State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,268 Missouri births in 1923 across 996 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#68Laverne#172 nationally
#83Lorene#178 nationally
#95Fern#187 nationally
#47Bonnie#126 nationally
#41Opal#113 nationally
#45Velma#116 nationally
#85Peggy#155 nationally
#64Beulah#129 nationally
#49Georgia#112 nationally
#79Junior#139 nationally
#98Marcella#158 nationally
#17Wilma#74 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,117US #1
#2Dorothy1,366US #2
#3Helen1,013US #3
#4Betty1,009US #5
#5Virginia761US #7
#6Ruth672US #6
#7Margaret605US #4
#8Mildred580US #8
#9Doris432US #11
#10Marjorie422US #16
#11Frances414US #10
#12Anna407US #13
#13Evelyn320US #12
#14Marie313US #14
#15Ruby307US #25
#16Martha292US #21
#17Wilma286US #74
#18Elizabeth269US #9
#19Alice268US #15
#20Norma262US #41
#21Hazel256US #40
#22Juanita245US #51
#23Thelma244US #31
#24Lois231US #27
#25Edna225US #32
#26Maxine225US #76
#27Lillian213US #20
#28Pauline213US #37
#29Bernice211US #43
#30Lucille203US #35
#31Jean194US #19
#32Louise192US #22
#33Irene185US #17
#34Gladys183US #29
#35Edith182US #36
#36Geraldine182US #58
#37Shirley181US #26
#38Wanda179US #80
#39Catherine166US #24
#40Ethel164US #38
#41Opal154US #113
#42Florence148US #18
#43Rose148US #23
#44June144US #42
#45Velma143US #116
#46Lorraine138US #57
#47Bonnie136US #126
#48Grace134US #39
#49Georgia133US #112
#50Audrey130US #85
#51Margie129US #101
#52Patricia129US #56
#53Barbara128US #33
#54Alma126US #89
#55Katherine126US #60
#56Vivian125US #69
#57Clara124US #49
#58Josephine122US #30
#59Eva121US #66
#60Dolores120US #83
#61Esther120US #47
#62Gloria120US #48
#63Vera119US #82
#64Beulah118US #129
#65Rosemary117US #110
#66Emma116US #53
#67Jane116US #55
#68Laverne113US #172
#69Violet113US #86
#70Eleanor111US #28
#71Nancy108US #75
#72Laura107US #73
#73Kathryn106US #72
#74Elsie102US #61
#75Kathleen102US #70
#76Geneva101US #111
#77Ida101US #68
#78Marian100US #65
#79Bessie98US #81
#80Viola97US #79
#81Myrtle95US #84
#82Gertrude94US #59
#83Lorene94US #178
#84Nellie94US #88
#85Peggy94US #155
#86Leona93US #100
#87Mabel91US #102
#88Agnes90US #63
#89Jessie90US #94
#90Bertha89US #64
#91Rita88US #50
#92Beatrice86US #46
#93Naomi85US #137
#94Pearl85US #78
#95Fern83US #187
#96Loretta83US #124
#97Sarah82US #54
#98Marcella81US #158
#99Ann80US #52
#100Charlotte79US #77

Boys

#1Robert1,671US #2
#2William1,633US #3
#3James1,533US #4
#4John1,331US #1
#5Charles1,062US #5
#6George727US #6
#7Harold531US #13
#8Edward495US #8
#9Richard492US #9
#10Joseph488US #7
#11Donald454US #10
#12Paul433US #14
#13Kenneth429US #21
#14Raymond397US #15
#15Jack383US #17
#16Thomas358US #12
#17Ralph320US #23
#18Frank305US #11
#19Walter304US #16
#20Harry297US #22
#21Eugene290US #25
#22Roy264US #32
#23Clarence261US #29
#24Albert249US #20
#25Carl249US #28
#26Henry246US #18
#27Earl244US #31
#28Arthur224US #19
#29David201US #24
#30Lawrence198US #36
#31Howard197US #26
#32Billy196US #78
#33Joe187US #35
#34Louis187US #27
#35Fred183US #33
#36Marvin183US #51
#37Lloyd179US #59
#38Melvin179US #48
#39Elmer163US #57
#40Francis162US #34
#41Norman160US #44
#42Herbert159US #40
#43Leonard156US #37
#44Floyd153US #64
#45Vernon152US #67
#46Ray147US #61
#47Warren146US #43
#48Clifford131US #65
#49Clyde129US #68
#50Ernest128US #38
#51Russell125US #52
#52Gerald124US #54
#53Lester115US #71
#54Virgil115US #100
#55Leroy108US #55
#56Leo106US #49
#57Alfred104US #42
#58Wayne104US #75
#59Glenn102US #84
#60Samuel102US #45
#61Edwin100US #56
#62Cecil99US #87
#63Chester99US #63
#64Jesse99US #83
#65Willard99US #92
#66Lee97US #85
#67Stanley96US #41
#68Bernard93US #46
#69Marion93US #106
#70Bill92US #98
#71Everett91US #99
#72Calvin88US #82
#73Glen85US #121
#74Herman83US #66
#75Dale82US #90
#76Alvin81US #73
#77Lewis81US #74
#78Theodore78US #62
#79Junior77US #139
#80Daniel76US #47
#81Victor76US #88
#82Leslie73US #112
#83Gene72US #140
#84Harvey71US #91
#85Wallace71US #69
#86Willie71US #30
#87Gilbert69US #102
#88Wilbur68US #105
#89Don67US #130
#90Hubert67US #117
#91Claude65US #103
#92Edgar65US #94
#93Oliver62US #136
#94Andrew61US #53
#95Frederick58US #60
#96Homer58US #113
#97Martin58US #80
#98Max57US #122
#99Anthony56US #39
#100Delbert56US #156

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑31Laverne#68
↑30Bonnie#47
↑27Barbara#53
↑22Gloria#62
↑22Kathleen#75
↑21Dolores#60
↑18Ida#77
↑15Katherine#55

Falling

↓32Nellie#84
↓30Sarah#97
↓21Jane#67
↓21Ann#99
↓20Fern#95
↓20Oliver#93
↓19Viola#80
↓18Esther#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.