State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,944 Missouri births in 1913 across 725 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#83Lorene#195 nationally
#69Fern#166 nationally
#97Faye#194 nationally
#93Delbert#184 nationally
#95Forrest#173 nationally
#85Goldie#150 nationally
#24Opal#86 nationally
#35Wilma#92 nationally
#72Glen#129 nationally
#64Orville#120 nationally
#56Virgil#107 nationally
#75Oliver#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary971US #1
#2Dorothy602US #3
#3Helen562US #2
#4Mildred462US #6
#5Ruth421US #5
#6Margaret351US #4
#7Virginia293US #15
#8Marie280US #10
#9Edna242US #18
#10Frances242US #9
#11Ruby242US #23
#12Anna221US #7
#13Gladys215US #19
#14Hazel205US #27
#15Elizabeth185US #8
#16Lucille181US #31
#17Thelma178US #26
#18Evelyn168US #12
#19Alice160US #11
#20Irene153US #21
#21Ethel152US #20
#22Martha152US #28
#23Grace151US #25
#24Opal150US #86
#25Florence140US #13
#26Pauline136US #35
#27Rose136US #14
#28Edith131US #29
#29Louise131US #17
#30Esther128US #32
#31Catherine125US #22
#32Elsie124US #40
#33Lillian124US #16
#34Clara123US #36
#35Wilma117US #92
#36Bernice115US #45
#37Gertrude111US #33
#38Josephine111US #24
#39Nellie108US #58
#40Lois103US #59
#41Pearl98US #55
#42Mabel97US #56
#43Velma97US #89
#44Alma95US #64
#45Bertha95US #39
#46Myrtle94US #53
#47Viola94US #52
#48Eva91US #50
#49Marjorie89US #48
#50Jessie88US #61
#51Juanita88US #95
#52Agnes84US #41
#53Laura84US #62
#54Emma82US #38
#55Georgia81US #100
#56Beulah80US #85
#57Leona80US #74
#58Doris74US #44
#59Ann73US #46
#60Violet73US #82
#61Bessie72US #47
#62Blanche69US #76
#63Ida67US #49
#64Katherine67US #54
#65Sarah66US #43
#66Sylvia64US #72
#67Eleanor63US #34
#68Beatrice62US #37
#69Fern61US #166
#70Minnie61US #63
#71Vera60US #68
#72Vivian59US #83
#73Julia58US #42
#74Ada56US #104
#75Jane56US #81
#76Kathryn56US #66
#77Marguerite56US #78
#78Betty54US #67
#79Ella53US #70
#80Geneva53US #120
#81Geraldine50US #121
#82Lena50US #73
#83Lorene50US #195
#84Maxine50US #119
#85Goldie47US #150
#86Stella47US #69
#87Loretta45US #118
#88Alberta44US #108
#89Genevieve44US #84
#90Mae43US #79
#91Audrey42US #136
#92Ellen42US #88
#93Jean42US #60
#94Inez41US #98
#95Lola41US #130
#96Norma41US #139
#97Faye40US #194
#98Marian40US #93
#99Eunice39US #107
#100Naomi38US #142

Boys

#1William789US #2
#2John722US #1
#3James586US #3
#4Charles499US #7
#5Robert489US #4
#6George363US #6
#7Joseph302US #5
#8Edward244US #8
#9Raymond238US #18
#10Harold227US #13
#11Frank212US #9
#12Paul197US #14
#13Harry195US #15
#14Carl189US #23
#15Thomas176US #10
#16Walter175US #11
#17Earl159US #31
#18Henry157US #12
#19Arthur153US #17
#20Ralph152US #22
#21Richard150US #19
#22Roy147US #32
#23Albert137US #16
#24Clarence136US #21
#25Elmer125US #45
#26Fred122US #27
#27Howard122US #26
#28Herbert112US #39
#29Jack110US #28
#30Lawrence105US #35
#31Louis104US #20
#32Kenneth103US #33
#33Russell97US #50
#34Woodrow93US #44
#35Francis92US #30
#36Floyd90US #58
#37Melvin90US #61
#38Donald86US #25
#39Ernest86US #34
#40Lester85US #59
#41Ray82US #73
#42Eugene80US #43
#43David79US #29
#44Clyde78US #64
#45Lloyd78US #67
#46Chester76US #56
#47Glenn75US #85
#48Marvin72US #77
#49Joe70US #37
#50Leo70US #48
#51Clifford68US #68
#52Cecil66US #74
#53Leonard64US #46
#54Alfred61US #42
#55Vernon58US #83
#56Virgil58US #107
#57Edwin57US #55
#58Leslie55US #105
#59Norman55US #57
#60Homer52US #96
#61Samuel52US #36
#62Theodore52US #60
#63Bernard50US #52
#64Orville50US #120
#65Wilbur50US #91
#66Leroy49US #63
#67Oscar49US #76
#68Vincent49US #66
#69Frederick48US #49
#70Edgar47US #87
#71Everett47US #97
#72Glen46US #129
#73Lee46US #78
#74Alvin45US #82
#75Oliver45US #124
#76Andrew44US #47
#77Marion43US #111
#78Harvey42US #93
#79Herman42US #53
#80Jesse42US #79
#81Stanley41US #41
#82Wayne41US #113
#83Lewis39US #72
#84Milton38US #71
#85Sam38US #65
#86Victor38US #80
#87Gilbert36US #103
#88Willard36US #99
#89Anthony35US #38
#90Martin35US #75
#91Maurice35US #95
#92Claude33US #88
#93Delbert33US #184
#94Benjamin32US #70
#95Forrest32US #173
#96Hubert32US #112
#97Hugh32US #115
#98Leon32US #81
#99Allen31US #100
#100Willis31US #136

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑28Wilbur#65
↑26Vernon#55
↑20Sylvia#66
↑20Ella#79
↑20Ray#41
↑20Leslie#58
↑20Leroy#66
↑20Oscar#67

Falling

↓39Herman#79
↓29Claude#92
↓28Lena#82
↓26Martin#90
↓20Vera#71
↓18Emma#54
↓16Bessie#61
↓15Ida#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.