Popular baby names in Missouri, 1945

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,682 babies) and James for boys (1,915). Social Security records list 61,539 babies born in Missouri in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1945

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: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laverne: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sondra: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Opal: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Glenda: 154 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Willa: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sharron: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wilma: 92 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Janis: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dixie: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 16 babies, 32.4× the national rate
Gale: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Junior: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Orville: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Billie: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Denny: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jackie: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ervin: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Garry: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Everett: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,682	–	1
2	Linda	1,173	↑1	2
3	Barbara	929	↓1	3
4	Sharon	928	–	8
5	Carol	867	↑1	5
6	Patricia	859	↓1	4
7	Donna	602	↑5	17
8	Judith	601	–	9
9	Judy	600	↑2	13
10	Sandra	590	↓3	6
11	Carolyn	572	↓2	12
12	Nancy	520	↑1	7
13	Shirley	497	↓3	14
14	Betty	483	–	11
15	Joyce	468	–	18
16	Karen	461	–	16
17	Janet	460	–	20
18	Susan	395	↑1	10
19	Margaret	350	↓1	15
20	Marilyn	326	–	27
21	Janice	322	↑2	24
22	Dorothy	278	↓1	21
23	Ruth	276	↑1	33
24	Kathleen	266	↑2	19
25	Martha	256	↑4	30
26	Brenda	244	↑5	29
27	Virginia	236	↓2	28
28	Beverly	233	↓6	37
29	Gloria	226	↑5	23
30	Helen	221	–	31
31	Joan	209	↓4	25
32	Cheryl	208	↑8	32
33	Phyllis	206	↑3	40
34	Connie	200	↑1	47
35	Bonnie	195	↓7	35
36	Wanda	195	↓4	58
37	Jane	194	↑5	36
38	Elizabeth	189	↓5	26
39	Diane	170	new	22
40	Frances	166	↓2	34
41	Peggy	166	↓4	45
42	Alice	160	↑1	41
43	Jean	160	new	38
44	Doris	159	↓5	46
45	Glenda	154	↓4	92
46	Norma	150	↑2	74
47	Pamela	150	↑3	42
48	Diana	146	new	43
49	Jo	139	↓4	60
50	Sue	137	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,915	–	1
2	Robert	1,671	–	2
3	John	1,595	–	3
4	William	1,194	–	4
5	Richard	1,008	↑2	5
6	Larry	1,007	↓1	11
7	David	1,000	↑1	6
8	Charles	957	↓2	7
9	Gary	876	–	13
10	Michael	825	↑2	9
11	Ronald	736	↓1	10
12	Thomas	668	↑1	8
13	Donald	661	↓2	12
14	Kenneth	611	↑1	16
15	Jerry	567	↓1	20
16	Paul	388	↑1	17
17	George	385	↓1	15
18	Dennis	376	↑1	19
19	Joseph	359	↑1	14
20	Edward	290	↓2	18
21	Roger	250	↑1	22
22	Raymond	238	↑1	23
23	Harold	235	↓2	28
24	Terry	230	↑3	33
25	Gerald	227	–	25
26	Carl	223	↓2	39
27	Billy	218	↓1	42
28	Stephen	210	↑4	26
29	Lawrence	202	↓1	30
30	Frank	196	↓1	21
31	Jack	184	–	32
32	Roy	182	↑3	40
33	Daniel	181	↓3	24
34	Bill	173	↑6	66
35	Jimmy	167	↑3	41
36	Danny	163	new	56
37	Ronnie	158	↓4	67
38	Jim	153	↑3	68
39	Ralph	150	↓3	44
40	Walter	150	↑2	27
41	Bobby	146	↓2	53
42	Don	141	↑2	73
43	Wayne	136	↓6	35
44	Dale	135	↑4	61
45	Joe	132	↓11	36
46	Harry	129	new	47
47	Jimmie	122	new	>100
48	Arthur	120	↓1	34
49	Mike	119	new	69
50	Eugene	117	↓5	50

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