Popular baby names in Missouri, 1924

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1924 were Mary for girls (2,260 babies) and Robert for boys (1,788). Social Security records list 62,598 babies born in Missouri in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1924

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: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Nadine: 85 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dorotha: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Retha: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Pansy: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Allene: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fern: 91 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laverne: 115 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alta: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorene: 95 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Truman: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Herschel: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cletus: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Everette: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Milford: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Loyd: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cleo: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alva: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Junior: 106 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ivan: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	2,260	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,377	–	2
3	Betty	1,274	↑1	4
4	Helen	927	↓1	3
5	Virginia	766	–	7
6	Ruth	689	–	6
7	Margaret	667	–	5
8	Mildred	526	–	8
9	Doris	476	–	9
10	Anna	415	↑2	13
11	Frances	396	–	10
12	Ruby	326	↑3	26
13	Marjorie	323	↓3	17
14	Wilma	311	↑3	67
15	Norma	309	↑5	40
16	Evelyn	307	↓3	12
17	Marie	292	↓3	14
18	Martha	285	↓2	21
19	Lois	268	↑5	22
20	Juanita	266	↑2	48
21	Elizabeth	253	↓3	11
22	Alice	247	↓3	15
23	Shirley	242	↑14	19
24	Thelma	240	↓1	33
25	Edna	239	–	31
26	Hazel	230	↓5	42
27	Jean	207	↑4	16
28	Patricia	207	new	35
29	Louise	204	↑3	24
30	Lucille	203	–	37
31	Wanda	194	↑7	74
32	Lillian	193	↓5	23
33	Edith	188	↑2	36
34	Pauline	188	↓6	38
35	Geraldine	185	↑1	58
36	Gladys	181	↓2	30
37	Maxine	181	↓11	77
38	Ethel	176	↑2	39
39	Catherine	174	–	27
40	Florence	168	↑2	20
41	Bernice	167	↓12	47
42	Opal	167	↓1	>100
43	Lorraine	165	↑3	52
44	June	161	–	45
45	Gloria	160	new	41
46	Irene	156	↓13	18
47	Rosemary	151	new	>100
48	Rose	149	↓5	25
49	Audrey	147	↑1	84
50	Grace	142	↓2	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	1,788	–	1
2	William	1,620	–	3
3	James	1,534	–	4
4	John	1,450	–	2
5	Charles	1,182	–	5
6	George	730	–	6
7	Harold	590	–	13
8	Donald	557	↑3	10
9	Richard	524	–	8
10	Edward	499	↓2	9
11	Joseph	485	↓1	7
12	Paul	466	–	14
13	Kenneth	443	–	19
14	Raymond	416	–	15
15	Thomas	416	↑1	11
16	Jack	390	↓1	17
17	Eugene	341	↑4	25
18	Walter	333	↑1	16
19	Carl	308	↑6	27
20	Frank	304	↓2	12
21	Ralph	298	↓4	23
22	Clarence	295	↑1	29
23	Roy	293	↓1	31
24	Arthur	277	↑4	20
25	Earl	261	↑2	33
26	Harry	250	↓6	22
27	Henry	226	↓1	18
28	Billy	219	↑4	63
29	Albert	215	↓5	21
30	Melvin	204	↑8	48
31	David	203	↓2	24
32	Joe	197	↑1	35
33	Norman	197	↑8	42
34	Howard	193	↓3	26
35	Lawrence	190	↓5	36
36	Calvin	187	new	44
37	Elmer	186	↑2	57
38	Fred	181	↓3	32
39	Marvin	178	↓3	50
40	Louis	168	↓6	28
41	Leonard	165	↑2	38
42	Vernon	165	↑3	68
43	Russell	163	new	52
44	Lloyd	159	↓7	61
45	Floyd	157	↓1	66
46	Francis	145	↓6	34
47	Herbert	136	↓5	41
48	Leroy	134	new	53
49	Clifford	127	↓1	64
50	Clyde	127	↓1	69

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