Popular baby names in Missouri, 1921

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1921 were Mary for girls (2,122 babies) and William for boys (1,544). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,624 babies born in Missouri in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1921

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: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nadine: 95 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Celeste: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Leta: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alpha: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Pansy: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dixie: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dorris: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nelda: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leota: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Oral: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Jewell: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Burl: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Forest: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hershel: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Delmar: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alva: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Milford: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Noel: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilford: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	2,122	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,411	–	2
3	Helen	1,038	–	3
4	Virginia	820	↑1	6
5	Ruth	731	↓1	5
6	Margaret	677	↑1	4
7	Mildred	666	↓1	7
8	Betty	627	↑1	8
9	Frances	458	↓1	9
10	Anna	425	↑1	11
11	Marjorie	425	↑3	16
12	Marie	358	↓2	14
13	Doris	346	↑3	13
14	Ruby	343	↓1	26
15	Evelyn	318	–	12
16	Martha	300	↑5	21
17	Gladys	282	↑6	24
18	Hazel	282	↓1	34
19	Alice	278	↑5	15
20	Thelma	273	↓8	30
21	Edna	272	↓2	27
22	Elizabeth	263	–	10
23	Wilma	257	↓5	72
24	Lucille	256	↓4	31
25	Juanita	255	–	57
26	Norma	250	↑11	51
27	Maxine	222	↑8	77
28	Florence	214	↑5	17
29	Pauline	214	↓2	37
30	Bernice	213	↑1	39
31	Lois	211	↑10	38
32	Lillian	210	↓2	19
33	Irene	209	↓5	18
34	Louise	207	↓8	22
35	Opal	199	↑1	>100
36	Edith	198	↓7	33
37	Velma	187	↑1	>100
38	June	182	↑4	50
39	Catherine	174	↑1	23
40	Geraldine	173	↓6	62
41	Ethel	166	↓9	32
42	Lorraine	161	↑1	61
43	Josephine	157	new	28
44	Clara	156	↓5	45
45	Jean	152	↓1	25
46	Rose	152	↓1	20
47	Grace	150	new	35
48	Jane	144	new	47
49	Esther	143	↓2	42
50	Eva	142	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	William	1,544	–	3
2	James	1,497	↑1	4
3	Robert	1,405	↑1	2
4	John	1,403	↓2	1
5	Charles	1,065	–	5
6	George	701	–	6
7	Harold	572	–	12
8	Joseph	523	–	7
9	Kenneth	443	↑9	22
10	Edward	427	–	8
11	Paul	427	↓2	14
12	Raymond	416	↓1	16
13	Richard	410	↓1	10
14	Thomas	398	↑1	11
15	Donald	359	↑1	13
16	Jack	357	↓2	18
17	Ralph	354	↑2	23
18	Warren	322	↑10	24
19	Eugene	312	↑3	26
20	Walter	305	↓3	15
21	Frank	303	↓8	9
22	Carl	302	↓1	30
23	Arthur	287	–	19
24	Harry	286	–	21
25	Earl	278	↑1	31
26	Clarence	272	↓1	28
27	Roy	259	↓7	32
28	Albert	245	↑2	20
29	Henry	240	↓2	17
30	Howard	234	↓1	27
31	Lawrence	221	↑9	37
32	Joe	214	↑10	36
33	Fred	207	↓1	33
34	Elmer	199	↓3	48
35	David	195	↑1	25
36	Lloyd	178	↑3	58
37	Louis	178	↑6	29
38	Melvin	166	↑3	53
39	Francis	163	↓2	35
40	Herbert	162	↓2	42
41	Floyd	160	↑3	63
42	Vernon	158	↑4	68
43	Leonard	150	↓10	39
44	Norman	150	↑1	46
45	Clifford	148	↑3	62
46	Marvin	146	↓11	59
47	Leo	141	new	50
48	Leroy	138	new	55
49	Ray	138	↓2	67
50	Lester	134	↓1	66

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