Popular baby names in Missouri, 1942

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,854 babies) and James for boys (2,040). Social Security records list 66,066 babies born in Missouri in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1942

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

Girls

Ladonna: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dixie: 72 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sondra: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Melba: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wanda: 276 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wilma: 140 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glenda: 168 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marcella: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nelda: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vicki: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Delmar: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobbie: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jackie: 122 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Garry: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Junior: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Virgil: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Loyd: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lonnie: 76 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donnie: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Forrest: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,854	–	1
2	Barbara	1,298	–	2
3	Patricia	954	–	3
4	Carol	914	↑1	5
5	Linda	838	↑2	4
6	Sharon	789	↑6	11
7	Judith	766	↓3	7
8	Carolyn	715	↑1	10
9	Shirley	682	↓3	12
10	Sandra	648	↑4	6
11	Betty	647	↓3	9
12	Judy	599	↑1	15
13	Joyce	580	↓3	13
14	Donna	508	↑1	20
15	Nancy	507	↓4	8
16	Janet	444	↑2	19
17	Karen	433	↑6	16
18	Dorothy	365	↓2	17
19	Margaret	353	↓2	14
20	Marilyn	353	↑2	27
21	Ruth	326	–	33
22	Beverly	307	↑2	32
23	Joan	302	↑4	18
24	Janice	297	↓4	25
25	Virginia	297	↓6	23
26	Martha	280	↑3	29
27	Wanda	276	↓2	54
28	Helen	262	–	26
29	Susan	260	↑2	21
30	Phyllis	250	↑3	37
31	Bonnie	245	↓5	34
32	Kathleen	224	↑9	24
33	Norma	221	↑3	52
34	Carole	218	new	35
35	Patsy	218	↓1	57
36	Peggy	214	↓4	42
37	Frances	208	–	30
38	Brenda	191	↑7	40
39	Elizabeth	187	↑1	22
40	Doris	184	↓10	41
41	Lois	179	↓2	44
42	Gloria	177	↓4	31
43	Jo	169	↑4	65
44	Glenda	168	↑6	89
45	Alice	158	↓10	39
46	Jean	152	–	36
47	Connie	151	new	70
48	Jane	147	new	46
49	Anna	145	↓7	59
50	Wilma	140	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	2,040	–	1
2	Robert	1,769	–	2
3	John	1,595	–	3
4	William	1,283	–	4
5	Charles	1,150	–	7
6	Larry	1,085	–	12
7	Richard	969	–	5
8	David	891	↑3	6
9	Donald	821	↓1	10
10	Ronald	793	–	9
11	Jerry	792	↓2	16
12	Gary	722	–	18
13	Thomas	635	–	8
14	Kenneth	610	–	15
15	Michael	482	↑3	13
16	George	478	↓1	14
17	Paul	405	↓1	19
18	Joseph	400	↓1	11
19	Edward	383	–	17
20	Gerald	318	↑1	22
21	Dennis	317	↑7	20
22	Harold	306	↓2	27
23	Raymond	298	↓1	24
24	Billy	282	–	35
25	Carl	268	↓2	36
26	Roger	235	↑4	25
27	Lawrence	219	–	30
28	Frank	218	↑1	21
29	Jack	207	↓4	34
30	Roy	201	↑2	42
31	Joe	190	–	33
32	Ralph	189	↑3	38
33	Walter	187	↑5	26
34	Ronnie	180	↑7	78
35	Stephen	180	↑12	32
36	Douglas	178	new	23
37	Bobby	175	↓11	43
38	Terry	173	new	52
39	Arthur	172	↑7	29
40	Bill	170	↓7	65
41	Wayne	167	↓5	41
42	Jimmy	164	↓8	47
43	Daniel	157	↑6	28
44	Eugene	154	–	45
45	Melvin	152	new	60
46	Jim	149	new	74
47	Fred	148	↓10	46
48	Marvin	148	↓6	66
49	Howard	145	↓9	49
50	Jimmie	136	new	94

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