State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,127 Missouri births in 1915 across 962 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#97Jewelloutside the national top 200
#100Geneoutside the national top 200
#82Lorene#179 nationally
#63Fern#157 nationally
#94Goldie#172 nationally
#24Opal#90 nationally
#59Glen#123 nationally
#33Juanita#92 nationally
#51Virgil#108 nationally
#70Orville#127 nationally
#25Wilma#80 nationally
#40Velma#94 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,562US #1
#2Dorothy943US #3
#3Helen899US #2
#4Ruth649US #5
#5Mildred640US #6
#6Virginia559US #12
#7Margaret506US #4
#8Marie432US #11
#9Frances385US #9
#10Anna352US #7
#11Ruby331US #24
#12Hazel325US #26
#13Lucille317US #29
#14Thelma292US #30
#15Edna284US #20
#16Gladys281US #21
#17Evelyn270US #10
#18Alice255US #13
#19Elizabeth253US #8
#20Florence234US #14
#21Martha233US #25
#22Lillian231US #15
#23Louise221US #18
#24Opal216US #90
#25Wilma209US #80
#26Esther203US #33
#27Irene202US #17
#28Pauline201US #32
#29Bernice191US #42
#30Catherine185US #19
#31Ethel184US #23
#32Edith181US #31
#33Juanita173US #92
#34Grace166US #27
#35Marjorie166US #39
#36Rose163US #16
#37Josephine159US #22
#38Gertrude153US #35
#39Mabel151US #62
#40Velma149US #94
#41Viola146US #59
#42Doris143US #34
#43Lois141US #47
#44Nellie139US #63
#45Elsie136US #41
#46Pearl136US #56
#47Vera134US #65
#48Alma133US #70
#49Clara131US #38
#50Maxine129US #98
#51Bertha126US #46
#52Beulah124US #95
#53Eleanor124US #28
#54Katherine123US #49
#55Emma118US #40
#56Jessie117US #66
#57Agnes111US #45
#58Eva111US #55
#59Vivian110US #78
#60Bessie109US #57
#61Betty109US #53
#62Myrtle109US #58
#63Fern104US #157
#64Leona104US #74
#65Georgia103US #111
#66Norma103US #118
#67Violet102US #82
#68Genevieve100US #76
#69Kathryn100US #60
#70Geneva97US #110
#71Jane97US #69
#72Laura97US #61
#73Lena96US #77
#74Julia95US #44
#75Ann92US #43
#76Ida92US #54
#77Sarah90US #51
#78Jean87US #48
#79Beatrice82US #37
#80Marguerite82US #85
#81Minnie81US #68
#82Lorene79US #179
#83Sylvia78US #67
#84Stella76US #64
#85Ada75US #114
#86Blanche74US #87
#87Alberta73US #120
#88Naomi73US #128
#89Loretta72US #115
#90Lucy72US #79
#91Mae72US #89
#92Eileen71US #132
#93Erma71US #139
#94Goldie70US #172
#95Ella69US #75
#96Geraldine68US #108
#97Jewell68
#98June68US #96
#99Verna67US #126
#100Ellen66US #88

Boys

#1William1,252US #2
#2John1,142US #1
#3James966US #3
#4Robert809US #4
#5Charles805US #7
#6George605US #6
#7Joseph443US #5
#8Harold432US #12
#9Edward420US #8
#10Paul407US #13
#11Raymond350US #16
#12Frank338US #9
#13Walter315US #11
#14Harry311US #19
#15Carl305US #22
#16Ralph284US #21
#17Thomas267US #10
#18Clarence258US #24
#19Roy257US #32
#20Richard246US #15
#21Kenneth235US #28
#22Arthur233US #18
#23Henry231US #14
#24Earl227US #33
#25Albert218US #17
#26Howard208US #25
#27Elmer202US #45
#28Fred193US #26
#29Jack187US #27
#30Eugene185US #41
#31Lawrence177US #37
#32Louis167US #23
#33Donald166US #20
#34Floyd163US #59
#35Francis155US #29
#36Herbert154US #40
#37Cecil147US #76
#38Joe146US #38
#39Melvin145US #60
#40David141US #31
#41Russell134US #51
#42Willard134US #58
#43Leo133US #47
#44Clyde128US #63
#45Ernest128US #35
#46Lester124US #57
#47Leonard122US #44
#48Lloyd121US #62
#49Edwin117US #53
#50Ray110US #67
#51Virgil110US #108
#52Clifford109US #61
#53Chester106US #54
#54Marvin105US #72
#55Everett100US #89
#56Alfred98US #42
#57Jesse98US #77
#58Norman98US #50
#59Glen96US #123
#60Glenn96US #87
#61Vernon96US #80
#62Herman92US #56
#63Samuel89US #39
#64Lee88US #84
#65Alvin86US #81
#66Homer85US #98
#67Andrew79US #46
#68Frederick79US #52
#69Claude74US #96
#70Orville74US #127
#71Stanley74US #34
#72Victor74US #74
#73Wilbur73US #92
#74Bernard72US #48
#75Edgar70US #85
#76Woodrow69US #83
#77Vincent67US #65
#78Leroy66US #66
#79Oliver66US #119
#80Oscar66US #88
#81Marion65US #112
#82Theodore64US #64
#83Leon61US #82
#84Milton61US #73
#85Wayne61US #97
#86Gilbert60US #100
#87Gerald58US #78
#88Daniel57US #55
#89Leslie57US #106
#90Benjamin54US #71
#91Lewis52US #70
#92Harvey51US #95
#93Martin51US #79
#94Sam51US #68
#95Ben48US #113
#96Hubert48US #116
#97Morris47US #93
#98Warren47US #105
#99Maurice46US #101
#100Gene45

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑24Norma#66
↑22Ray#50
↑17Willard#42
↑16Vivian#59
↑16Homer#66
↑14Maxine#50
↑14Geneva#70
↑14Alvin#65

Falling

↓24Woodrow#76
↓21Lewis#91
↓20Loretta#89
↓19Ida#76
↓18Clara#49
↓18Goldie#94
↓17Daniel#88
↓16Stella#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.