Popular baby names in Missouri, 1920

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1920 were Mary for girls (2,022 babies) and William for boys (1,453). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,520 babies born in Missouri in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1920

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

Girls

Glenda: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Leta: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Nadine: 69 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maurine: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Reva: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alpha: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dixie: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Willa: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dortha: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Fern: 113 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 20 babies, 30.6× the national rate
Denzil: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jewell: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jewel: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hershel: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Truman: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alva: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Junior: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loren: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noel: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	2,022	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,300	–	2
3	Helen	1,054	–	3
4	Ruth	791	↑3	5
5	Virginia	763	–	7
6	Mildred	695	↓2	6
7	Margaret	622	↓1	4
8	Frances	438	–	9
9	Betty	424	↑6	11
10	Marie	399	↓1	13
11	Anna	369	↓1	10
12	Thelma	333	–	31
13	Ruby	323	↓2	26
14	Marjorie	314	↑8	24
15	Evelyn	302	↓1	12
16	Doris	301	↑12	14
17	Hazel	288	↓4	34
18	Wilma	274	↑2	78
19	Edna	266	↓3	27
20	Lucille	263	↓2	29
21	Martha	254	↓4	23
22	Elizabeth	253	↑1	8
23	Gladys	248	↓4	22
24	Alice	246	–	15
25	Juanita	234	↑1	61
26	Louise	231	↑9	19
27	Pauline	220	↓2	36
28	Irene	215	↓7	17
29	Edith	214	↓2	32
30	Lillian	213	↓1	18
31	Bernice	207	–	40
32	Ethel	207	↑1	30
33	Florence	205	↑4	16
34	Geraldine	202	↑5	60
35	Maxine	201	↓3	81
36	Opal	199	↓6	>100
37	Norma	179	new	69
38	Velma	169	↑11	>100
39	Clara	168	↑1	44
40	Catherine	166	↓4	21
41	Lois	165	↓7	38
42	June	159	new	53
43	Lorraine	150	new	70
44	Jean	149	new	33
45	Rose	147	–	20
46	Kathryn	146	new	67
47	Esther	145	↓6	39
48	Katherine	144	new	45
49	Vera	140	↑1	75
50	Eleanor	139	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	William	1,453	–	2
2	John	1,361	–	1
3	James	1,273	–	4
4	Robert	1,264	–	3
5	Charles	1,036	–	5
6	George	660	–	6
7	Harold	527	↑1	12
8	Joseph	474	↓1	7
9	Paul	441	↑2	14
10	Edward	434	–	8
11	Raymond	411	↓2	15
12	Richard	382	↑2	10
13	Frank	370	↑3	9
14	Jack	350	↑5	20
15	Thomas	335	↓3	11
16	Donald	325	↑9	16
17	Walter	322	↓4	13
18	Kenneth	318	↓3	23
19	Ralph	293	↓2	22
20	Roy	286	↓2	32
21	Carl	281	–	27
22	Eugene	280	↑4	30
23	Arthur	266	↓3	18
24	Harry	259	↓2	21
25	Clarence	246	↓2	26
26	Earl	240	↑1	31
27	Henry	240	↑2	17
28	Warren	231	new	39
29	Howard	227	↓1	24
30	Albert	214	↓6	19
31	Elmer	200	↓1	45
32	Fred	193	–	33
33	Leonard	184	↓2	38
34	Russell	182	↑9	51
35	Marvin	181	↑5	62
36	David	177	↓2	25
37	Francis	177	↑10	34
38	Herbert	177	–	41
39	Lloyd	176	↓6	58
40	Lawrence	173	↓5	36
41	Melvin	171	↓5	54
42	Joe	164	↓5	35
43	Louis	159	↑1	28
44	Floyd	156	new	61
45	Norman	153	↓3	47
46	Vernon	145	↓7	65
47	Ray	135	↑1	67
48	Clifford	133	↓2	59
49	Lester	133	new	69
50	Ernest	124	–	37

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