State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,499 Missouri births in 1918 across 1,004 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#92Melbaoutside the national top 200
#95Jewelloutside the national top 200
#96Nadineoutside the national top 200
#70Lorene#173 nationally
#94Forrest#175 nationally
#85Fern#164 nationally
#45Georgia#107 nationally
#33Opal#94 nationally
#22Wilma#82 nationally
#67Glen#125 nationally
#76Orville#134 nationally
#43Virgil#99 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,950US #1
#2Dorothy1,293US #3
#3Helen1,013US #2
#4Ruth798US #5
#5Virginia748US #7
#6Mildred708US #6
#7Margaret651US #4
#8Frances436US #8
#9Marie426US #12
#10Anna369US #10
#11Ruby355US #27
#12Edna322US #23
#13Hazel312US #33
#14Martha292US #25
#15Elizabeth290US #9
#16Evelyn288US #11
#17Gladys286US #22
#18Marjorie284US #34
#19Thelma283US #32
#20Lucille281US #29
#21Alice275US #13
#22Wilma258US #82
#23Betty250US #21
#24Pauline245US #35
#25Doris237US #19
#26Lillian237US #15
#27Irene236US #16
#28Florence229US #14
#29Edith216US #30
#30Bernice213US #41
#31Juanita209US #85
#32Louise208US #18
#33Opal207US #94
#34Lois200US #42
#35Josephine192US #24
#36Ethel190US #28
#37Catherine185US #20
#38Maxine184US #87
#39Esther181US #38
#40Grace174US #31
#41Clara162US #43
#42Viola161US #59
#43Alma159US #73
#44Rose152US #17
#45Georgia150US #107
#46Mabel150US #74
#47Jane147US #53
#48Velma146US #103
#49Geraldine141US #77
#50Nellie141US #65
#51Vera140US #68
#52Agnes139US #47
#53Leona139US #79
#54Eva138US #55
#55Beulah137US #104
#56Vivian136US #72
#57Jean133US #37
#58Elsie131US #49
#59Katherine130US #50
#60Lorraine129US #69
#61Bertha127US #51
#62Gertrude123US #39
#63Jessie123US #75
#64Pearl119US #56
#65Emma118US #46
#66Laura117US #64
#67Eleanor116US #26
#68June114US #66
#69Sarah112US #52
#70Lorene111US #173
#71Geneva110US #112
#72Violet109US #83
#73Ida108US #57
#74Bessie106US #61
#75Myrtle106US #62
#76Marguerite102US #86
#77Genevieve100US #81
#78Kathryn100US #63
#79Lena100US #93
#80Audrey97US #118
#81Ann94US #44
#82Beatrice91US #40
#83Ella88US #84
#84Julia88US #48
#85Fern87US #164
#86Marian87US #76
#87Alberta84US #122
#88Loretta84US #116
#89Eunice81US #111
#90Sylvia81US #71
#91Charlotte80US #78
#92Melba80
#93Norma78US #98
#94Roberta77US #142
#95Jewell76
#96Nadine76
#97Naomi76US #140
#98Verna75US #125
#99Ellen74US #92
#100Marion74US #45

Boys

#1William1,428US #2
#2John1,368US #1
#3Robert1,125US #4
#4James1,120US #3
#5Charles921US #5
#6George677US #6
#7Joseph566US #7
#8Harold463US #13
#9Edward450US #8
#10Paul410US #14
#11Raymond403US #15
#12Frank362US #9
#13Thomas324US #10
#14Walter323US #11
#15Richard307US #12
#16Roy306US #32
#17Ralph304US #22
#18Harry302US #20
#19Kenneth290US #27
#20Clarence285US #23
#21Earl278US #31
#22Donald272US #18
#23Arthur262US #17
#24Carl256US #25
#25Jack256US #21
#26Eugene246US #35
#27Henry243US #16
#28Albert236US #19
#29Fred212US #33
#30Elmer206US #44
#31Lawrence201US #38
#32Howard197US #26
#33Leonard191US #41
#34Russell188US #50
#35Francis183US #30
#36Lloyd182US #51
#37Melvin170US #56
#38Vernon167US #66
#39Joe160US #34
#40Floyd155US #61
#41David151US #28
#42Lester148US #62
#43Virgil145US #99
#44Herbert142US #40
#45Marvin141US #68
#46Ray141US #69
#47Louis140US #24
#48Ernest133US #37
#49Norman128US #49
#50Leo127US #48
#51Clyde123US #67
#52Clifford121US #60
#53Alfred119US #42
#54Jesse117US #78
#55Chester111US #54
#56Herman107US #65
#57Edwin105US #55
#58Alvin104US #80
#59Woodrow104US #58
#60Glenn102US #84
#61Leroy102US #57
#62Claude97US #95
#63Everett96US #93
#64Gerald94US #72
#65Samuel94US #43
#66Willard92US #83
#67Glen91US #125
#68Cecil89US #82
#69Victor87US #63
#70Marion83US #107
#71Stanley83US #36
#72Homer79US #100
#73Bernard75US #47
#74Edgar75US #89
#75Lee74US #86
#76Orville74US #134
#77Wayne74US #91
#78Wilbur74US #97
#79Lewis73US #74
#80Anthony72US #39
#81Martin72US #81
#82Daniel71US #52
#83Leslie71US #102
#84Oscar71US #87
#85Frederick68US #59
#86Allen63US #98
#87Gilbert63US #105
#88Harvey63US #88
#89Theodore63US #64
#90Sam60US #75
#91Willie60US #29
#92Andrew59US #46
#93Oliver58US #130
#94Forrest56US #175
#95Vincent56US #73
#96Hubert54US #114
#97Maurice54US #103
#98Leon52US #77
#99Milton52US #76
#100Max51US #106

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑29Alvin#58
↑28Geraldine#49
↑24Jessie#63
↑23Claude#62
↑21Beulah#55
↑18Marion#70
↑17Betty#23
↑17Laura#66

Falling

↓23Myrtle#75
↓23Lee#75
↓18Julia#84
↓18Vincent#95
↓17Gertrude#62
↓17Frederick#85
↓15Fern#85
↓15Sylvia#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.