Popular baby names in Missouri, 1943

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,851 babies) and James for boys (2,120). Social Security records list 67,568 babies born in Missouri in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1943

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

Girls

Goldie: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jewell: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Fern: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wanda: 253 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wilma: 127 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dixie: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sondra: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sharron: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Saundra: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Glenda: 169 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Truman: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Junior: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Forrest: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bobbie: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Garry: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lonnie: 84 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ronnie: 210 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jimmie: 144 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jackie: 101 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frankie: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,851	–	1
2	Sharon	1,146	↑4	8
3	Barbara	1,100	↓1	2
4	Patricia	1,016	↓1	3
5	Linda	1,004	–	4
6	Carol	871	↓2	5
7	Judith	754	–	7
8	Sandra	741	↑2	6
9	Carolyn	733	↓1	11
10	Betty	671	↑1	10
11	Judy	637	↑1	13
12	Shirley	604	↓3	12
13	Joyce	565	–	16
14	Nancy	559	↑1	9
15	Donna	528	↓1	17
16	Karen	505	↑1	15
17	Janet	492	↓1	20
18	Margaret	360	↑1	14
19	Marilyn	347	↑1	27
20	Ruth	339	↑1	33
21	Janice	330	↑3	26
22	Beverly	329	–	32
23	Susan	320	↑6	18
24	Dorothy	314	↓6	19
25	Virginia	284	–	25
26	Joan	282	↓3	21
27	Bonnie	281	↑4	34
28	Helen	276	–	28
29	Martha	266	↓3	29
30	Kathleen	260	↑2	22
31	Wanda	253	↓4	56
32	Brenda	230	↑6	35
33	Phyllis	222	↓3	39
34	Elizabeth	217	↑5	23
35	Peggy	208	↑1	41
36	Norma	207	↓3	58
37	Frances	206	–	31
38	Doris	203	↑2	40
39	Connie	199	↑8	59
40	Patsy	195	↓5	61
41	Alice	187	↑4	38
42	Lois	174	↓1	43
43	Glenda	169	↑1	83
44	Diane	164	new	24
45	Gloria	161	↓3	30
46	Charlotte	159	new	47
47	Jean	155	↓1	36
48	Jane	149	–	44
49	Carole	147	↓15	42
50	Ann	142	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	2,120	–	1
2	Robert	1,828	–	2
3	John	1,626	–	3
4	William	1,443	–	4
5	Larry	1,167	↑1	12
6	Charles	1,111	↓1	7
7	Richard	1,074	–	5
8	David	1,005	–	6
9	Ronald	962	↑1	9
10	Donald	777	↓1	11
11	Gary	771	↑1	16
12	Jerry	755	↓1	17
13	Thomas	698	–	8
14	Michael	616	↑1	10
15	Kenneth	606	↓1	15
16	George	444	–	14
17	Paul	408	–	19
18	Edward	360	↑1	18
19	Dennis	359	↑2	20
20	Joseph	330	↓2	13
21	Harold	316	↑1	27
22	Carl	306	↑3	33
23	Raymond	303	–	22
24	Gerald	289	↓4	23
25	Billy	261	↓1	37
26	Roger	230	–	24
27	Ronnie	210	↑7	71
28	Lawrence	209	↓1	32
29	Roy	207	↑1	38
30	Ralph	205	↑2	40
31	Terry	199	↑7	49
32	Stephen	198	↑3	29
33	Joe	197	↓2	35
34	Jack	194	↓5	34
35	Jim	191	↑11	75
36	Bill	189	↑4	65
37	Daniel	189	↑6	25
38	Frank	183	↓10	21
39	Walter	175	↓6	26
40	Wayne	173	↑1	41
41	Jimmy	166	↑1	42
42	Bobby	163	↓5	46
43	Dale	153	new	59
44	Fred	149	↑3	45
45	Arthur	147	↓6	30
46	Jimmie	144	↑4	95
47	Don	143	new	72
48	Howard	142	↑1	48
49	Earl	141	new	60
50	Melvin	141	↓5	63

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