Popular baby names in Missouri, 1933

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,724 babies) and Robert for boys (1,628). Social Security records list 52,942 babies born in Missouri in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1933

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

Girls

Velda: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Leta: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rosalee: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pansy: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Leota: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Zella: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Reva: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dixie: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Neva: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laverne: 67 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 17 babies, 31.5× the national rate
Alva: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Truman: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hershel: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jackie: 118 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Donnie: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bob: 176 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Junior: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Orville: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bill: 237 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,724	–	1
2	Betty	1,377	–	2
3	Barbara	725	↑1	3
4	Dorothy	677	↓1	4
5	Shirley	664	–	9
6	Patricia	537	–	6
7	Norma	449	↑1	23
8	Helen	448	↓1	8
9	Joan	445	–	5
10	Doris	419	–	10
11	Virginia	371	–	15
12	Margaret	348	–	7
13	Wanda	305	↑2	48
14	Ruth	304	↓1	13
15	Carol	293	↑25	20
16	Joyce	292	↑1	12
17	Marilyn	271	↑3	16
18	Donna	259	↑10	24
19	Nancy	252	↑7	11
20	Anna	251	↓4	29
21	Wilma	243	–	66
22	Peggy	236	↑2	36
23	Lois	235	↓9	19
24	Dolores	225	↓2	21
25	Bonnie	221	↓6	68
26	Evelyn	213	↓1	30
27	Jean	206	–	14
28	Frances	203	↓5	18
29	Beverly	202	↑2	26
30	Patsy	199	↑7	65
31	Martha	198	↓13	27
32	Alice	193	–	22
33	Mildred	189	↓4	32
34	Ruby	176	–	43
35	Rose	173	↑4	35
36	June	160	↑8	45
37	Marjorie	158	↓7	41
38	Juanita	152	↓3	63
39	Jo	150	↑9	90
40	Delores	147	↓2	52
41	Elizabeth	147	↓8	17
42	Joann	142	↑4	72
43	Phyllis	140	↓7	28
44	Carolyn	138	new	40
45	Geraldine	138	↓2	42
46	Gloria	138	↓4	31
47	Marie	136	↓6	33
48	Janet	129	new	25
49	Jane	125	new	47
50	Loretta	114	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	1,628	–	1
2	James	1,423	–	2
3	Donald	1,173	–	7
4	John	1,165	–	3
5	William	1,050	–	4
6	Charles	1,048	–	6
7	Richard	760	–	5
8	George	468	↑1	8
9	Kenneth	452	↑1	15
10	Billy	418	↓2	20
11	Harold	401	–	18
12	Paul	394	↑1	14
13	Thomas	349	↑1	10
14	Jack	347	↓2	17
15	Edward	317	↑1	11
16	Ronald	317	↑6	12
17	Jerry	312	↑3	31
18	Joseph	294	↑1	9
19	Bobby	290	↓4	26
20	David	290	↓3	13
21	Carl	283	–	28
22	Raymond	264	↓4	19
23	Bill	237	↑3	59
24	Frank	230	↑1	16
25	Gerald	223	↑8	22
26	Roy	207	↑6	39
27	Eugene	200	↓4	23
28	Joe	196	↓4	27
29	Norman	193	↓1	37
30	Walter	191	↓3	21
31	Ralph	189	↓2	29
32	Bob	176	↓1	82
33	Marvin	170	↓3	44
34	Arthur	166	–	25
35	Albert	164	↑5	30
36	Franklin	162	new	33
37	Earl	158	↓2	41
38	Don	152	↓2	54
39	Howard	151	↑6	36
40	Harry	144	↓2	35
41	Herbert	137	new	49
42	Wayne	137	↑4	52
43	Clarence	136	↓2	43
44	Melvin	134	–	51
45	Dale	131	↓3	65
46	Henry	129	↓9	24
47	Jimmie	126	new	72
48	Lawrence	126	↓9	38
49	Fred	125	new	34
50	Louis	124	new	40

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