Popular baby names in Missouri, 1928

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,089 babies) and Robert for boys (1,804). Social Security records list 56,520 babies born in Missouri in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1928

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: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Dixie: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Oma: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nadine: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Letha: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Berniece: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dorris: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marcella: 93 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laverne: 95 babies, 3× the national rate
Leota: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 27 babies, 33.5× the national rate
Cleo: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Herschel: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Truman: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alva: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobbie: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bobby: 196 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bob: 138 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Virgil: 93 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delmar: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,089	–	1
2	Betty	1,641	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,077	–	3
4	Helen	715	–	4
5	Virginia	510	–	9
6	Shirley	495	↑4	10
7	Ruth	485	↓1	6
8	Doris	474	↓1	7
9	Margaret	446	↓1	5
10	Norma	412	↓1	23
11	Mildred	360	–	15
12	Patricia	314	↑2	11
13	Anna	313	↓1	16
14	Martha	294	↑3	22
15	Wanda	288	↑6	63
16	Barbara	286	↑4	8
17	Frances	285	↓4	13
18	Lois	279	↑1	18
19	Jean	275	↑5	12
20	Wilma	269	↓4	69
21	Dolores	262	↑8	20
22	Evelyn	254	↓4	17
23	Alice	242	–	19
24	Rose	236	↑1	24
25	Marjorie	232	↓3	29
26	Ruby	229	↓11	34
27	Marie	198	–	21
28	Elizabeth	190	–	14
29	Bonnie	187	↑6	89
30	Gloria	182	↑3	25
31	Juanita	174	↓5	58
32	Geraldine	173	–	50
33	Thelma	168	↓3	40
34	Peggy	167	↑7	76
35	Edna	165	↓4	45
36	Hazel	156	↑3	59
37	Joan	150	new	27
38	Pauline	150	↓2	48
39	Joyce	149	new	30
40	Maxine	145	↑2	84
41	June	144	↓3	44
42	Marilyn	142	new	38
43	Marian	139	new	71
44	Velma	138	new	>100
45	Audrey	135	↑4	60
46	Nancy	135	new	43
47	Catherine	134	↓2	33
48	Rosemary	132	↓8	88
49	Georgia	130	new	>100
50	Lillian	126	↓2	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	1,804	–	1
2	James	1,371	–	3
3	William	1,328	–	4
4	John	1,231	–	2
5	Charles	1,049	–	5
6	Donald	854	–	7
7	Richard	624	↑1	6
8	George	579	↓1	8
9	Harold	514	–	14
10	Kenneth	458	↑1	17
11	Billy	452	↑1	27
12	Paul	418	↓2	13
13	Joseph	394	↑2	9
14	Jack	385	↓1	15
15	Edward	382	↓1	10
16	Raymond	358	–	16
17	Thomas	347	–	11
18	Eugene	328	–	20
19	Ralph	264	–	24
20	Carl	256	↑2	28
21	Walter	254	↓1	18
22	Roy	242	↑2	34
23	Frank	235	↓2	12
24	Harry	222	↑6	26
25	Earl	221	↓2	37
26	Joe	214	↑1	30
27	Arthur	210	↓2	22
28	Herbert	209	new	25
29	David	205	–	19
30	Bobby	196	↑10	65
31	Norman	185	↑2	39
32	Howard	180	–	31
33	Clarence	177	↓2	35
34	Lawrence	170	↑1	38
35	Henry	165	↓7	21
36	Albert	164	↓10	23
37	Louis	161	↑5	32
38	Gerald	160	↑3	41
39	Alfred	159	new	33
40	Gene	159	↑8	62
41	Melvin	159	↑2	48
42	Bill	157	↓4	64
43	Marvin	156	↓7	46
44	Fred	153	↑1	36
45	Floyd	149	↓8	54
46	Leonard	146	–	42
47	Vernon	145	new	70
48	Bob	138	↓4	95
49	Francis	137	↓2	40
50	Ray	118	new	57

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