State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,405 Missouri births in 1912 across 676 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#89Charley#200 nationally
#69Fern#167 nationally
#94Iva#179 nationally
#97Delbert#180 nationally
#78Goldie#158 nationally
#70Orville#136 nationally
#20Opal#85 nationally
#41Wilma#99 nationally
#89Eula#147 nationally
#80Maxine#134 nationally
#83Norma#137 nationally
#58Virgil#111 nationally

Girls

#1Mary834US #1
#2Helen523US #2
#3Dorothy464US #3
#4Ruth392US #5
#5Mildred345US #6
#6Margaret316US #4
#7Virginia263US #20
#8Marie256US #10
#9Anna210US #7
#10Frances207US #9
#11Thelma191US #26
#12Ruby188US #23
#13Edna187US #16
#14Elizabeth169US #8
#15Hazel169US #25
#16Lucille163US #32
#17Gladys159US #19
#18Grace154US #24
#19Irene152US #22
#20Opal148US #85
#21Florence144US #12
#22Ethel139US #18
#23Alice132US #11
#24Edith131US #31
#25Martha125US #29
#26Esther120US #33
#27Evelyn120US #13
#28Louise120US #17
#29Clara117US #34
#30Lillian115US #14
#31Catherine112US #21
#32Mabel109US #46
#33Gertrude105US #30
#34Bernice103US #51
#35Rose103US #15
#36Emma101US #35
#37Myrtle99US #50
#38Pauline97US #38
#39Bertha94US #36
#40Eva93US #49
#41Wilma90US #99
#42Elsie89US #42
#43Josephine89US #28
#44Alma88US #62
#45Bessie87US #43
#46Nellie86US #59
#47Beulah85US #80
#48Ida83US #45
#49Agnes82US #40
#50Viola79US #52
#51Vera78US #68
#52Marjorie77US #56
#53Velma77US #88
#54Lena76US #72
#55Pearl76US #54
#56Leona75US #76
#57Katherine73US #53
#58Georgia70US #101
#59Lois67US #63
#60Minnie67US #60
#61Blanche65US #75
#62Jessie64US #65
#63Juanita64US #103
#64Laura64US #57
#65Beatrice60US #37
#66Julia60US #44
#67Vivian58US #84
#68Ann57US #47
#69Fern57US #167
#70Marguerite57US #79
#71Betty56US #66
#72Jane56US #89
#73Violet55US #83
#74Sarah54US #41
#75Eleanor53US #39
#76Doris52US #48
#77Loretta52US #119
#78Goldie50US #158
#79Kathryn50US #71
#80Maxine50US #134
#81Stella49US #73
#82Geneva48US #116
#83Norma47US #137
#84Ada46US #96
#85Lola46US #127
#86Sylvia46US #77
#87Genevieve45US #92
#88Jean45US #64
#89Eula43US #147
#90Erma42US #141
#91Marian42US #93
#92Audrey41US #145
#93Naomi41US #132
#94Iva40US #179
#95Lillie40US #67
#96Eunice39US #109
#97Inez39US #100
#98Nora39US #130
#99Ella38US #69
#100Hilda38US #104

Boys

#1William617US #2
#2John606US #1
#3James484US #3
#4Charles377US #7
#5Robert351US #4
#6George310US #6
#7Joseph241US #5
#8Edward236US #8
#9Frank204US #9
#10Harold203US #13
#11Raymond179US #18
#12Paul164US #14
#13Walter154US #11
#14Clarence146US #21
#15Henry146US #12
#16Thomas146US #10
#17Ralph143US #23
#18Albert142US #17
#19Carl140US #24
#20Harry140US #16
#21Richard127US #19
#22Roy127US #31
#23Earl121US #34
#24Lawrence118US #38
#25Arthur105US #15
#26Jack99US #28
#27Howard97US #25
#28Elmer96US #47
#29Herbert96US #39
#30Louis96US #20
#31Eugene89US #41
#32Fred85US #26
#33Kenneth82US #33
#34Donald76US #27
#35Woodrow75US #46
#36Clyde69US #65
#37Joe68US #36
#38Ernest67US #32
#39Leonard67US #45
#40Herman65US #50
#41Russell63US #56
#42Cecil62US #76
#43Alfred61US #40
#44David61US #29
#45Francis61US #35
#46Floyd56US #59
#47Chester55US #55
#48Leo54US #49
#49Norman52US #61
#50Lester51US #58
#51Lloyd51US #70
#52Melvin50US #71
#53Clifford49US #62
#54Samuel48US #30
#55Glenn47US #84
#56Edgar46US #85
#57Theodore46US #52
#58Virgil46US #111
#59Bernard45US #60
#60Marvin44US #83
#61Ray44US #77
#62Homer43US #98
#63Claude42US #89
#64Martin42US #75
#65Jesse40US #74
#66Edwin38US #54
#67Alvin37US #86
#68Harvey37US #91
#69Lee37US #78
#70Orville37US #136
#71Willie37US #22
#72Michael36US #42
#73Lewis35US #68
#74Warren34US #107
#75Willard34US #105
#76Everett33US #96
#77Frederick33US #51
#78Leslie33US #108
#79Marion33US #112
#80Milton33US #64
#81Vernon33US #90
#82Anthony32US #37
#83Oliver32US #117
#84Victor32US #81
#85Andrew31US #44
#86Leroy31US #66
#87Oscar29US #73
#88Vincent29US #72
#89Charley28US #200
#90Maurice28US #95
#91Hugh27US #116
#92Wayne27US #118
#93Wilbur27US #92
#94Archie26US #130
#95Daniel25US #53
#96Gerald25US #87
#97Delbert24US #180
#98Hubert24US #122
#99Curtis23US #121
#100Gilbert23US #115

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑34Theodore#57
↑28Homer#62
↑25Lewis#73
↑21Donald#34
↑21Harvey#68
↑18Gertrude#33
↑18Norman#49
↑18Frederick#77

Falling

↓38Oscar#87
↓33Ella#99
↓26Hubert#98
↓24Edwin#66
↓23Marion#79
↓19Sarah#74
↓18Daniel#95
↓17Hilda#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.