Popular baby names in Missouri, 1934

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,796 babies) and Robert for boys (1,534). Social Security records list 54,494 babies born in Missouri in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1934

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

Girls

Pansy: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jaunita: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Dixie: 81 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Reva: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Letha: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Twila: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Willa: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Glenda: 70 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Neva: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 270 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 16 babies, 35.4× the national rate
Charley: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Junior: 70 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Forrest: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jackie: 119 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bob: 186 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Truman: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bill: 257 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bobbie: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Byron: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,796	–	1
2	Betty	1,179	–	2
3	Shirley	1,100	↑2	4
4	Barbara	812	↓1	3
5	Patricia	645	↑1	6
6	Dorothy	625	↓2	5
7	Norma	434	–	24
8	Helen	421	–	9
9	Joan	404	–	7
10	Doris	392	–	11
11	Virginia	369	–	15
12	Margaret	359	–	8
13	Carol	338	↑2	14
14	Joyce	304	↑2	12
15	Wanda	303	↓2	47
16	Nancy	289	↑3	10
17	Donna	287	↑1	23
18	Ruth	279	↓4	13
19	Bonnie	270	↑6	58
20	Marilyn	265	↓3	17
21	Lois	261	↑2	20
22	Martha	253	↑9	27
23	Peggy	246	↓1	36
24	Beverly	239	↑5	22
25	Frances	214	↑3	19
26	Wilma	213	↓5	73
27	Evelyn	201	↓1	29
28	Mildred	198	↑5	35
29	Anna	196	↓9	31
30	Phyllis	191	↑13	28
31	Carolyn	190	↑13	33
32	Patsy	190	↓2	59
33	Delores	187	↑7	51
34	Jean	186	↓7	16
35	Elizabeth	181	↑6	18
36	Alice	179	↓4	25
37	Janet	177	↑11	21
38	Ruby	174	↓4	39
39	Joann	170	↑3	50
40	Marjorie	168	↓3	41
41	Juanita	158	↓3	64
42	Jo	155	↓3	75
43	Dolores	154	↓19	26
44	Gloria	154	↑2	30
45	Rose	154	↓10	37
46	Ann	128	new	32
47	June	125	↓11	46
48	Jane	121	↑1	48
49	Thelma	120	new	65
50	Marie	119	↓3	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	1,534	–	1
2	James	1,515	–	2
3	Donald	1,202	–	6
4	William	1,104	↑1	4
5	John	1,075	↓1	3
6	Charles	1,042	–	7
7	Richard	851	–	5
8	Harold	448	↑3	18
9	Kenneth	448	–	15
10	Billy	433	–	20
11	George	430	↓3	8
12	Jerry	390	↑5	25
13	Paul	386	↓1	14
14	David	355	↑6	12
15	Jack	353	↓1	17
16	Thomas	339	↓3	9
17	Ronald	314	↓1	11
18	Joseph	310	–	10
19	Bobby	283	–	23
20	Edward	277	↓5	13
21	Carl	267	–	28
22	Raymond	263	–	19
23	Bill	257	–	59
24	Joe	249	↑4	26
25	Eugene	221	↑2	24
26	Frank	200	↓2	16
27	Gerald	197	↓2	22
28	Roy	196	↓2	35
29	Walter	195	↑1	21
30	Norman	193	↓1	38
31	Ralph	189	–	31
32	Bob	186	–	75
33	Don	185	↑5	50
34	Harry	176	↑6	36
35	Marvin	169	↓2	44
36	Larry	156	new	43
37	Earl	154	–	41
38	Jimmie	153	↑9	68
39	Wayne	153	↑3	48
40	Lawrence	152	↑8	34
41	Leroy	151	new	54
42	Arthur	148	↓8	29
43	Dale	144	↑2	62
44	Howard	144	↓5	37
45	Melvin	143	↓1	55
46	Albert	141	↓11	32
47	Jimmy	139	new	56
48	Henry	129	↓2	27
49	Fred	125	–	33
50	Gary	124	new	60

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