Popular baby names in Missouri, 1931

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,885 babies) and Robert for boys (1,867). Social Security records list 54,138 babies born in Missouri in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1931

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

Girls

Rowena: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Glenda: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Leota: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Velda: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Pansy: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dixie: 54 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Melba: 66 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dorris: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonnie: 278 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jewell: 34 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Carol: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Herschel: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jackie: 107 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hershel: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Donnie: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Buddy: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bob: 181 babies, 3× the national rate
Frankie: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Cleo: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,885	–	1
2	Betty	1,572	–	2
3	Dorothy	820	–	3
4	Shirley	652	–	9
5	Helen	544	↑1	6
6	Barbara	535	↑4	4
7	Virginia	500	↓2	12
8	Norma	490	–	22
9	Patricia	460	–	8
10	Doris	446	↓3	10
11	Margaret	415	–	7
12	Joan	379	↑4	5
13	Ruth	330	↓1	11
14	Bonnie	278	↑9	73
15	Wanda	273	↓1	54
16	Anna	271	↑1	25
17	Lois	264	↓2	20
18	Dolores	256	↓5	14
19	Mildred	250	↓1	26
20	Jean	248	↑1	13
21	Wilma	245	↓2	69
22	Joyce	236	↑5	15
23	Marilyn	234	↑6	19
24	Evelyn	233	–	24
25	Frances	228	↓3	18
26	Alice	220	↑2	21
27	Martha	220	↓7	28
28	Peggy	217	↑2	42
29	Nancy	203	↑4	17
30	Ruby	192	↓4	39
31	Gloria	189	↑8	23
32	Marjorie	189	–	34
33	Rose	185	↓8	30
34	Donna	180	↑12	32
35	Juanita	173	↓1	57
36	Beverly	171	↑6	31
37	Elizabeth	171	↓6	16
38	Marie	166	↑6	27
39	Delores	155	↓3	58
40	Phyllis	144	↓3	29
41	Patsy	143	↑6	83
42	Edna	139	↓1	52
43	Thelma	137	↓8	53
44	Geraldine	134	↓6	38
45	Carol	133	new	46
46	June	127	↓6	44
47	Louise	121	↓2	33
48	Clara	119	↑2	61
49	Rosemary	118	↓6	88
50	Joann	108	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	1,867	–	1
2	James	1,441	–	2
3	William	1,158	–	4
4	John	1,112	–	3
5	Donald	1,077	↑1	7
6	Charles	1,027	↓1	6
7	Richard	738	–	5
8	Billy	525	↑1	19
9	George	484	↓1	8
10	Kenneth	449	–	14
11	Harold	396	–	18
12	Jack	395	↑2	15
13	Edward	369	–	11
14	Bobby	355	↑6	32
15	Joseph	346	–	9
16	Paul	344	–	12
17	Thomas	342	↓5	10
18	Raymond	321	–	17
19	David	292	–	13
20	Eugene	286	↓3	21
21	Carl	252	–	28
22	Frank	240	–	16
23	Walter	228	↑4	20
24	Ralph	217	↓1	25
25	Roy	214	↓1	35
26	Bill	208	↑9	57
27	Joe	204	↑1	29
28	Arthur	203	↑1	23
29	Harry	195	↓3	30
30	Jerry	195	↑2	43
31	Clarence	193	↓1	39
32	Norman	189	↓7	36
33	Earl	182	↓2	40
34	Bob	181	↑10	78
35	Gerald	170	↑5	26
36	Lawrence	162	–	38
37	Marvin	161	↑2	45
38	Ronald	159	new	27
39	Albert	155	↓6	24
40	Howard	151	↓2	34
41	Melvin	149	–	51
42	Fred	147	↓5	33
43	Henry	136	↓9	22
44	Leroy	129	↑4	52
45	Louis	127	↑1	37
46	Dale	124	↓1	62
47	Don	124	new	59
48	Lloyd	124	new	68
49	Herbert	119	↓6	41
50	Clifford	112	↓1	75

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