Popular baby names in Missouri, 1923

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1923 were Mary for girls (2,117 babies) and Robert for boys (1,671). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,267 babies born in Missouri in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1923

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: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Lavern: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nadine: 76 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pansy: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leota: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Laverne: 113 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Letha: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Berniece: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leta: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Willa: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 19 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Elvis: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jewell: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Herschel: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Delmar: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Noel: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 196 babies, 3× the national rate
Cletus: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Truman: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Milford: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	2,117	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,366	–	2
3	Helen	1,013	–	3
4	Betty	1,009	↑1	5
5	Virginia	761	↓1	7
6	Ruth	671	–	6
7	Margaret	605	–	4
8	Mildred	580	–	8
9	Doris	432	↑3	11
10	Marjorie	422	–	16
11	Frances	414	–	10
12	Anna	407	↓3	13
13	Evelyn	320	↑1	12
14	Marie	313	↓1	14
15	Ruby	307	↑1	25
16	Martha	292	↓1	21
17	Wilma	286	–	74
18	Elizabeth	269	–	9
19	Alice	268	↑1	15
20	Norma	262	↑3	41
21	Hazel	256	–	40
22	Juanita	245	↑2	51
23	Thelma	244	↓4	31
24	Lois	231	↑1	27
25	Edna	225	↑1	32
26	Maxine	225	↑6	76
27	Lillian	213	–	20
28	Pauline	213	–	37
29	Bernice	211	↑1	43
30	Lucille	203	↓8	35
31	Jean	194	–	19
32	Louise	192	↑1	22
33	Irene	185	↑2	17
34	Gladys	183	↓5	29
35	Edith	182	↑4	36
36	Geraldine	182	–	58
37	Shirley	181	new	26
38	Wanda	179	–	80
39	Catherine	166	↓5	24
40	Ethel	164	–	38
41	Opal	154	↑4	>100
42	Florence	148	↓5	18
43	Rose	148	↓1	23
44	June	144	↓3	42
45	Velma	143	↑5	>100
46	Lorraine	138	new	57
47	Bonnie	136	new	>100
48	Grace	134	↑1	39
49	Georgia	133	↓2	>100
50	Audrey	130	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	1,671	↑1	2
2	William	1,633	↑1	3
3	James	1,533	↓2	4
4	John	1,331	–	1
5	Charles	1,062	–	5
6	George	727	–	6
7	Harold	531	–	13
8	Edward	495	↑2	8
9	Richard	492	–	9
10	Joseph	488	↓2	7
11	Donald	454	↑3	10
12	Paul	433	↓1	14
13	Kenneth	429	–	21
14	Raymond	397	↓2	15
15	Jack	383	↑1	17
16	Thomas	358	↑1	12
17	Ralph	320	↑1	23
18	Frank	305	↑1	11
19	Walter	304	↑1	16
20	Harry	297	↑3	22
21	Eugene	290	↓6	25
22	Roy	264	↓1	32
23	Clarence	261	↑3	29
24	Albert	249	↑4	20
25	Carl	249	↓1	28
26	Henry	246	↑1	18
27	Earl	244	↓2	31
28	Arthur	224	↓6	19
29	David	201	↑2	24
30	Lawrence	198	–	36
31	Howard	197	↓2	26
32	Billy	196	↑14	78
33	Joe	187	–	35
34	Louis	187	↑2	27
35	Fred	183	↓3	33
36	Marvin	183	↑1	51
37	Lloyd	179	↑4	59
38	Melvin	179	↓4	48
39	Elmer	163	↓4	57
40	Francis	162	↑5	34
41	Norman	160	↓1	44
42	Herbert	159	↑2	40
43	Leonard	156	↓5	37
44	Floyd	153	↑4	64
45	Vernon	152	↓6	67
46	Ray	147	new	61
47	Warren	146	–	43
48	Clifford	131	↑2	65
49	Clyde	129	–	68
50	Ernest	128	↓7	38

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