State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,520 Missouri births in 1920 across 1,014 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#73Fern#170 nationally
#97Junior#193 nationally
#98Laverne#188 nationally
#82Lorene#167 nationally
#38Velma#105 nationally
#36Opal#101 nationally
#80Rosemary#141 nationally
#18Wilma#78 nationally
#72Billy#132 nationally
#57Georgia#113 nationally
#93Don#148 nationally
#68Glen#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,022US #1
#2Dorothy1,300US #2
#3Helen1,054US #3
#4Ruth791US #5
#5Virginia763US #7
#6Mildred695US #6
#7Margaret622US #4
#8Frances438US #9
#9Betty424US #11
#10Marie399US #13
#11Anna369US #10
#12Thelma333US #31
#13Ruby323US #26
#14Marjorie314US #24
#15Evelyn302US #12
#16Doris301US #14
#17Hazel288US #34
#18Wilma274US #78
#19Edna266US #27
#20Lucille263US #29
#21Martha254US #23
#22Elizabeth253US #8
#23Gladys248US #22
#24Alice246US #15
#25Juanita234US #61
#26Louise231US #19
#27Pauline220US #36
#28Irene215US #17
#29Edith214US #32
#30Lillian213US #18
#31Bernice207US #40
#32Ethel207US #30
#33Florence205US #16
#34Geraldine202US #60
#35Maxine201US #81
#36Opal199US #101
#37Norma179US #69
#38Velma169US #105
#39Clara168US #44
#40Catherine166US #21
#41Lois165US #38
#42June159US #53
#43Lorraine150US #70
#44Jean149US #33
#45Rose147US #20
#46Kathryn146US #67
#47Esther145US #39
#48Katherine144US #45
#49Vera140US #75
#50Eleanor139US #25
#51Jane139US #48
#52Josephine138US #28
#53Violet136US #77
#54Grace132US #37
#55Viola130US #59
#56Emma129US #46
#57Georgia129US #113
#58Alma128US #80
#59Eva128US #58
#60Laura128US #63
#61Mabel128US #83
#62Dolores127US #110
#63Vivian126US #64
#64Nellie123US #76
#65Elsie122US #51
#66Audrey117US #103
#67Agnes115US #54
#68Gertrude115US #42
#69Myrtle115US #68
#70Leona114US #89
#71Pearl114US #62
#72Beulah113US #109
#73Fern113US #170
#74Bessie105US #71
#75Geneva105US #106
#76Shirley105US #56
#77Marian102US #73
#78Sarah100US #50
#79Bertha99US #57
#80Rosemary98US #141
#81Barbara95US #47
#82Lorene93US #167
#83Marion93US #43
#84Ann92US #49
#85Ida92US #66
#86Alberta89US #128
#87Ellen87US #92
#88Jessie87US #84
#89Charlotte85US #79
#90Genevieve84US #86
#91Kathleen83US #91
#92Ella82US #88
#93Marguerite82US #93
#94Beatrice80US #41
#95Sylvia80US #85
#96Julia78US #55
#97Minnie77US #87
#98Laverne76US #188
#99Nancy76US #95
#100Wanda76US #117

Boys

#1William1,453US #2
#2John1,361US #1
#3James1,273US #4
#4Robert1,264US #3
#5Charles1,036US #5
#6George660US #6
#7Harold527US #12
#8Joseph474US #7
#9Paul441US #14
#10Edward434US #8
#11Raymond411US #15
#12Richard382US #10
#13Frank370US #9
#14Jack350US #20
#15Thomas335US #11
#16Donald325US #16
#17Walter322US #13
#18Kenneth318US #23
#19Ralph293US #22
#20Roy286US #32
#21Carl281US #27
#22Eugene280US #30
#23Arthur266US #18
#24Harry259US #21
#25Clarence246US #26
#26Earl240US #31
#27Henry240US #17
#28Warren231US #39
#29Howard227US #24
#30Albert214US #19
#31Elmer200US #45
#32Fred193US #33
#33Leonard184US #38
#34Russell182US #51
#35Marvin181US #62
#36David177US #25
#37Francis177US #34
#38Herbert177US #41
#39Lloyd176US #58
#40Lawrence173US #36
#41Melvin171US #54
#42Joe164US #35
#43Louis159US #28
#44Floyd156US #61
#45Norman153US #47
#46Vernon145US #65
#47Ray135US #67
#48Clifford133US #59
#49Lester133US #69
#50Ernest124US #37
#51Leo123US #48
#52Alfred119US #42
#53Clyde119US #68
#54Leroy119US #56
#55Gerald118US #64
#56Virgil116US #101
#57Chester107US #55
#58Cecil104US #77
#59Edwin99US #53
#60Glenn99US #80
#61Stanley96US #40
#62Bernard95US #46
#63Everett95US #95
#64Herman94US #66
#65Samuel94US #44
#66Wilbur93US #98
#67Jesse90US #79
#68Glen89US #122
#69Wayne89US #86
#70Lee88US #82
#71Edgar86US #89
#72Billy81US #132
#73Theodore81US #63
#74Willard81US #88
#75Alvin80US #76
#76Marion80US #109
#77Oscar76US #90
#78Homer75US #100
#79Lewis74US #72
#80Leon73US #75
#81Claude72US #92
#82Orville71US #134
#83Andrew70US #49
#84Oliver70US #135
#85Victor70US #81
#86Martin69US #78
#87Frederick66US #60
#88Gilbert66US #97
#89Harvey66US #87
#90Anthony65US #43
#91Max63US #112
#92Daniel62US #52
#93Don62US #148
#94Wallace62US #93
#95Leslie61US #110
#96Vincent60US #73
#97Junior59US #193
#98Allen54US #94
#99Maurice54US #102
#100Delbert53US #150

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑54Warren#28
↑31Dolores#62
↑28Billy#72
↑27Eleanor#50
↑22Marian#77
↑21Laura#60
↑15Norma#37
↑15June#42

Falling

↓21Nellie#64
↓19Victor#85
↓18Vincent#96
↓17Lorene#82
↓17Cecil#58
↓16Grace#54
↓16Gilbert#88
↓15Eva#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.