Popular baby names in Missouri, 1930

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,990 babies) and Robert for boys (1,850). Social Security records list 56,109 babies born in Missouri in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1930

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: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Leota: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dixie: 51 babies, 4× the national rate
Dorris: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fern: 53 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Melva: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Melba: 65 babies, 3× the national rate
Wilda: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Leta: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Bonnie: 236 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 20 babies, 31.2× the national rate
Jewell: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Alva: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Orval: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cleo: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Orville: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bobbie: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Forrest: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delmar: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jackie: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,990	–	1
2	Betty	1,675	–	2
3	Dorothy	932	–	3
4	Shirley	592	–	11
5	Virginia	540	↑1	12
6	Helen	533	↓1	4
7	Doris	474	–	9
8	Norma	474	–	25
9	Patricia	428	↑2	7
10	Barbara	420	↑2	6
11	Margaret	419	↓2	5
12	Ruth	416	↓2	10
13	Dolores	302	↑4	13
14	Wanda	302	↑2	56
15	Lois	294	↑4	17
16	Joan	289	↑5	8
17	Anna	287	↓4	23
18	Mildred	277	↓4	21
19	Wilma	263	↓4	68
20	Martha	262	↑6	27
21	Jean	257	↓1	14
22	Frances	250	–	16
23	Bonnie	236	↑7	78
24	Evelyn	232	↓6	19
25	Rose	230	↑2	29
26	Ruby	221	↓2	36
27	Joyce	219	↑8	18
28	Alice	216	↓5	20
29	Marilyn	206	↑7	22
30	Peggy	198	↓1	67
31	Elizabeth	192	↓3	15
32	Marjorie	188	↓7	32
33	Nancy	184	↑4	24
34	Juanita	182	↓3	57
35	Thelma	173	↓2	45
36	Delores	163	↑7	66
37	Phyllis	160	↑13	28
38	Geraldine	154	↓4	43
39	Gloria	154	↑3	30
40	June	152	↓2	47
41	Edna	150	↑4	51
42	Beverly	149	↑6	34
43	Rosemary	148	↓3	82
44	Marie	144	↓12	26
45	Louise	143	↓6	31
46	Donna	138	new	37
47	Patsy	132	new	97
48	Audrey	122	↑1	63
49	Hazel	121	new	71
50	Clara	117	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	1,850	–	1
2	James	1,449	–	2
3	William	1,266	–	4
4	John	1,226	–	3
5	Charles	1,119	–	6
6	Donald	1,027	–	7
7	Richard	716	–	5
8	George	569	–	8
9	Billy	522	–	20
10	Kenneth	459	↑1	17
11	Harold	447	↓1	18
12	Thomas	392	↑4	11
13	Edward	389	–	10
14	Jack	379	↓2	14
15	Joseph	356	–	9
16	Paul	354	↑1	12
17	Eugene	313	↑1	21
18	Raymond	304	↓4	16
19	David	292	–	15
20	Bobby	290	–	41
21	Carl	262	↑3	26
22	Frank	245	–	13
23	Ralph	241	↓2	25
24	Roy	217	↑1	33
25	Norman	212	↑11	40
26	Harry	208	↑2	28
27	Walter	207	↓1	19
28	Joe	206	↑3	27
29	Arthur	199	↑8	23
30	Clarence	199	↓1	39
31	Earl	197	↓1	38
32	Jerry	185	new	51
33	Albert	182	↓6	24
34	Henry	178	↑1	22
35	Bill	173	↑3	59
36	Lawrence	171	↑6	36
37	Fred	163	↑3	32
38	Howard	161	↓6	31
39	Marvin	158	↑2	48
40	Gerald	157	↓7	30
41	Melvin	157	↓7	50
42	Leonard	149	↑4	45
43	Herbert	146	↓20	35
44	Bob	141	–	88
45	Dale	137	new	64
46	Louis	137	↓3	34
47	Floyd	135	↓8	61
48	Leroy	132	↑1	53
49	Clifford	130	new	73
50	Vernon	130	new	72

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