State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,757 Missouri births in 1911 across 508 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#80Charley#193 nationally
#88Delbertoutside the national top 200
#81Lorene#188 nationally
#93Forrest#198 nationally
#72Fern#172 nationally
#92Bert#178 nationally
#61Glen#145 nationally
#63Orville#146 nationally
#10Opal#81 nationally
#91Lela#162 nationally
#70Goldie#140 nationally
#87Calvin#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary626US #1
#2Helen373US #2
#3Dorothy313US #4
#4Mildred290US #8
#5Margaret271US #3
#6Ruth270US #5
#7Marie194US #9
#8Virginia182US #26
#9Anna168US #6
#10Opal159US #81
#11Gladys156US #18
#12Edna152US #17
#13Ruby151US #22
#14Ethel148US #15
#15Thelma141US #27
#16Frances139US #10
#17Hazel124US #25
#18Lillian123US #13
#19Elizabeth118US #7
#20Lucille118US #32
#21Irene114US #21
#22Alice112US #11
#23Louise109US #19
#24Florence103US #12
#25Edith99US #31
#26Pauline99US #38
#27Grace97US #23
#28Mabel97US #43
#29Martha92US #28
#30Bertha87US #36
#31Myrtle86US #50
#32Catherine84US #20
#33Rose84US #14
#34Evelyn79US #16
#35Nellie79US #54
#36Bessie78US #40
#37Esther78US #34
#38Alma76US #62
#39Bernice76US #51
#40Beulah74US #79
#41Clara73US #33
#42Emma73US #35
#43Pearl73US #48
#44Viola73US #47
#45Wilma71US #102
#46Elsie70US #41
#47Velma70US #90
#48Ida67US #45
#49Eva66US #46
#50Agnes65US #39
#51Gertrude65US #30
#52Laura65US #57
#53Josephine64US #29
#54Leona64US #76
#55Sarah63US #42
#56Katherine62US #55
#57Lena60US #70
#58Marjorie55US #59
#59Vera54US #67
#60Ann52US #53
#61Beatrice52US #37
#62Jessie52US #66
#63Blanche50US #75
#64Georgia50US #96
#65Lois48US #68
#66Ella47US #63
#67Marguerite46US #87
#68Juanita45US #107
#69Minnie45US #52
#70Goldie43US #140
#71Julia43US #44
#72Fern42US #172
#73Lola42US #120
#74Violet42US #83
#75Betty41US #69
#76Doris40US #56
#77Sylvia40US #82
#78Ada39US #97
#79Genevieve38US #93
#80Vivian38US #80
#81Lorene35US #188
#82Ellen33US #84
#83Hilda33US #101
#84Stella33US #72
#85Loretta32US #118
#86Eleanor31US #49
#87Eunice31US #109
#88Mable31US #127
#89Dora30US #104
#90Jean30US #74
#91Lela30US #162
#92Mae30US #71
#93Flora29US #117
#94Alberta28US #114
#95Lillie28US #60
#96Lula28US #94
#97Nancy28US #110
#98Nora28US #116
#99Audrey27US #154
#100Eula27US #143

Boys

#1William319US #2
#2John287US #1
#3James274US #3
#4Charles192US #7
#5George175US #4
#6Robert169US #5
#7Harold115US #16
#8Joseph111US #6
#9Edward93US #9
#10Thomas87US #10
#11Raymond85US #19
#12Paul82US #17
#13Frank81US #8
#14Harry80US #13
#15Walter80US #12
#16Roy78US #31
#17Earl77US #34
#18Clarence75US #23
#19Carl72US #26
#20Ralph71US #24
#21Henry70US #11
#22Richard69US #20
#23Albert58US #15
#24Lawrence55US #37
#25Arthur53US #18
#26Clyde50US #61
#27Elmer49US #48
#28Fred48US #22
#29Herbert48US #41
#30Jack48US #25
#31Howard46US #28
#32Louis46US #21
#33Eugene41US #43
#34Ernest40US #32
#35Leonard40US #46
#36Kenneth39US #40
#37Lester39US #65
#38Chester38US #58
#39David37US #27
#40Floyd34US #57
#41Francis34US #33
#42Edwin32US #60
#43Lloyd32US #74
#44Virgil32US #107
#45Marvin31US #82
#46Joe30US #29
#47Ray30US #71
#48Melvin29US #73
#49Oscar28US #68
#50Herman27US #49
#51Alfred26US #39
#52Cecil26US #76
#53Leo26US #51
#54Russell26US #55
#55Donald25US #36
#56Marion25US #110
#57Bernard23US #54
#58Clifford23US #62
#59Everett23US #102
#60Glenn23US #111
#61Glen22US #145
#62Leon22US #77
#63Orville22US #146
#64Claude21US #87
#65Jesse21US #72
#66Lee21US #67
#67Norman21US #63
#68Edgar20US #83
#69Leslie18US #117
#70Samuel18US #30
#71Vernon18US #96
#72Hubert17US #119
#73Morris17US #85
#74Victor17US #81
#75Willie17US #14
#76Alvin16US #89
#77Daniel15US #53
#78Sam15US #47
#79Anthony14US #35
#80Charley14US #193
#81Martin14US #75
#82Milton14US #70
#83Stanley14US #44
#84Wayne14US #126
#85Willard14US #114
#86Andrew13US #42
#87Calvin13US #157
#88Delbert13
#89Harvey13US #91
#90Homer13US #95
#91Theodore13US #56
#92Bert12US #178
#93Forrest12US #198
#94Oliver12US #115
#95Frederick11US #52
#96Gilbert11US #103
#97Leroy11US #59
#98Lewis11US #66
#99Luther11US #100
#100Mike11US #138

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑50Edwin#42
↑31Marion#56
↑30Marvin#45
↑30Melvin#48
↑25Francis#41
↑23David#39
↑19Sarah#55
↑18Wilma#45

Falling

↓35Lee#66
↓24Lewis#98
↓23Alberta#94
↓21Anthony#79
↓21Theodore#91
↓20Leroy#97
↓19Elsie#46
↓17Eleanor#86

Every state

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