Popular baby names in Missouri, 1919

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,817 babies) and William for boys (1,298). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,317 babies born in Missouri in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1919

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

Girls

Leta: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Crystal: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Golda: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nadine: 57 babies, 4× the national rate
Fern: 108 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jewell: 75 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lorene: 114 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Willa: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Berniece: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zella: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jewell: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Denver: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Herschel: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Orval: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Milford: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Junior: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cleo: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alva: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noble: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Truman: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,817	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,158	–	3
3	Helen	1,011	–	2
4	Mildred	706	↑2	6
5	Virginia	676	–	7
6	Margaret	646	↑1	4
7	Ruth	645	↓3	5
8	Frances	458	–	9
9	Marie	396	–	12
10	Anna	377	–	10
11	Ruby	357	–	24
12	Thelma	305	↑7	31
13	Hazel	295	–	32
14	Evelyn	292	↑2	11
15	Betty	283	↑8	15
16	Edna	276	↓4	22
17	Martha	263	↓3	25
18	Lucille	248	↑2	27
19	Gladys	247	↓2	21
20	Wilma	245	↑2	86
21	Irene	244	↑6	16
22	Marjorie	241	↓4	33
23	Elizabeth	240	↓8	8
24	Alice	235	↓3	13
25	Pauline	222	↓1	36
26	Juanita	215	↑5	73
27	Edith	213	↑2	29
28	Doris	210	↓3	18
29	Lillian	210	↓3	17
30	Opal	205	↑3	98
31	Bernice	198	↓1	42
32	Maxine	192	↑6	85
33	Ethel	189	↑3	28
34	Lois	183	–	40
35	Louise	183	↓3	20
36	Catherine	178	↑1	23
37	Florence	175	↓9	14
38	Grace	175	↑2	34
39	Geraldine	153	↑10	68
40	Clara	151	↑1	43
41	Esther	150	↓2	38
42	Viola	149	–	58
43	Nellie	148	↑7	69
44	Eva	146	new	55
45	Rose	146	↓1	19
46	Alma	141	↓3	76
47	Emma	138	new	45
48	Josephine	135	↓13	26
49	Velma	135	↓1	>100
50	Vera	135	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	William	1,298	–	2
2	John	1,252	–	1
3	James	1,133	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,094	↓1	4
5	Charles	866	–	5
6	George	648	–	6
7	Joseph	504	–	7
8	Harold	467	–	13
9	Raymond	424	↑2	14
10	Edward	415	↓1	8
11	Paul	353	↓1	15
12	Thomas	338	↑1	10
13	Walter	318	↑1	11
14	Richard	301	↑1	12
15	Kenneth	287	↑4	26
16	Frank	283	↓4	9
17	Ralph	267	–	22
18	Roy	260	↓2	32
19	Jack	253	↑6	21
20	Arthur	247	↑3	19
21	Carl	246	↑3	29
22	Harry	246	↓4	20
23	Clarence	245	↓3	25
24	Albert	238	↑4	18
25	Donald	235	↓3	17
26	Eugene	227	–	33
27	Earl	215	↓6	31
28	Howard	210	↑4	24
29	Henry	208	↓2	16
30	Elmer	198	–	44
31	Leonard	183	↑2	39
32	Fred	181	↓3	30
33	Lloyd	181	↑3	58
34	David	175	↑7	27
35	Lawrence	161	↓4	38
36	Melvin	156	↑1	56
37	Joe	153	↑2	35
38	Herbert	151	↑6	40
39	Vernon	149	↓1	65
40	Marvin	147	↑5	63
41	Cecil	145	new	78
42	Norman	145	↑7	48
43	Russell	145	↓9	50
44	Louis	144	↑3	28
45	Clyde	139	new	67
46	Clifford	138	new	60
47	Francis	137	↓12	34
48	Ray	134	↓2	69
49	Leo	133	↑1	49
50	Ernest	132	↓2	36

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