Popular baby names in Missouri, 1936

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1936 were Mary for girls (1,681 babies) and James for boys (1,506). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,026 babies born in Missouri in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1936

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

Girls

Reta: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Frieda: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Erma: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wilma: 218 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dixie: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Willa: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Neva: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wanda: 250 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 220 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Glenda: 88 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 17 babies, 28× the national rate
Delmar: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bob: 183 babies, 3× the national rate
Jackie: 131 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Charley: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donnie: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eldon: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bill: 198 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ivan: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Junior: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	1,681	↑1	1
2	Shirley	1,466	↓1	2
3	Betty	923	–	4
4	Barbara	853	–	3
5	Patricia	613	–	5
6	Carol	545	↑1	10
7	Dorothy	525	↓1	6
8	Joan	376	↑1	7
9	Nancy	360	↑8	8
10	Joyce	354	↑6	12
11	Helen	353	↓1	11
12	Norma	350	↓4	29
13	Marilyn	314	↓1	13
14	Donna	304	↑4	22
15	Margaret	303	↓2	9
16	Doris	302	↓5	15
17	Beverly	298	↑5	17
18	Virginia	297	↓3	14
19	Ruth	278	↓5	16
20	Peggy	265	↑6	35
21	Wanda	250	↓2	56
22	Carolyn	222	↑7	23
23	Martha	222	–	24
24	Bonnie	220	↓3	65
25	Wilma	218	↓1	78
26	Anna	194	↓1	36
27	Lois	192	↓7	26
28	Frances	190	↑2	19
29	Patsy	180	↑2	52
30	Phyllis	179	↓2	25
31	Alice	176	↓4	27
32	Janet	174	↑7	21
33	Evelyn	171	↑2	34
34	Dolores	168	↓2	30
35	Rose	166	↑10	37
36	Jean	164	↓3	20
37	Joann	162	↓3	55
38	Mildred	158	↓1	40
39	Elizabeth	151	↓1	18
40	Ruby	151	–	51
41	Delores	144	↓5	58
42	Marjorie	144	↑6	49
43	Jo	139	↓1	72
44	Gloria	131	↑3	32
45	Sandra	127	↑1	38
46	Judith	123	new	43
47	Juanita	122	↑2	75
48	Jane	119	↓7	42
49	Geraldine	118	new	41
50	Janice	116	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	James	1,506	↑1	2
2	Robert	1,505	↓1	1
3	John	1,109	↑1	3
4	Donald	1,096	↓1	7
5	William	1,015	–	4
6	Charles	989	–	6
7	Richard	737	–	5
8	Ronald	477	↑7	12
9	Jerry	473	↓1	18
10	George	447	↑1	9
11	Kenneth	441	↓1	14
12	David	430	↑1	10
13	Thomas	377	↑4	8
14	Billy	371	↓5	22
15	Paul	371	↓3	15
16	Harold	335	↓2	21
17	Jack	318	↓1	20
18	Edward	300	–	13
19	Joseph	289	↑1	11
20	Larry	289	↑5	25
21	Bobby	278	↓2	24
22	Carl	269	↓1	27
23	Raymond	263	↓1	17
24	Gerald	224	↓1	19
25	Joe	221	↓1	23
26	Bill	198	↑2	61
27	Bob	183	↑4	77
28	Walter	177	↑4	26
29	Don	173	↓2	51
30	Lawrence	173	↑8	37
31	Gary	172	↑4	38
32	Eugene	170	↓3	29
33	Roy	169	↑7	42
34	Frank	164	↓8	16
35	Ralph	161	↓2	31
36	Wayne	150	↑10	45
37	Fred	149	↑2	36
38	Norman	147	↓8	43
39	Roger	143	new	35
40	Jimmie	142	↑2	71
41	Melvin	138	↑6	53
42	Jimmy	137	new	46
43	Arthur	132	↓2	30
44	Earl	132	↓1	47
45	Marvin	132	↓11	49
46	Jackie	131	↓2	>100
47	Dale	124	↓2	59
48	Harry	124	↓11	39
49	Howard	123	new	40
50	Jim	121	new	85

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