State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,327 Missouri births in 1914 across 808 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#83Jewelloutside the national top 200
#67Fern#172 nationally
#97Lelaoutside the national top 200
#76Goldie#173 nationally
#89Lorene#185 nationally
#100Marcella#183 nationally
#95Forrest#176 nationally
#94Don#173 nationally
#21Opal#89 nationally
#91Eula#157 nationally
#58Glen#123 nationally
#94Roberta#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,126US #1
#2Dorothy692US #3
#3Helen691US #2
#4Mildred452US #7
#5Ruth452US #5
#6Margaret432US #4
#7Virginia356US #14
#8Marie329US #10
#9Frances283US #9
#10Edna235US #19
#11Hazel233US #29
#12Thelma232US #26
#13Ruby221US #24
#14Elizabeth220US #8
#15Anna217US #6
#16Evelyn209US #11
#17Gladys203US #20
#18Alice184US #12
#19Florence184US #13
#20Lucille184US #30
#21Opal180US #89
#22Martha168US #27
#23Louise162US #17
#24Grace151US #25
#25Bernice148US #43
#26Irene148US #22
#27Edith144US #31
#28Ethel143US #21
#29Lillian142US #16
#30Pauline138US #34
#31Clara136US #37
#32Wilma131US #95
#33Catherine130US #18
#34Marjorie130US #45
#35Rose127US #15
#36Mabel125US #58
#37Esther123US #35
#38Josephine120US #23
#39Doris116US #36
#40Juanita115US #94
#41Lois114US #51
#42Gertrude112US #32
#43Bertha109US #41
#44Katherine109US #48
#45Elsie107US #46
#46Viola105US #57
#47Nellie104US #61
#48Velma102US #92
#49Eva101US #52
#50Pearl99US #56
#51Eleanor98US #28
#52Vera95US #68
#53Myrtle94US #60
#54Emma93US #39
#55Leona93US #79
#56Jessie92US #64
#57Ida90US #49
#58Bessie89US #55
#59Beulah88US #96
#60Alma85US #69
#61Kathryn83US #63
#62Jane81US #71
#63Ann80US #40
#64Maxine79US #114
#65Agnes78US #44
#66Georgia78US #107
#67Fern77US #172
#68Stella76US #65
#69Loretta75US #122
#70Genevieve73US #76
#71Sarah72US #47
#72Betty71US #62
#73Violet70US #83
#74Blanche69US #80
#75Vivian68US #81
#76Goldie65US #173
#77Laura65US #59
#78Beatrice64US #38
#79Marguerite63US #84
#80Minnie63US #67
#81Ella61US #72
#82Jean59US #54
#83Jewell59
#84Geneva58US #118
#85Lena58US #75
#86Julia57US #42
#87Sylvia57US #70
#88Alberta53US #119
#89Lorene53US #185
#90Norma51US #128
#91Eula49US #157
#92Marion49US #50
#93Lola47US #144
#94Roberta47US #158
#95Ellen46US #86
#96Kathleen46US #110
#97Lela45
#98Naomi44US #134
#99Erma43US #147
#100Marcella43US #183

Boys

#1William907US #2
#2John899US #1
#3James726US #3
#4Robert553US #4
#5Charles547US #7
#6George455US #6
#7Joseph351US #5
#8Edward297US #8
#9Harold293US #14
#10Paul268US #13
#11Frank264US #9
#12Raymond260US #16
#13Walter232US #10
#14Ralph223US #21
#15Thomas221US #11
#16Harry220US #19
#17Arthur196US #18
#18Richard194US #17
#19Albert179US #15
#20Henry179US #12
#21Clarence178US #22
#22Carl176US #24
#23Kenneth169US #30
#24Roy168US #32
#25Earl153US #33
#26Howard151US #26
#27Lawrence148US #35
#28Louis145US #20
#29Elmer136US #46
#30Fred136US #28
#31Jack132US #27
#32Leonard120US #45
#33Eugene119US #43
#34Joe119US #34
#35David115US #29
#36Donald113US #23
#37Herbert112US #42
#38Francis108US #31
#39Chester102US #56
#40Russell99US #49
#41Edwin95US #53
#42Floyd95US #58
#43Ernest92US #38
#44Clyde90US #63
#45Lester89US #57
#46Leo87US #47
#47Lloyd86US #66
#48Melvin82US #59
#49Cecil81US #79
#50Alfred80US #41
#51Virgil80US #107
#52Woodrow78US #71
#53Herman77US #51
#54Clifford72US #62
#55Norman72US #54
#56Everett71US #90
#57Marvin71US #75
#58Glen69US #123
#59Willard69US #92
#60Claude67US #93
#61Lee67US #84
#62Bernard66US #50
#63Wilbur65US #96
#64Leroy64US #60
#65Oscar64US #77
#66Vernon63US #83
#67Glenn62US #91
#68Jesse62US #82
#69Frederick61US #52
#70Lewis61US #72
#71Daniel60US #55
#72Ray58US #74
#73Samuel58US #36
#74Andrew56US #44
#75Victor56US #76
#76Orville55US #133
#77Gerald54US #81
#78Martin54US #73
#79Alvin53US #78
#80Anthony53US #37
#81Stanley53US #39
#82Homer52US #101
#83Marion52US #115
#84Theodore50US #64
#85Milton48US #69
#86Edgar44US #87
#87Gilbert43US #104
#88Vincent43US #61
#89Leslie42US #103
#90Sam42US #67
#91Benjamin41US #70
#92Oliver41US #122
#93Willie41US #25
#94Don40US #173
#95Forrest39US #176
#96Maurice38US #94
#97Gordon37US #88
#98Hubert37US #118
#99Wayne37US #111
#100Harvey35US #95

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑32Claude#60
↑29Willard#59
↑26Herman#53
↑21Leonard#32
↑20Katherine#44
↑20Maxine#64
↑19Doris#39
↑19Vera#52

Falling

↓31Ray#72
↓31Leslie#89
↓24Laura#77
↓22Homer#82
↓22Theodore#84
↓22Harvey#100
↓21Sylvia#87
↓20Glenn#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.