Popular baby names in Missouri, 1941

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,743 babies) and James for boys (1,859). Social Security records list 60,826 babies born in Missouri in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1941

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

Girls

Neva: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Melba: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Imogene: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Opal: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Goldie: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Fern: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erma: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carlene: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wanda: 282 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wilma: 144 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 17 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Delmar: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carol: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lonnie: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Forrest: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Junior: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Loyd: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Doyle: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jackie: 122 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darrell: 91 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,743	–	1
2	Barbara	1,157	–	2
3	Patricia	920	–	3
4	Judith	765	↑3	6
5	Carol	764	↑1	4
6	Shirley	680	↓1	10
7	Linda	679	↑3	5
8	Betty	675	↓4	7
9	Carolyn	608	–	11
10	Joyce	552	↓2	13
11	Nancy	535	↑2	8
12	Sharon	534	↑3	15
13	Judy	531	↓1	16
14	Sandra	496	↓3	9
15	Donna	466	↓1	20
16	Dorothy	395	↑2	14
17	Margaret	365	–	12
18	Janet	345	↓2	18
19	Virginia	326	↑4	23
20	Janice	316	↑7	22
21	Ruth	303	↓1	28
22	Marilyn	299	↓3	30
23	Karen	296	↑12	19
24	Beverly	294	↓2	29
25	Wanda	282	↑1	53
26	Bonnie	274	↓1	33
27	Joan	273	↓3	17
28	Helen	263	↓7	24
29	Martha	243	–	25
30	Doris	236	↓2	38
31	Susan	223	↑6	27
32	Peggy	221	↓1	39
33	Phyllis	220	↓1	35
34	Patsy	211	–	52
35	Alice	204	↑1	34
36	Norma	204	↓6	47
37	Frances	189	↓4	31
38	Gloria	187	↑5	26
39	Lois	178	↑1	43
40	Elizabeth	160	↓1	21
41	Kathleen	159	new	36
42	Anna	155	↓1	56
43	Rose	154	↑1	49
44	Evelyn	153	↓6	50
45	Brenda	150	↑5	41
46	Jean	149	↓4	32
47	Jo	148	↓2	66
48	Joann	146	new	58
49	Wilma	144	↓1	>100
50	Glenda	142	↓1	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,859	–	1
2	Robert	1,598	–	2
3	John	1,424	–	3
4	William	1,187	–	4
5	Charles	1,091	–	6
6	Larry	1,057	–	11
7	Richard	937	↑1	5
8	Donald	866	↓1	10
9	Jerry	834	↑2	14
10	Ronald	779	–	9
11	David	756	↓2	7
12	Gary	584	–	19
13	Thomas	529	↑1	8
14	Kenneth	515	↓1	15
15	George	419	–	13
16	Paul	366	–	18
17	Joseph	361	↑4	12
18	Michael	340	↑2	16
19	Edward	310	–	17
20	Harold	306	↓2	24
21	Gerald	300	↑1	20
22	Raymond	281	↑3	22
23	Carl	258	–	29
24	Billy	255	↓7	27
25	Jack	231	↑1	32
26	Bobby	223	↓2	35
27	Lawrence	199	↑3	34
28	Dennis	197	–	23
29	Frank	188	–	21
30	Roger	185	↑1	25
31	Joe	183	↑1	30
32	Roy	183	↓5	39
33	Bill	181	↑3	68
34	Jimmy	166	new	45
35	Ralph	166	↑4	38
36	Wayne	164	↓3	37
37	Fred	160	–	43
38	Walter	155	↓4	26
39	Don	151	↑1	66
40	Howard	150	↑3	47
41	Ronnie	150	new	79
42	Marvin	149	↓7	63
43	Dale	144	↓2	59
44	Eugene	142	new	42
45	Albert	139	new	40
46	Arthur	137	↓2	33
47	Stephen	136	new	41
48	Norman	133	↓10	49
49	Daniel	132	↓2	31
50	Harry	131	↓2	48

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