State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,026 Missouri births in 1917 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#82Lorene#181 nationally
#70Fern#162 nationally
#99Goldie#187 nationally
#65Orville#134 nationally
#28Opal#95 nationally
#19Wilma#82 nationally
#43Georgia#105 nationally
#47Virgil#103 nationally
#36Juanita#87 nationally
#64Geneva#113 nationally
#98Bill#147 nationally
#100Roberta#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,882US #1
#2Dorothy1,062US #3
#3Helen1,012US #2
#4Ruth725US #5
#5Virginia653US #10
#6Mildred625US #6
#7Margaret602US #4
#8Frances442US #9
#9Marie383US #12
#10Ruby342US #27
#11Anna339US #7
#12Edna301US #20
#13Hazel301US #31
#14Evelyn295US #11
#15Elizabeth294US #8
#16Thelma293US #32
#17Martha281US #22
#18Lucille270US #29
#19Wilma256US #82
#20Alice240US #13
#21Pauline238US #33
#22Gladys237US #23
#23Irene224US #17
#24Bernice221US #42
#25Marjorie219US #36
#26Edith215US #28
#27Louise211US #19
#28Opal201US #95
#29Ethel196US #24
#30Lillian194US #15
#31Clara193US #41
#32Florence189US #14
#33Grace189US #30
#34Lois188US #43
#35Doris183US #25
#36Juanita180US #87
#37Catherine166US #18
#38Josephine161US #21
#39Esther159US #38
#40Betty156US #34
#41Rose156US #16
#42Viola149US #59
#43Georgia147US #105
#44Nellie146US #64
#45Gertrude143US #37
#46Maxine143US #93
#47Alma142US #71
#48Bertha141US #51
#49Jean140US #40
#50Mabel139US #68
#51Velma136US #99
#52Myrtle135US #58
#53Emma132US #46
#54Elsie131US #50
#55Agnes128US #48
#56Vera128US #66
#57Eva127US #54
#58Eleanor126US #26
#59Leona121US #80
#60Bessie119US #61
#61Vivian119US #79
#62Jane117US #55
#63Violet114US #84
#64Geneva112US #113
#65Pearl108US #57
#66Julia107US #47
#67Ida105US #56
#68Katherine105US #49
#69Kathryn105US #60
#70Fern103US #162
#71Ann100US #44
#72June100US #73
#73Lena100US #85
#74Sarah99US #52
#75Sylvia98US #69
#76Beulah97US #102
#77Geraldine97US #89
#78Norma95US #108
#79Audrey94US #117
#80Marguerite93US #78
#81Blanche90US #91
#82Lorene90US #181
#83Laura89US #65
#84Beatrice88US #39
#85Genevieve88US #77
#86Minnie88US #75
#87Jessie86US #70
#88Ellen83US #90
#89Eileen81US #106
#90Loretta79US #114
#91Ella77US #83
#92Charlotte76US #76
#93Marian76US #74
#94Ada74US #119
#95Marion73US #45
#96Dolores72US #139
#97Eunice71US #111
#98Lola71US #143
#99Goldie70US #187
#100Roberta70US #149

Boys

#1John1,269US #1
#2William1,225US #2
#3James1,071US #3
#4Robert899US #4
#5Charles844US #7
#6George627US #6
#7Joseph425US #5
#8Paul417US #13
#9Harold392US #12
#10Edward390US #8
#11Raymond335US #16
#12Walter328US #11
#13Richard324US #14
#14Thomas315US #10
#15Frank299US #9
#16Harry296US #19
#17Roy272US #33
#18Henry269US #15
#19Carl268US #24
#20Ralph268US #21
#21Earl255US #32
#22Kenneth253US #27
#23Jack237US #22
#24Albert232US #18
#25Arthur231US #17
#26Clarence226US #25
#27Donald226US #20
#28Lawrence201US #36
#29Howard199US #26
#30Eugene198US #39
#31Elmer191US #45
#32Louis172US #23
#33Fred171US #29
#34Floyd161US #62
#35Melvin157US #57
#36Leonard155US #41
#37Lloyd154US #53
#38Joe152US #35
#39Francis150US #30
#40Norman146US #46
#41Russell146US #52
#42Herbert145US #40
#43David142US #28
#44Clifford134US #59
#45Ernest132US #37
#46Clyde126US #64
#47Virgil126US #103
#48Lester125US #61
#49Vernon121US #71
#50Marvin119US #68
#51Alfred116US #43
#52Lee115US #85
#53Leo109US #47
#54Cecil106US #83
#55Chester97US #56
#56Edwin96US #55
#57Jesse96US #79
#58Ray96US #74
#59Everett95US #94
#60Gerald91US #69
#61Homer91US #102
#62Edgar90US #88
#63Herman90US #58
#64Glenn88US #86
#65Orville87US #134
#66Woodrow86US #73
#67Bernard85US #49
#68Frederick82US #51
#69Willard81US #80
#70Leroy80US #60
#71Oscar78US #87
#72Lewis74US #70
#73Martin73US #77
#74Samuel73US #42
#75Glen72US #122
#76Stanley72US #34
#77Vincent72US #65
#78Wayne71US #96
#79Andrew70US #48
#80Anthony70US #38
#81Wilbur67US #92
#82Sam65US #72
#83Gilbert63US #105
#84Leslie63US #107
#85Claude62US #98
#86Victor59US #78
#87Alvin55US #81
#88Marion55US #108
#89Benjamin54US #76
#90Willie54US #31
#91Allen53US #100
#92Theodore52US #63
#93Harvey51US #90
#94Daniel50US #54
#95Hubert50US #115
#96Max50US #104
#97Warren50US #93
#98Bill49US #147
#99Luther49US #116
#100Oliver49US #127

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑25Jean#49
↑24Bertha#48
↑17Sam#82
↑15Violet#63
↑15Sylvia#75
↑14Julia#66
↑14Norman#40
↑14Andrew#79

Falling

↓27Jessie#87
↓22Woodrow#66
↓22Claude#85
↓21Hubert#95
↓19Victor#86
↓18Eunice#97
↓17Willard#69
↓15Pearl#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.