State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,451 Missouri births in 1916 across 984 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#96Jewelloutside the national top 200
#75Lorene#177 nationally
#100Altaoutside the national top 200
#86Goldie#178 nationally
#68Fern#152 nationally
#22Opal#91 nationally
#37Virgil#104 nationally
#66Orville#131 nationally
#24Wilma#82 nationally
#45Velma#99 nationally
#56Georgia#108 nationally
#41Juanita#90 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,735US #1
#2Dorothy1,075US #3
#3Helen1,026US #2
#4Ruth726US #5
#5Mildred685US #6
#6Margaret633US #4
#7Virginia586US #10
#8Marie464US #12
#9Frances411US #9
#10Ruby379US #23
#11Anna378US #7
#12Thelma376US #29
#13Hazel326US #31
#14Edna317US #19
#15Lucille289US #30
#16Elizabeth287US #8
#17Gladys269US #22
#18Evelyn268US #11
#19Martha265US #24
#20Alice251US #13
#21Lillian249US #16
#22Opal248US #91
#23Ethel247US #25
#24Wilma244US #82
#25Florence240US #14
#26Edith221US #28
#27Marjorie221US #37
#28Irene220US #17
#29Louise214US #18
#30Bernice210US #42
#31Pauline208US #33
#32Grace205US #26
#33Clara183US #39
#34Lois180US #43
#35Rose171US #15
#36Esther170US #34
#37Josephine164US #21
#38Catherine160US #20
#39Doris160US #32
#40Emma158US #41
#41Juanita157US #90
#42Gertrude149US #35
#43Nellie148US #61
#44Viola148US #59
#45Velma143US #99
#46Alma142US #70
#47Leona142US #75
#48Betty140US #44
#49Mabel139US #65
#50Pearl139US #57
#51Elsie136US #48
#52Eva134US #55
#53Maxine133US #96
#54Eleanor129US #27
#55Jane129US #62
#56Georgia126US #108
#57Vivian126US #77
#58Agnes125US #50
#59Myrtle125US #58
#60Jessie124US #68
#61Beulah123US #97
#62Bessie120US #56
#63Vera119US #66
#64Katherine117US #51
#65Ann116US #40
#66Kathryn114US #60
#67Geneva112US #112
#68Fern110US #152
#69Ida110US #54
#70Laura108US #64
#71Beatrice107US #38
#72Bertha107US #49
#73Lena106US #85
#74Jean101US #45
#75Lorene100US #177
#76Sarah98US #52
#77Geraldine95US #94
#78Violet95US #83
#79Eunice92US #110
#80Julia88US #46
#81June87US #86
#82Blanche86US #89
#83Marguerite85US #78
#84Stella83US #63
#85Genevieve82US #76
#86Goldie82US #178
#87Norma82US #111
#88Audrey81US #119
#89Ella81US #81
#90Sylvia81US #69
#91Barbara77US #74
#92Charlotte77US #80
#93Ellen77US #87
#94Loretta76US #113
#95Minnie76US #71
#96Jewell72
#97Naomi71US #130
#98Cora67US #114
#99Marian67US #72
#100Alta65

Boys

#1William1,287US #2
#2John1,239US #1
#3James1,067US #3
#4Charles911US #6
#5Robert850US #4
#6George594US #7
#7Joseph452US #5
#8Harold442US #13
#9Edward426US #8
#10Paul408US #12
#11Raymond382US #16
#12Frank347US #9
#13Walter313US #11
#14Thomas312US #10
#15Harry301US #19
#16Richard294US #15
#17Arthur283US #18
#18Carl282US #23
#19Ralph271US #21
#20Kenneth268US #27
#21Roy262US #33
#22Henry249US #14
#23Albert248US #17
#24Clarence247US #24
#25Earl242US #32
#26Elmer206US #45
#27Howard202US #25
#28Jack198US #26
#29Eugene191US #39
#30Fred191US #29
#31Donald177US #20
#32Francis164US #31
#33Louis161US #22
#34Lawrence160US #38
#35Joe157US #35
#36David155US #28
#37Virgil148US #104
#38Leonard146US #42
#39Herbert145US #40
#40Melvin137US #57
#41Russell137US #51
#42Lloyd133US #58
#43Lester128US #59
#44Woodrow128US #64
#45Ernest127US #36
#46Floyd127US #60
#47Clyde125US #62
#48Marvin125US #66
#49Ray122US #73
#50Clifford117US #61
#51Leo117US #47
#52Willard110US #69
#53Cecil109US #80
#54Norman108US #48
#55Jesse103US #77
#56Alfred101US #43
#57Chester100US #54
#58Edwin99US #53
#59Glenn97US #84
#60Leroy97US #63
#61Vernon97US #75
#62Herman96US #56
#63Claude95US #93
#64Lee91US #83
#65Everett87US #91
#66Orville87US #131
#67Victor83US #78
#68Vincent82US #67
#69Samuel81US #41
#70Homer80US #103
#71Gerald79US #76
#72Edgar76US #88
#73Glen76US #122
#74Hubert74US #113
#75Marion74US #110
#76Alvin73US #82
#77Bernard73US #49
#78Frederick72US #52
#79Wilbur72US #94
#80Lewis67US #71
#81Stanley67US #34
#82Wayne67US #98
#83Milton65US #72
#84Oscar64US #86
#85Leslie63US #112
#86Theodore63US #65
#87Harvey61US #92
#88Daniel58US #55
#89Leon58US #85
#90Willie57US #30
#91Oliver56US #127
#92Anthony55US #37
#93Andrew54US #46
#94Maurice52US #100
#95Max52US #105
#96Benjamin51US #79
#97Gilbert51US #106
#98Allen50US #101
#99Sam49US #74
#100Arnold46US #89

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑32Woodrow#44
↑22Hubert#74
↑19Geraldine#77
↑18Leroy#60
↑17Leona#47
↑17June#81
↑16Clara#33
↑16Jane#55

Falling

↓26Andrew#93
↓21Bertha#72
↓21Norma#87
↓17Genevieve#85
↓16Vera#63
↓16Cecil#53
↓14Minnie#95
↓14Glen#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.