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Top names in Missouri

Name: Top baby names in Missouri, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,909 Missouri births in 1910 across 511 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Missouri more than they say America.

#91Byronoutside the national top 200
#92Loreneoutside the national top 200
#86Alta#191 nationally
#96Delbertoutside the national top 200
#72Fern#174 nationally
#100Lorenoutside the national top 200
#91Jewell#188 nationally
#72Glen#165 nationally
#63Orville#142 nationally
#82Lela#161 nationally
#64Goldie#139 nationally
#94Charley#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mary611US #1
#2Helen313US #2
#3Dorothy270US #4
#4Mildred267US #8
#5Ruth237US #5
#6Marie218US #9
#7Margaret207US #3
#8Gladys167US #15
#9Edna165US #18
#10Anna162US #6
#11Hazel143US #24
#12Frances133US #11
#13Grace132US #23
#14Lucille129US #31
#15Thelma129US #25
#16Virginia128US #29
#17Alice126US #10
#18Ruby119US #27
#19Opal118US #87
#20Ethel116US #13
#21Irene104US #21
#22Lillian104US #14
#23Mabel103US #46
#24Florence100US #12
#25Louise99US #20
#26Clara98US #32
#27Elsie94US #44
#28Elizabeth93US #7
#29Martha93US #28
#30Evelyn90US #17
#31Bernice87US #58
#32Edith87US #35
#33Catherine85US #22
#34Pauline85US #42
#35Bessie84US #37
#36Bertha83US #33
#37Rose81US #16
#38Gertrude77US #26
#39Myrtle77US #43
#40Nellie77US #51
#41Eva75US #45
#42Pearl75US #39
#43Beulah69US #82
#44Lena68US #66
#45Esther67US #38
#46Josephine66US #30
#47Ida64US #47
#48Alma62US #61
#49Velma58US #90
#50Emma57US #34
#51Georgia56US #91
#52Viola55US #48
#53Laura53US #53
#54Marguerite53US #84
#55Minnie53US #50
#56Agnes51US #41
#57Leona51US #79
#58Blanche50US #74
#59Ella50US #62
#60Juanita49US #115
#61Katherine48US #57
#62Vera48US #71
#63Wilma48US #119
#64Goldie47US #139
#65Jessie46US #63
#66Violet46US #89
#67Marjorie45US #68
#68Betty43US #69
#69Eleanor40US #55
#70Stella40US #72
#71Alberta39US #104
#72Fern39US #174
#73Julia39US #49
#74Sarah39US #40
#75Ada38US #94
#76Beatrice38US #36
#77Lois37US #76
#78Ann36US #52
#79Lillie36US #54
#80Mae36US #65
#81Sylvia36US #92
#82Lela35US #161
#83Vivian35US #107
#84Loretta34US #124
#85Mable34US #121
#86Alta32US #191
#87Dora32US #103
#88Doris32US #64
#89Geneva32US #117
#90Lola32US #120
#91Jewell31US #188
#92Lorene31
#93Ellen30US #88
#94Erma30US #140
#95Genevieve30US #98
#96Kathryn30US #80
#97Eunice29US #113
#98Nora29US #111
#99Cora28US #85
#100Flora28US #108

Boys

#1William314US #3
#2John288US #1
#3James243US #2
#4Charles183US #7
#5Robert176US #4
#6George170US #5
#7Joseph105US #6
#8Thomas91US #12
#9Edward88US #9
#10Paul88US #15
#11Frank87US #8
#12Harold82US #18
#13Raymond79US #19
#14Henry77US #10
#15Carl75US #26
#16Harry68US #16
#17Earl65US #33
#18Walter65US #13
#19Roy59US #29
#20Fred57US #22
#21Clarence56US #20
#22Jack56US #23
#23Richard54US #21
#24Ralph53US #28
#25Albert52US #14
#26Arthur50US #17
#27Howard50US #27
#28Louis49US #24
#29Elmer44US #48
#30Floyd42US #55
#31Lee38US #49
#32Ray38US #68
#33Joe37US #25
#34Lloyd37US #67
#35Herbert36US #41
#36Lawrence35US #35
#37Leo33US #51
#38Chester32US #61
#39Clyde32US #57
#40Kenneth32US #43
#41Leonard32US #46
#42Eugene30US #39
#43Cecil29US #77
#44Everett29US #88
#45Lester29US #64
#46Alfred28US #38
#47Herman28US #52
#48Russell28US #58
#49Ernest25US #31
#50Virgil25US #111
#51Clifford24US #66
#52Edgar24US #80
#53Glenn24US #97
#54Jesse24US #60
#55Oscar23US #73
#56Claude22US #78
#57Victor22US #90
#58Anthony21US #37
#59Donald21US #44
#60Vernon21US #94
#61Willie21US #11
#62David20US #30
#63Orville20US #142
#64Sam19US #40
#65Alvin18US #85
#66Francis18US #36
#67Milton18US #76
#68Samuel18US #32
#69Willard18US #121
#70Theodore17US #54
#71Bernard16US #62
#72Glen16US #165
#73Homer16US #98
#74Lewis16US #65
#75Marvin16US #84
#76Bill14US #124
#77Leroy14US #50
#78Melvin14US #75
#79Norman14US #63
#80Andrew13US #42
#81Ben13US #79
#82Daniel13US #53
#83Harvey13US #89
#84Leslie13US #102
#85Gerald12US #105
#86Hubert12US #106
#87Marion12US #108
#88Stanley12US #47
#89Allen11US #92
#90Benjamin11US #70
#91Byron11
#92Edwin11US #71
#93Vincent11US #99
#94Charley10US #167
#95Charlie10US #34
#96Delbert10
#97Frederick10US #69
#98Ira10US #138
#99Johnnie10US #74
#100Loren10

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.