Popular baby names in Missouri, 1944

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,793 babies) and James for boys (1,978). Social Security records list 63,181 babies born in Missouri in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1944

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

Girls

Madonna: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Saundra: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Glenna: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Laverne: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Glenda: 174 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wilma: 107 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Erma: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Freda: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Melba: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wanda: 210 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Lindell: 17 babies, 14× the national rate
Loyd: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Junior: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eldon: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darrel: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jackie: 97 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lonnie: 81 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donnie: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Virgil: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doyle: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,793	–	1
2	Barbara	1,099	↑1	2
3	Linda	1,023	↑2	3
4	Sharon	990	↓2	8
5	Patricia	888	↓1	4
6	Carol	828	–	5
7	Sandra	678	↑1	6
8	Judith	657	↓1	9
9	Carolyn	637	–	11
10	Shirley	588	↑2	15
11	Judy	587	–	12
12	Donna	586	↑3	17
13	Nancy	551	↑1	7
14	Betty	542	↓4	10
15	Joyce	523	↓2	18
16	Karen	496	–	16
17	Janet	420	–	21
18	Margaret	368	–	14
19	Susan	332	↑4	13
20	Marilyn	321	↓1	27
21	Dorothy	314	↑3	19
22	Beverly	292	–	35
23	Janice	283	↓2	28
24	Ruth	280	↓4	32
25	Virginia	268	–	26
26	Kathleen	256	↑4	20
27	Joan	253	↓1	22
28	Bonnie	241	↓1	34
29	Martha	237	–	29
30	Helen	221	↓2	31
31	Brenda	215	↑1	30
32	Wanda	210	↓1	58
33	Elizabeth	204	↑1	23
34	Gloria	201	↑11	25
35	Connie	200	↑4	51
36	Phyllis	199	↓3	40
37	Peggy	197	↓2	45
38	Frances	182	↓1	33
39	Doris	178	↓1	42
40	Cheryl	177	new	36
41	Glenda	174	↑2	79
42	Jane	165	↑6	41
43	Alice	156	↓2	38
44	Ann	155	↑6	39
45	Jo	155	new	61
46	Carole	146	↑3	43
47	Charlotte	137	↓1	50
48	Norma	137	↓12	66
49	Patsy	136	↓9	72
50	Pamela	135	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,978	–	1
2	Robert	1,659	–	2
3	John	1,563	–	3
4	William	1,233	–	4
5	Larry	1,059	–	12
6	Charles	1,050	–	7
7	Richard	1,011	–	5
8	David	987	–	6
9	Gary	835	↑2	15
10	Ronald	830	↓1	10
11	Donald	728	↓1	11
12	Michael	704	↑2	9
13	Thomas	682	–	8
14	Jerry	669	↓2	19
15	Kenneth	570	–	16
16	George	415	–	14
17	Paul	394	–	17
18	Edward	358	–	18
19	Dennis	333	–	20
20	Joseph	319	–	13
21	Harold	298	–	27
22	Roger	266	↑4	23
23	Raymond	258	–	22
24	Carl	240	↓2	36
25	Gerald	239	↓1	24
26	Billy	227	↓1	38
27	Terry	217	↑4	43
28	Lawrence	204	–	32
29	Frank	197	↑9	21
30	Daniel	195	↑7	25
31	Jack	190	↑3	30
32	Stephen	190	–	28
33	Ronnie	189	↓6	69
34	Joe	183	↓1	33
35	Roy	182	↓6	39
36	Ralph	181	↓6	42
37	Wayne	171	↑3	37
38	Jimmy	165	↑3	41
39	Bobby	162	↑3	50
40	Bill	161	↓4	66
41	Jim	159	↓6	68
42	Walter	144	↓3	26
43	Melvin	142	↑7	67
44	Don	138	↑3	72
45	Eugene	132	new	48
46	Howard	132	↑2	53
47	Arthur	130	↓2	29
48	Dale	130	↓5	61
49	Fred	130	↓5	47
50	Marvin	128	new	75

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