State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,317 Missouri births in 1919 across 986 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#70Fern#176 nationally
#96Jewelloutside the national top 200
#65Lorene#168 nationally
#87Rosemary#166 nationally
#92Marcella#171 nationally
#30Opal#98 nationally
#20Wilma#86 nationally
#86Don#145 nationally
#49Velma#104 nationally
#100Billy#154 nationally
#32Maxine#85 nationally
#80Orville#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,817US #1
#2Dorothy1,158US #3
#3Helen1,011US #2
#4Mildred706US #6
#5Virginia676US #7
#6Margaret646US #4
#7Ruth645US #5
#8Frances458US #9
#9Marie396US #12
#10Anna377US #10
#11Ruby357US #24
#12Thelma305US #31
#13Hazel295US #32
#14Evelyn292US #11
#15Betty283US #15
#16Edna276US #22
#17Martha263US #25
#18Lucille248US #27
#19Gladys247US #21
#20Wilma245US #86
#21Irene244US #16
#22Marjorie241US #33
#23Elizabeth240US #8
#24Alice235US #13
#25Pauline222US #36
#26Juanita215US #73
#27Edith213US #29
#28Doris210US #18
#29Lillian210US #17
#30Opal205US #98
#31Bernice198US #42
#32Maxine192US #85
#33Ethel189US #28
#34Lois183US #40
#35Louise183US #20
#36Catherine178US #23
#37Florence175US #14
#38Grace175US #34
#39Geraldine153US #68
#40Clara151US #43
#41Esther150US #38
#42Viola149US #58
#43Nellie148US #69
#44Eva146US #55
#45Rose146US #19
#46Alma141US #76
#47Emma138US #45
#48Josephine135US #26
#49Velma135US #104
#50Vera135US #65
#51Lorraine132US #62
#52Norma132US #83
#53Jane130US #53
#54Katherine128US #51
#55Kathryn128US #66
#56Jean126US #37
#57June124US #64
#58Myrtle123US #67
#59Vivian123US #72
#60Elsie122US #47
#61Violet119US #74
#62Mabel118US #78
#63Georgia116US #106
#64Beulah114US #108
#65Lorene114US #168
#66Loretta113US #118
#67Geneva112US #107
#68Agnes110US #50
#69Gertrude110US #39
#70Fern108US #176
#71Bessie107US #59
#72Pearl105US #56
#73Bertha104US #52
#74Lena100US #94
#75Jessie98US #75
#76Leona97US #90
#77Eleanor94US #30
#78Audrey92US #115
#79Beatrice90US #41
#80Ida90US #57
#81Laura90US #71
#82Sarah85US #46
#83Ann83US #49
#84Marion83US #44
#85Nancy83US #100
#86Eunice81US #119
#87Rosemary81US #166
#88Sylvia81US #77
#89Ella80US #87
#90Marguerite80US #96
#91Blanche78US #97
#92Marcella77US #171
#93Dolores75US #124
#94Ellen75US #92
#95Genevieve75US #88
#96Jewell75
#97Kathleen74US #101
#98Lola73US #142
#99Marian71US #82
#100Stella69US #70

Boys

#1William1,298US #2
#2John1,252US #1
#3James1,133US #3
#4Robert1,094US #4
#5Charles866US #5
#6George648US #6
#7Joseph504US #7
#8Harold467US #13
#9Raymond424US #14
#10Edward415US #8
#11Paul353US #15
#12Thomas338US #10
#13Walter318US #11
#14Richard301US #12
#15Kenneth287US #26
#16Frank283US #9
#17Ralph267US #22
#18Roy260US #32
#19Jack253US #21
#20Arthur247US #19
#21Carl246US #29
#22Harry246US #20
#23Clarence245US #25
#24Albert238US #18
#25Donald235US #17
#26Eugene227US #33
#27Earl215US #31
#28Howard210US #24
#29Henry208US #16
#30Elmer198US #44
#31Leonard183US #39
#32Fred181US #30
#33Lloyd181US #58
#34David175US #27
#35Lawrence161US #38
#36Melvin156US #56
#37Joe153US #35
#38Herbert151US #40
#39Vernon149US #65
#40Marvin147US #63
#41Cecil145US #78
#42Norman145US #48
#43Russell145US #50
#44Louis144US #28
#45Clyde139US #67
#46Clifford138US #60
#47Francis137US #34
#48Ray134US #69
#49Leo133US #49
#50Ernest132US #36
#51Chester130US #53
#52Floyd127US #59
#53Lester118US #62
#54Virgil110US #103
#55Gerald106US #70
#56Alfred102US #42
#57Everett102US #93
#58Leroy99US #55
#59Willard99US #87
#60Bernard94US #45
#61Theodore94US #54
#62Wayne94US #90
#63Glenn93US #84
#64Edwin90US #52
#65Samuel90US #43
#66Victor90US #68
#67Glen89US #116
#68Claude88US #92
#69Herman84US #61
#70Jesse82US #77
#71Alvin79US #76
#72Gilbert79US #102
#73Homer79US #104
#74Lee78US #82
#75Stanley77US #37
#76Marion76US #106
#77Wilbur75US #98
#78Vincent72US #72
#79Edgar70US #89
#80Orville66US #133
#81Frederick65US #64
#82Warren65US #83
#83Oliver63US #128
#84Oscar63US #88
#85Hubert61US #115
#86Don56US #145
#87Leon56US #80
#88Milton56US #73
#89Daniel55US #51
#90Lewis55US #74
#91Anthony53US #41
#92Benjamin53US #79
#93Dale53US #112
#94Martin52US #81
#95Andrew50US #47
#96Gordon49US #86
#97Max49US #110
#98Willie49US #23
#99Allen48US #101
#100Billy48US #154

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑41Norma#52
↑28Theodore#61
↑27Cecil#41
↑23Kathryn#55
↑22Loretta#66
↑18Emma#47
↑17Myrtle#58
↑17Vincent#78

Falling

↓23Leona#76
↓18Georgia#63
↓18Genevieve#95
↓16Mabel#62
↓16Agnes#68
↓16Jesse#70
↓15Laura#81
↓14Marguerite#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.