Popular baby names in Missouri, 1946

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,947 babies) and James for boys (2,279). Social Security records list 75,648 babies born in Missouri in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1946

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: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Melba: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Lana: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dixie: 56 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sharron: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glenda: 191 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wilma: 99 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Freda: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeanie: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patty: 64 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Junior: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Garry: 87 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lonnie: 102 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jackie: 94 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Virgil: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Doyle: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rickey: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darrell: 93 babies, 2× the national rate
Glen: 82 babies, 2× the national rate
Elmer: 51 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,947	–	1
2	Linda	1,485	–	2
3	Patricia	1,195	↑3	3
4	Sharon	1,176	–	9
5	Barbara	1,121	↓2	4
6	Carol	881	↓1	5
7	Sandra	820	↑3	6
8	Carolyn	716	↑3	12
9	Donna	704	↓2	13
10	Judith	690	↓2	10
11	Judy	682	↓2	11
12	Nancy	681	–	7
13	Susan	637	↑5	8
14	Shirley	607	↓1	18
15	Karen	594	↑1	15
16	Betty	552	↓2	14
17	Janet	545	–	21
18	Joyce	530	↓3	20
19	Janice	438	↑2	22
20	Kathleen	412	↑4	16
21	Margaret	395	↓2	17
22	Marilyn	363	↓2	29
23	Cheryl	340	↑9	27
24	Beverly	327	↑4	30
25	Brenda	326	↑1	24
26	Dorothy	315	↓4	23
27	Connie	314	↑7	45
28	Ruth	289	↓5	38
29	Virginia	260	↓2	31
30	Martha	253	↓5	32
31	Phyllis	249	↑2	41
32	Pamela	240	↑15	34
33	Jane	233	↑4	35
34	Diane	227	↑5	19
35	Bonnie	225	–	33
36	Wanda	218	–	59
37	Diana	213	↑11	42
38	Elizabeth	206	–	25
39	Peggy	205	↑2	43
40	Helen	204	↓10	36
41	Gloria	203	↓12	26
42	Joan	194	↓11	28
43	Glenda	191	↑2	99
44	Jean	184	↓1	37
45	Ann	183	new	40
46	Jo	180	↑3	53
47	Alice	179	↓5	44
48	Doris	163	↓4	51
49	Sue	163	↑1	61
50	Frances	156	↓10	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	2,279	–	1
2	Robert	1,986	–	2
3	John	1,896	–	3
4	Richard	1,363	↑1	5
5	William	1,363	↓1	4
6	Larry	1,218	–	11
7	Michael	1,202	↑3	7
8	David	1,181	↓1	6
9	Gary	1,162	–	12
10	Charles	999	↓2	9
11	Ronald	977	–	10
12	Donald	887	↑1	13
13	Thomas	839	↓1	8
14	Jerry	686	↑1	20
15	Kenneth	684	↓1	15
16	Dennis	579	↑2	17
17	Joseph	446	↑2	14
18	Paul	436	↓2	18
19	George	405	↓2	16
20	Terry	401	↑4	26
21	Edward	376	↓1	19
22	Stephen	314	↑6	24
23	Daniel	293	↑10	21
24	Roger	284	↓3	23
25	Harold	279	↓2	33
26	Danny	269	↑10	46
27	Gerald	256	↓2	27
28	Raymond	252	↓6	25
29	Ronnie	236	↑8	54
30	Billy	234	↓3	45
31	Steven	230	new	28
32	Carl	228	↓6	39
33	Lawrence	221	↓4	31
34	Roy	219	↓2	43
35	Jack	212	↓4	35
36	Frank	206	↓6	22
37	Wayne	203	↑6	29
38	Walter	198	↑2	30
39	Bill	193	↓5	72
40	Joe	188	↑5	37
41	Jim	177	↓3	73
42	Dale	176	↑2	62
43	Jimmy	164	↓8	42
44	Mike	164	↑5	64
45	Ralph	161	↓6	48
46	Harry	157	–	50
47	Arthur	154	↑1	36
48	Fred	152	new	51
49	Bobby	150	↓8	53
50	Bruce	145	new	32

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