Popular baby names in Missouri, 1929

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,872 babies) and Robert for boys (1,752). Social Security records list 54,863 babies born in Missouri in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1929

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: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lavern: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ava: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nadine: 63 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosalee: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dixie: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dorris: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leota: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laverne: 93 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilma: 285 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 19 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Junior: 126 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bobbie: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Buford: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Eldon: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wilford: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Charley: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Hershel: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bob: 141 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Virgil: 90 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,872	–	1
2	Betty	1,744	–	2
3	Dorothy	946	–	3
4	Shirley	584	↑2	9
5	Helen	558	↓1	4
6	Virginia	496	↓1	11
7	Doris	483	↑1	6
8	Norma	452	↑2	25
9	Margaret	424	–	5
10	Ruth	424	↓3	8
11	Patricia	402	↑1	10
12	Barbara	341	↑4	7
13	Anna	310	–	20
14	Mildred	309	↓3	18
15	Wilma	285	↑5	66
16	Wanda	270	↓1	61
17	Dolores	269	↑4	14
18	Evelyn	258	↑4	19
19	Lois	258	↓1	17
20	Jean	247	↓1	12
21	Joan	238	↑16	13
22	Frances	237	↓5	16
23	Alice	235	–	21
24	Ruby	235	↑2	36
25	Marjorie	231	–	30
26	Martha	226	↓12	27
27	Rose	217	↓3	26
28	Elizabeth	191	–	15
29	Peggy	190	↑5	70
30	Bonnie	176	↓1	86
31	Juanita	175	–	60
32	Marie	175	↓5	22
33	Thelma	170	–	41
34	Geraldine	164	↓2	43
35	Joyce	150	↑4	23
36	Marilyn	149	↑6	33
37	Nancy	146	↑9	32
38	June	143	↑3	48
39	Louise	141	new	31
40	Rosemary	141	↑8	80
41	Maxine	138	↓1	85
42	Gloria	137	↓12	28
43	Delores	130	new	74
44	Catherine	128	↑3	34
45	Edna	128	↓10	51
46	Pauline	127	↓8	50
47	Gladys	125	new	44
48	Beverly	121	new	39
49	Audrey	120	↓4	58
50	Phyllis	120	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	1,752	–	1
2	James	1,427	–	2
3	William	1,307	–	4
4	John	1,179	–	3
5	Charles	1,000	–	5
6	Donald	959	–	7
7	Richard	690	–	6
8	George	528	–	8
9	Billy	496	↑2	23
10	Harold	461	↓1	16
11	Kenneth	411	↓1	18
12	Jack	409	↑2	14
13	Edward	405	↑2	10
14	Raymond	379	↑2	15
15	Joseph	377	↓2	9
16	Thomas	360	↑1	11
17	Paul	353	↓5	13
18	Eugene	322	–	20
19	David	283	↑10	17
20	Bobby	252	↑10	50
21	Ralph	252	↓2	26
22	Frank	240	↑1	12
23	Herbert	236	↑5	25
24	Carl	230	↓4	28
25	Roy	220	↓3	35
26	Walter	213	↓5	19
27	Albert	201	↑9	24
28	Harry	201	↓4	27
29	Clarence	195	↑4	37
30	Earl	192	↓5	36
31	Joe	192	↓5	30
32	Howard	176	–	31
33	Gerald	173	↑5	33
34	Melvin	169	↑7	49
35	Henry	168	–	21
36	Norman	165	↓5	40
37	Arthur	163	↓10	22
38	Bill	162	↑4	63
39	Floyd	155	↑6	58
40	Fred	154	↑4	34
41	Marvin	153	↑2	46
42	Lawrence	148	↓8	38
43	Louis	147	↓6	32
44	Bob	141	↑4	89
45	Francis	129	↑4	39
46	Leonard	128	–	42
47	Junior	126	new	>100
48	Gene	123	↓8	68
49	Leroy	121	new	51
50	Lloyd	120	new	62

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