Popular baby names in Missouri, 1935

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1935 were Shirley for girls (1,764 babies) and Robert for boys (1,505). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 53,147 babies born in Missouri in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1935

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: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Retha: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Neva: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fern: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Freda: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dixie: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laverne: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jewell: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Reva: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wanda: 275 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Wilford: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Delmar: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Truman: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carol: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Jackie: 142 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bob: 170 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Doyle: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Frankie: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Teddy: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elvin: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	1,764	↑2	2
2	Mary	1,669	↓1	1
3	Betty	1,117	↓1	4
4	Barbara	822	–	3
5	Patricia	612	–	5
6	Dorothy	554	–	6
7	Carol	429	↑6	11
8	Norma	384	↓1	29
9	Joan	375	–	7
10	Helen	373	↓2	10
11	Doris	331	↓1	13
12	Marilyn	328	↑8	14
13	Margaret	326	↓1	8
14	Ruth	322	↑4	15
15	Virginia	322	↓4	16
16	Joyce	293	↓2	12
17	Nancy	284	↓1	9
18	Donna	281	↓1	23
19	Wanda	275	↓4	49
20	Lois	250	↑1	21
21	Bonnie	243	↓2	62
22	Beverly	236	↑2	20
23	Martha	236	↓1	24
24	Wilma	217	↑2	70
25	Anna	216	↑4	34
26	Peggy	212	↓3	36
27	Alice	193	↑9	25
28	Phyllis	190	↑2	27
29	Carolyn	189	↑2	28
30	Frances	188	↓5	19
31	Patsy	185	↑1	56
32	Dolores	178	↑11	26
33	Jean	176	↑1	18
34	Joann	169	↑5	53
35	Evelyn	166	↓8	31
36	Delores	153	↓3	57
37	Mildred	148	↓9	35
38	Elizabeth	143	↓3	17
39	Janet	143	↓2	22
40	Ruby	142	↓2	41
41	Jane	139	↑7	43
42	Jo	135	–	73
43	Jacqueline	124	new	79
44	Loretta	124	new	69
45	Rose	123	–	37
46	Sandra	116	new	50
47	Gloria	113	↓3	32
48	Marjorie	112	↓8	46
49	Juanita	110	↓8	72
50	Sharon	102	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	1,505	–	1
2	James	1,475	–	2
3	Donald	1,211	–	7
4	John	1,171	↑1	3
5	William	1,035	↓1	4
6	Charles	961	–	6
7	Richard	736	–	5
8	Jerry	479	↑4	22
9	Billy	451	↑1	19
10	Kenneth	425	↓1	15
11	George	418	–	8
12	Paul	408	↑1	14
13	David	375	↑1	11
14	Harold	370	↓6	20
15	Ronald	354	↑2	12
16	Jack	351	↓1	18
17	Thomas	347	↓1	9
18	Edward	296	↑2	13
19	Bobby	279	–	24
20	Joseph	277	↓2	10
21	Carl	269	–	28
22	Raymond	256	–	17
23	Gerald	237	↑4	21
24	Joe	225	–	25
25	Larry	221	↑11	33
26	Frank	211	–	16
27	Don	204	↑6	51
28	Bill	198	↓5	60
29	Eugene	189	↓4	26
30	Norman	182	–	38
31	Bob	170	↑1	81
32	Walter	170	↓3	23
33	Ralph	166	↓2	32
34	Marvin	163	↑1	45
35	Gary	161	↑15	44
36	Albert	156	↑10	31
37	Harry	153	↓3	37
38	Lawrence	149	↑2	35
39	Fred	148	↑10	34
40	Roy	145	↓12	40
41	Arthur	144	↑1	29
42	Jimmie	144	↓4	69
43	Earl	142	↓6	46
44	Jackie	142	new	>100
45	Dale	137	↓2	61
46	Wayne	135	↓7	49
47	Melvin	127	↓2	57
48	Leroy	124	↓7	50
49	Gene	117	new	66
50	Henry	116	↓2	27

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