State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,625 Missouri births in 1921 across 1,029 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#88Nadineoutside the national top 200
#83Fern#174 nationally
#98Laverne#185 nationally
#91Gene#170 nationally
#81Marcella#159 nationally
#82Delbert#156 nationally
#37Velma#108 nationally
#35Opal#103 nationally
#95Wilbert#163 nationally
#55Georgia#117 nationally
#89Roberta#148 nationally
#80Orville#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,122US #1
#2Dorothy1,411US #2
#3Helen1,038US #3
#4Virginia820US #6
#5Ruth731US #5
#6Margaret677US #4
#7Mildred666US #7
#8Betty627US #8
#9Frances458US #9
#10Anna425US #11
#11Marjorie425US #16
#12Marie358US #14
#13Doris346US #13
#14Ruby343US #26
#15Evelyn318US #12
#16Martha300US #21
#17Gladys282US #24
#18Hazel282US #34
#19Alice278US #15
#20Thelma273US #30
#21Edna272US #27
#22Elizabeth263US #10
#23Wilma257US #72
#24Lucille256US #31
#25Juanita255US #57
#26Norma250US #51
#27Maxine222US #77
#28Florence214US #17
#29Pauline214US #37
#30Bernice213US #39
#31Lois211US #38
#32Lillian210US #19
#33Irene209US #18
#34Louise207US #22
#35Opal199US #103
#36Edith198US #33
#37Velma187US #108
#38June182US #50
#39Catherine174US #23
#40Geraldine173US #62
#41Ethel166US #32
#42Lorraine161US #61
#43Josephine157US #28
#44Clara156US #45
#45Jean152US #25
#46Rose152US #20
#47Grace150US #35
#48Jane144US #47
#49Esther143US #42
#50Eva142US #63
#51Viola141US #66
#52Elsie137US #55
#53Alma132US #78
#54Eleanor132US #29
#55Georgia132US #117
#56Kathryn132US #64
#57Audrey131US #82
#58Dolores128US #111
#59Wanda128US #101
#60Marian127US #69
#61Nellie126US #80
#62Vivian125US #68
#63Geneva124US #113
#64Vera123US #76
#65Leona120US #92
#66Violet120US #81
#67Katherine118US #49
#68Mabel117US #85
#69Margie116US #106
#70Emma113US #52
#71Pearl113US #65
#72Beulah112US #116
#73Barbara111US #40
#74Myrtle111US #73
#75Rosemary108US #128
#76Gertrude107US #46
#77Agnes105US #56
#78Kathleen105US #83
#79Shirley105US #44
#80Laura102US #71
#81Marcella102US #159
#82Marion102US #43
#83Fern101US #174
#84Beatrice99US #41
#85Alberta97US #133
#86Ann97US #53
#87Loretta95US #122
#88Nadine95
#89Roberta95US #148
#90Sarah95US #54
#91Bessie92US #75
#92Jessie92US #91
#93Bertha91US #59
#94Sylvia91US #88
#95Naomi90US #132
#96Ellen88US #95
#97Genevieve88US #90
#98Laverne88US #185
#99Marguerite87US #98
#100Eileen86US #100

Boys

#1William1,544US #3
#2James1,497US #4
#3Robert1,405US #2
#4John1,403US #1
#5Charles1,065US #5
#6George701US #6
#7Harold572US #12
#8Joseph523US #7
#9Kenneth443US #22
#10Edward427US #8
#11Paul427US #14
#12Raymond416US #16
#13Richard410US #10
#14Thomas398US #11
#15Donald359US #13
#16Jack357US #18
#17Ralph354US #23
#18Warren322US #24
#19Eugene312US #26
#20Walter305US #15
#21Frank303US #9
#22Carl302US #30
#23Arthur287US #19
#24Harry286US #21
#25Earl278US #31
#26Clarence272US #28
#27Roy259US #32
#28Albert245US #20
#29Henry240US #17
#30Howard234US #27
#31Lawrence221US #37
#32Joe214US #36
#33Fred207US #33
#34Elmer199US #48
#35David195US #25
#36Lloyd178US #58
#37Louis178US #29
#38Melvin166US #53
#39Francis163US #35
#40Herbert162US #42
#41Floyd160US #63
#42Vernon158US #68
#43Leonard150US #39
#44Norman150US #46
#45Clifford148US #62
#46Marvin146US #59
#47Leo141US #50
#48Leroy138US #55
#49Ray138US #67
#50Lester134US #66
#51Russell132US #52
#52Clyde124US #69
#53Chester121US #56
#54Ernest120US #38
#55Gerald120US #60
#56Virgil117US #98
#57Jesse115US #77
#58Billy111US #109
#59Bernard108US #45
#60Alfred105US #43
#61Lee105US #86
#62Edwin102US #54
#63Glenn101US #80
#64Cecil98US #79
#65Glen97US #119
#66Wayne96US #81
#67Alvin95US #73
#68Herman95US #64
#69Samuel94US #44
#70Stanley90US #41
#71Everett89US #95
#72Daniel81US #49
#73Harvey79US #87
#74Lewis79US #71
#75Edgar78US #90
#76Willard77US #89
#77Andrew76US #51
#78Victor76US #83
#79Homer75US #105
#80Orville75US #137
#81Wilbur73US #100
#82Delbert72US #156
#83Marion70US #102
#84Bill69US #121
#85Theodore69US #65
#86Claude66US #96
#87Frederick66US #61
#88Leslie66US #106
#89Gilbert65US #103
#90Oscar65US #92
#91Gene62US #170
#92Leon62US #74
#93Oliver62US #135
#94Sam62US #85
#95Wilbert62US #163
#96Martin60US #78
#97Milton59US #75
#98Hubert58US #115
#99Max58US #112
#100Willie58US #34

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑41Wanda#59
↑20Daniel#72
↑18Delbert#82
↑17Marian#60
↑16Harvey#73
↑14Billy#58
↑13Elsie#52
↑13Kathleen#78

Falling

↓20Laura#80
↓19Katherine#67
↓17Bessie#91
↓17Russell#51
↓15Vera#64
↓15Wilbur#81
↓14Emma#70
↓14Bertha#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.