State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,749 Missouri births in 1922 across 1,010 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#75Fern#182 nationally
#85Lorene#178 nationally
#99Laverne#181 nationally
#79Junior#149 nationally
#98Wilbert#167 nationally
#96Erma#164 nationally
#47Georgia#114 nationally
#77Gene#144 nationally
#55Rosemary#120 nationally
#45Opal#108 nationally
#50Velma#113 nationally
#92Marcella#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,107US #1
#2Dorothy1,356US #2
#3Helen966US #3
#4Virginia831US #7
#5Betty806US #6
#6Ruth642US #5
#7Margaret603US #4
#8Mildred568US #8
#9Anna402US #12
#10Marjorie374US #16
#11Frances371US #10
#12Doris367US #11
#13Marie331US #14
#14Evelyn329US #13
#15Martha292US #21
#16Ruby285US #26
#17Wilma270US #77
#18Elizabeth254US #9
#19Thelma248US #31
#20Alice241US #15
#21Hazel238US #37
#22Lucille232US #33
#23Norma228US #46
#24Juanita225US #57
#25Lois220US #35
#26Edna218US #29
#27Lillian214US #19
#28Pauline210US #36
#29Gladys208US #25
#30Bernice202US #41
#31Jean198US #20
#32Maxine197US #82
#33Louise194US #22
#34Catherine192US #24
#35Irene188US #17
#36Geraldine179US #58
#37Florence178US #18
#38Wanda174US #92
#39Edith170US #34
#40Ethel169US #32
#41June168US #45
#42Rose168US #23
#43Esther151US #44
#44Clara145US #47
#45Opal145US #108
#46Jane143US #55
#47Georgia141US #114
#48Emma140US #50
#49Grace139US #38
#50Velma139US #113
#51Shirley130US #39
#52Nellie126US #83
#53Lorraine125US #56
#54Audrey124US #89
#55Rosemary124US #120
#56Eleanor122US #28
#57Josephine122US #27
#58Violet116US #86
#59Vivian115US #74
#60Alma114US #84
#61Viola114US #72
#62Elsie113US #59
#63Eva113US #64
#64Margie113US #100
#65Patricia112US #69
#66Beulah109US #124
#67Sarah108US #51
#68Geneva107US #110
#69Marian107US #67
#70Katherine106US #54
#71Vera106US #79
#72Gertrude104US #48
#73Kathryn102US #73
#74Leona102US #101
#75Fern101US #182
#76Agnes100US #62
#77Bonnie98US #137
#78Ann97US #49
#79Laura97US #68
#80Barbara96US #40
#81Dolores96US #104
#82Marion95US #42
#83Bertha94US #63
#84Gloria92US #61
#85Lorene92US #178
#86Nancy92US #78
#87Myrtle90US #75
#88Pearl87US #71
#89Jessie86US #87
#90Beatrice85US #43
#91Lena85US #107
#92Marcella85US #155
#93Bessie84US #81
#94Loretta84US #125
#95Ida83US #65
#96Erma82US #164
#97Kathleen82US #80
#98Mabel82US #99
#99Laverne80US #181
#100Sylvia80US #94

Boys

#1James1,464US #4
#2Robert1,454US #2
#3William1,442US #3
#4John1,272US #1
#5Charles1,046US #5
#6George693US #6
#7Harold524US #13
#8Joseph454US #7
#9Richard439US #9
#10Edward436US #8
#11Paul413US #14
#12Raymond413US #16
#13Kenneth385US #21
#14Donald340US #12
#15Eugene333US #25
#16Jack333US #18
#17Thomas313US #11
#18Ralph310US #23
#19Frank309US #10
#20Walter302US #15
#21Roy290US #32
#22Arthur279US #19
#23Harry271US #22
#24Carl250US #30
#25Earl244US #31
#26Clarence234US #29
#27Henry221US #17
#28Albert218US #20
#29Howard212US #26
#30Lawrence207US #36
#31David195US #24
#32Fred190US #33
#33Joe187US #35
#34Melvin185US #50
#35Elmer169US #54
#36Louis167US #27
#37Marvin167US #56
#38Leonard165US #38
#39Vernon164US #68
#40Norman159US #44
#41Lloyd155US #59
#42Russell155US #49
#43Ernest149US #37
#44Herbert148US #40
#45Francis147US #34
#46Billy145US #90
#47Warren143US #45
#48Floyd137US #61
#49Clyde132US #67
#50Clifford124US #63
#51Leo119US #51
#52Lester119US #69
#53Wayne114US #78
#54Samuel111US #43
#55Cecil110US #85
#56Gerald109US #58
#57Virgil109US #99
#58Leroy108US #55
#59Ray108US #65
#60Bernard106US #46
#61Chester105US #64
#62Herman105US #66
#63Glenn103US #79
#64Alfred96US #42
#65Glen95US #123
#66Lee94US #83
#67Everett91US #98
#68Edwin86US #52
#69Alvin85US #73
#70Jesse85US #81
#71Daniel84US #47
#72Willard82US #91
#73Oliver81US #134
#74Stanley81US #41
#75Bill80US #104
#76Wilbur78US #102
#77Gene76US #144
#78Marion76US #107
#79Junior75US #149
#80Dale74US #89
#81Theodore72US #62
#82Harvey70US #88
#83Lewis70US #75
#84Leslie69US #114
#85Victor69US #86
#86Anthony68US #39
#87Martin68US #80
#88Allen67US #95
#89Maurice67US #103
#90Edgar66US #93
#91Homer66US #108
#92Oscar65US #92
#93Vincent61US #71
#94Frederick60US #60
#95Milton59US #74
#96Sam59US #84
#97Gilbert58US #100
#98Wilbert58US #167
#99Orville57US #151
#100Wallace57US #87

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑28Shirley#51
↑23Sarah#67
↑22Emma#48
↑21Wanda#38
↑20Rosemary#55
↑20Oliver#73
↑15Samuel#54
↑14Jean#31

Falling

↓30Mabel#98
↓29Warren#47
↓23Dolores#81
↓19Kathleen#97
↓19Orville#99
↓17Kathryn#73
↓17Pearl#88
↓15Edgar#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.