Popular baby names in Missouri, 1925

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1925 were Mary for girls (2,155 babies) and Robert for boys (1,718). Social Security records list 60,934 babies born in Missouri in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1925

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, 6.5× the national rate
Leta: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Veda: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dixie: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Celeste: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nadine: 72 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pansy: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dortha: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jaunita: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laverne: 109 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Cletus: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bobby: 102 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Billie: 79 babies, 3× the national rate
Charley: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bobbie: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gene: 117 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delmar: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wilford: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alva: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Junior: 112 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	2,155	–	1
2	Betty	1,413	↑1	3
3	Dorothy	1,279	↓1	2
4	Helen	845	–	4
5	Virginia	747	–	7
6	Ruth	619	–	6
7	Margaret	584	–	5
8	Doris	472	↑1	8
9	Mildred	456	↓1	9
10	Anna	353	–	13
11	Frances	352	–	11
12	Norma	343	↑3	34
13	Marjorie	327	–	21
14	Wilma	318	–	62
15	Ruby	303	↓3	30
16	Evelyn	287	–	12
17	Lois	287	↑2	18
18	Martha	277	–	23
19	Shirley	272	↑4	17
20	Alice	269	↑2	15
21	Juanita	258	↓1	49
22	Marie	243	↓5	16
23	Elizabeth	232	↓2	10
24	Wanda	228	↑7	72
25	Patricia	227	↑3	28
26	Thelma	227	↓2	35
27	Jean	210	–	14
28	Rose	205	↑20	26
29	June	202	↑15	39
30	Lucille	197	–	41
31	Edna	190	↓6	37
32	Gloria	189	↑13	20
33	Pauline	183	↑1	38
34	Geraldine	181	↑1	54
35	Gladys	178	↑1	33
36	Hazel	177	↓10	45
37	Maxine	177	–	79
38	Florence	174	↑2	24
39	Louise	170	↓10	27
40	Bernice	166	↑1	46
41	Irene	165	↑5	19
42	Barbara	164	new	22
43	Bonnie	161	new	>100
44	Catherine	159	↓5	29
45	Lorraine	159	↓2	51
46	Lillian	157	↓14	25
47	Dolores	156	new	64
48	Edith	148	↓15	42
49	Audrey	144	–	78
50	Rosemary	141	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	1,718	–	1
2	William	1,619	–	3
3	James	1,513	–	4
4	John	1,417	–	2
5	Charles	1,136	–	5
6	George	633	–	6
7	Donald	568	↑1	10
8	Harold	555	↓1	14
9	Richard	511	–	8
10	Joseph	476	↑1	7
11	Edward	439	↓1	9
12	Paul	438	–	13
13	Kenneth	431	–	19
14	Jack	413	↑2	17
15	Thomas	410	–	11
16	Raymond	377	↓2	15
17	Walter	333	↑1	16
18	Frank	310	↑2	12
19	Carl	305	–	28
20	Eugene	301	↓3	24
21	Roy	300	↑2	32
22	Ralph	297	↓1	25
23	Arthur	284	↑1	20
24	Billy	278	↑4	49
25	Harry	261	↑1	23
26	Albert	241	↑3	21
27	Earl	231	↓2	31
28	Clarence	229	↓6	30
29	David	217	↑2	22
30	Howard	201	↑4	26
31	Henry	197	↓4	18
32	Lawrence	197	↑3	36
33	Joe	193	↓1	34
34	Marvin	191	↑5	51
35	Melvin	188	↓5	50
36	Francis	178	↑10	35
37	Norman	176	↓4	41
38	Fred	174	–	33
39	Floyd	166	↑6	58
40	Lloyd	162	↑4	62
41	Calvin	161	↓5	47
42	Russell	155	↑1	53
43	Elmer	152	↓6	61
44	Clifford	148	↑5	59
45	Leonard	148	↓4	38
46	Vernon	148	↓4	67
47	Bill	147	new	84
48	Louis	146	↓8	29
49	Herbert	142	↓2	42
50	Ernest	138	new	37

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