Popular baby names in Missouri, 1927

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1927 were Mary for girls (2,312 babies) and Robert for boys (1,827). Social Security records list 59,271 babies born in Missouri in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1927

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

Girls

Darline: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lavern: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dixie: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leta: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Glenda: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freida: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Velda: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leota: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Laverne: 116 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pansy: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 19 babies, 35× the national rate
Cletus: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bobbie: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 51 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Truman: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bob: 146 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Delmar: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Virgil: 109 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Forrest: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cleo: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	2,312	–	1
2	Betty	1,708	–	3
3	Dorothy	1,042	–	2
4	Helen	778	–	4
5	Virginia	620	–	8
6	Ruth	541	–	6
7	Doris	483	↑2	7
8	Margaret	481	↓1	5
9	Norma	418	↑1	26
10	Shirley	417	↑2	9
11	Mildred	404	↓3	11
12	Anna	364	↓1	16
13	Frances	356	↑1	12
14	Patricia	307	↑10	18
15	Ruby	306	–	30
16	Wilma	305	↓3	68
17	Martha	294	↑1	24
18	Evelyn	284	↓1	15
19	Lois	269	↓3	19
20	Barbara	268	↑9	10
21	Wanda	268	↑4	66
22	Marjorie	256	↓3	25
23	Alice	253	↓3	17
24	Jean	236	↓2	14
25	Rose	221	↑3	23
26	Juanita	217	↓5	55
27	Marie	216	↓4	20
28	Elizabeth	213	↓2	13
29	Dolores	202	↑2	34
30	Thelma	200	↓3	38
31	Edna	198	↓1	40
32	Geraldine	178	↑3	58
33	Gloria	172	↓1	22
34	Louise	172	–	27
35	Bonnie	169	↓2	100
36	Pauline	166	↑1	42
37	Gladys	164	↑3	37
38	June	163	–	43
39	Hazel	154	↓3	53
40	Rosemary	153	↑6	86
41	Peggy	149	new	96
42	Maxine	147	↓3	87
43	Edith	145	new	48
44	Lucille	144	↓2	45
45	Catherine	133	↑2	31
46	Irene	130	↓5	21
47	Emma	129	new	64
48	Lillian	129	↓4	32
49	Audrey	128	↓6	62
50	Jane	127	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	1,827	–	1
2	James	1,485	–	3
3	William	1,437	–	4
4	John	1,370	–	2
5	Charles	1,101	–	5
6	Donald	781	–	8
7	George	663	↑1	7
8	Richard	574	↓1	6
9	Harold	562	–	14
10	Paul	447	↑2	13
11	Kenneth	417	–	18
12	Billy	395	↑5	31
13	Jack	393	↑1	16
14	Edward	392	↓4	10
15	Joseph	389	↓2	9
16	Raymond	373	↓1	15
17	Thomas	357	↓1	11
18	Eugene	341	↑1	20
19	Ralph	295	↑2	24
20	Walter	293	↑2	17
21	Frank	271	↓1	12
22	Carl	263	↓4	26
23	Earl	253	↑3	33
24	Roy	249	↓1	34
25	Arthur	224	↑7	22
26	Albert	214	↑2	23
27	Joe	213	↑4	30
28	Henry	208	↓1	19
29	David	194	↑1	21
30	Harry	193	↓5	25
31	Clarence	192	↓7	32
32	Howard	188	↓3	28
33	Norman	187	–	39
34	Lloyd	180	↑5	58
35	Lawrence	179	↑1	37
36	Marvin	173	↓2	47
37	Floyd	172	–	53
38	Bill	168	↓3	69
39	Elmer	165	↑7	61
40	Bobby	160	new	91
41	Gerald	154	↓1	38
42	Louis	149	–	29
43	Melvin	148	↓5	48
44	Bob	146	new	100
45	Fred	146	↓1	35
46	Leonard	139	↓5	40
47	Francis	138	↓4	36
48	Gene	138	new	72
49	Leroy	132	new	51
50	Ernest	128	new	41

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