Popular baby names in Missouri, 1922

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1922 were Mary for girls (2,107 babies) and James for boys (1,464). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,750 babies born in Missouri in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1922

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, 5.4× the national rate
Nadine: 67 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charlene: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Fern: 101 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Pansy: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Willa: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leta: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilma: 270 babies, 3× the national rate
Melba: 72 babies, 3× the national rate
Imogene: 70 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 20 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Jewell: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Noel: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alva: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Winfred: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Truman: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cletus: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jean: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doyle: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Omer: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	2,107	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,356	–	2
3	Helen	966	–	3
4	Virginia	831	–	7
5	Betty	806	↑3	6
6	Ruth	642	↓1	5
7	Margaret	603	↓1	4
8	Mildred	568	↓1	8
9	Anna	402	↑1	12
10	Marjorie	374	↑1	16
11	Frances	371	↓2	10
12	Doris	367	↑1	11
13	Marie	331	↓1	14
14	Evelyn	329	↑1	13
15	Martha	292	↑1	21
16	Ruby	285	↓2	26
17	Wilma	270	↑6	77
18	Elizabeth	254	↑4	9
19	Thelma	248	↑1	31
20	Alice	241	↓1	15
21	Hazel	238	↓3	37
22	Lucille	232	↑2	33
23	Norma	228	↑3	46
24	Juanita	225	↑1	57
25	Lois	220	↑6	35
26	Edna	218	↓5	29
27	Lillian	214	↑5	19
28	Pauline	210	↑1	36
29	Gladys	208	↓12	25
30	Bernice	202	–	41
31	Jean	198	↑14	20
32	Maxine	197	↓5	82
33	Louise	194	↑1	22
34	Catherine	192	↑5	24
35	Irene	188	↓2	17
36	Geraldine	179	↑4	58
37	Florence	178	↓9	18
38	Wanda	174	new	92
39	Edith	170	↓3	34
40	Ethel	169	↑1	32
41	June	168	↓3	45
42	Rose	168	↑4	23
43	Esther	151	↑6	44
44	Clara	145	–	47
45	Opal	145	↓10	>100
46	Jane	143	↑2	55
47	Georgia	141	new	>100
48	Emma	140	new	50
49	Grace	139	↓2	38
50	Velma	139	↓13	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	James	1,464	↑1	4
2	Robert	1,454	↑1	2
3	William	1,442	↓2	3
4	John	1,272	–	1
5	Charles	1,046	–	5
6	George	693	–	6
7	Harold	524	–	13
8	Joseph	454	–	7
9	Richard	439	↑4	9
10	Edward	436	–	8
11	Paul	413	–	14
12	Raymond	413	–	16
13	Kenneth	385	↓4	21
14	Donald	340	↑1	12
15	Eugene	333	↑4	25
16	Jack	333	–	18
17	Thomas	313	↓3	11
18	Ralph	310	↓1	23
19	Frank	309	↑2	10
20	Walter	302	–	15
21	Roy	290	↑6	32
22	Arthur	279	↑1	19
23	Harry	271	↑1	22
24	Carl	250	↓2	30
25	Earl	244	–	31
26	Clarence	234	–	29
27	Henry	221	↑2	17
28	Albert	218	–	20
29	Howard	212	↑1	26
30	Lawrence	207	↑1	36
31	David	195	↑4	24
32	Fred	190	↑1	33
33	Joe	187	↓1	35
34	Melvin	185	↑4	50
35	Elmer	169	↓1	54
36	Louis	167	↑1	27
37	Marvin	167	↑9	56
38	Leonard	165	↑5	38
39	Vernon	164	↑3	68
40	Norman	159	↑4	44
41	Lloyd	155	↓5	59
42	Russell	155	new	49
43	Ernest	149	new	37
44	Herbert	148	↓4	40
45	Francis	147	↓6	34
46	Billy	145	new	90
47	Warren	143	↓29	45
48	Floyd	137	↓7	61
49	Clyde	132	new	67
50	Clifford	124	↓5	63

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