
16	Roy	306	↑1	32
17	Ralph	304	↑3	22
18	Harry	302	↓2	20
19	Kenneth	290	↑3	27
20	Clarence	285	↑6	23
21	Earl	278	–	31
22	Donald	272	↑5	18
23	Arthur	262	↑2	17
24	Carl	256	↓5	25
25	Jack	256	↓2	21
26	Eugene	246	↑4	35
27	Henry	243	↓9	16
28	Albert	236	↓4	19
29	Fred	212	↑4	33
30	Elmer	206	↑1	44
31	Lawrence	201	↓3	38
32	Howard	197	↓3	26
33	Leonard	191	↑3	41
34	Russell	188	↑7	50
35	Francis	183	↑4	30
36	Lloyd	182	↑1	51
37	Melvin	170	↓2	56
38	Vernon	167	↑11	66
39	Joe	160	↓1	34
40	Floyd	155	↓6	61
41	David	151	↑2	28
42	Lester	148	↑6	62
43	Virgil	145	↑4	99
44	Herbert	142	↓2	40
45	Marvin	141	↑5	68
46	Ray	141	new	69
47	Louis	140	↓15	24
48	Ernest	133	↓3	37
49	Norman	128	↓9	49
50	Leo	127	new	48

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