Popular baby names in Missouri, 1926

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1926 were Mary for girls (2,098 babies) and Robert for boys (1,879). Social Security records list 59,748 babies born in Missouri in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1926

Names given at least 15 times in Missouri that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Leta: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Willa: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Leota: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Nadine: 74 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dixie: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Melba: 84 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Laverne: 119 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaunita: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wilma: 329 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorene: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 24 babies, 29.2× the national rate
Jewell: 22 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Bobbie: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cletus: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gail: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Virgil: 129 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jackie: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Delmar: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alva: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Herschel: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	2,098	–	1
2	Betty	1,455	–	3
3	Dorothy	1,207	–	2
4	Helen	751	–	4
5	Virginia	665	–	8
6	Ruth	542	–	6
7	Margaret	508	–	5
8	Mildred	423	↑1	9
9	Doris	415	↓1	7
10	Norma	397	↑2	29
11	Anna	355	↓1	15
12	Shirley	355	↑7	14
13	Wilma	329	↑1	67
14	Frances	320	↓3	10
15	Ruby	298	–	30
16	Lois	292	↑1	19
17	Evelyn	288	↓1	13
18	Martha	279	–	24
19	Marjorie	276	↓6	22
20	Alice	270	–	17
21	Juanita	254	–	52
22	Jean	250	↑5	12
23	Marie	249	↓1	18
24	Patricia	245	↑1	23
25	Wanda	238	↓1	66
26	Elizabeth	237	↓3	11
27	Thelma	235	↓1	36
28	Rose	232	–	25
29	Barbara	198	↑13	16
30	Edna	197	↑1	38
31	Dolores	185	↑16	49
32	Gloria	185	–	20
33	Bonnie	183	↑10	>100
34	Louise	182	↑5	27
35	Geraldine	173	↓1	54
36	Hazel	172	–	48
37	Pauline	164	↓4	39
38	June	156	↓9	40
39	Maxine	156	↓2	85
40	Gladys	150	↓5	35
41	Irene	149	–	21
42	Lucille	149	↓12	43
43	Audrey	148	↑6	60
44	Lillian	147	↑2	28
45	Ethel	143	new	41
46	Rosemary	143	↑4	95
47	Catherine	141	↓3	31
48	Velma	141	new	>100
49	Opal	138	new	>100
50	Georgia	134	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	1,879	–	1
2	James	1,601	↑1	3
3	William	1,535	↓1	4
4	John	1,370	–	2
5	Charles	1,051	–	5
6	Donald	653	↑1	9
7	Richard	638	↑2	7
8	George	630	↓2	6
9	Harold	542	↓1	14
10	Edward	448	↑1	10
11	Kenneth	441	↑2	18
12	Paul	419	–	13
13	Joseph	411	↓3	8
14	Jack	409	–	16
15	Raymond	400	↑1	15
16	Thomas	354	↓1	11
17	Billy	350	↑7	40
18	Carl	324	↑1	26
19	Eugene	301	↑1	23
20	Frank	295	↓2	12
21	Ralph	293	↑1	24
22	Walter	279	↓5	17
23	Roy	250	↓2	34
24	Clarence	244	↑4	29
25	Harry	237	–	25
26	Earl	224	↑1	32
27	Henry	221	↑4	19
28	Albert	218	↓2	21
29	Howard	214	↑1	27
30	David	206	↓1	22
31	Joe	206	↑2	33
32	Arthur	201	↓9	20
33	Norman	196	↑4	39
34	Marvin	191	–	50
35	Bill	179	↑12	74
36	Lawrence	174	↓4	36
37	Floyd	173	↑2	53
38	Melvin	170	↓3	47
39	Lloyd	156	↑1	60
40	Gerald	151	new	41
41	Leonard	151	↑4	38
42	Louis	151	↑6	30
43	Francis	150	↓7	35
44	Fred	140	↓6	31
45	Russell	140	↓3	52
46	Elmer	139	↓3	61
47	Vernon	136	↓1	66
48	Leo	135	new	54
49	Virgil	129	new	>100
50	Herbert	127	↓1	44

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