State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,597 Missouri births in 1924 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.

#84Fern#197 nationally
#91Nadineoutside the national top 200
#81Lorene#188 nationally
#100Melbaoutside the national top 200
#73Laverne#169 nationally
#78Marcella#164 nationally
#42Opal#120 nationally
#93Delbert#161 nationally
#70Gene#135 nationally
#58Junior#121 nationally
#53Georgia#113 nationally
#47Rosemary#106 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,260US #1
#2Dorothy1,377US #2
#3Betty1,274US #4
#4Helen927US #3
#5Virginia766US #7
#6Ruth688US #6
#7Margaret667US #5
#8Mildred526US #8
#9Doris476US #9
#10Anna415US #13
#11Frances396US #10
#12Ruby326US #26
#13Marjorie323US #17
#14Wilma311US #67
#15Norma309US #40
#16Evelyn307US #12
#17Marie292US #14
#18Martha285US #21
#19Lois268US #22
#20Juanita266US #48
#21Elizabeth253US #11
#22Alice247US #15
#23Shirley242US #19
#24Thelma240US #33
#25Edna239US #31
#26Hazel230US #42
#27Jean207US #16
#28Patricia207US #35
#29Louise204US #24
#30Lucille203US #37
#31Wanda194US #74
#32Lillian193US #23
#33Edith188US #36
#34Pauline188US #38
#35Geraldine185US #58
#36Gladys181US #30
#37Maxine181US #77
#38Ethel176US #39
#39Catherine174US #27
#40Florence168US #20
#41Bernice167US #47
#42Opal167US #120
#43Lorraine165US #52
#44June161US #45
#45Gloria160US #41
#46Irene156US #18
#47Rosemary151US #106
#48Rose149US #25
#49Audrey147US #84
#50Grace142US #43
#51Emma139US #57
#52Dolores137US #75
#53Georgia137US #113
#54Esther135US #51
#55Eleanor134US #29
#56Elsie134US #61
#57Josephine133US #34
#58Bonnie129US #117
#59Margie128US #102
#60Leona127US #103
#61Viola127US #82
#62Barbara126US #28
#63Clara125US #56
#64Jane124US #53
#65Velma123US #123
#66Vivian122US #71
#67Alma119US #87
#68Marian119US #64
#69Ida118US #70
#70Katherine118US #59
#71Vera116US #85
#72Kathryn115US #81
#73Laverne115US #169
#74Laura111US #72
#75Violet110US #88
#76Eva109US #66
#77Geneva103US #110
#78Marcella98US #164
#79Sarah98US #54
#80Gertrude97US #60
#81Lorene95US #188
#82Bessie94US #86
#83Marion93US #46
#84Fern91US #197
#85Nellie91US #92
#86Kathleen89US #76
#87Genevieve87US #107
#88Ann86US #55
#89Mabel86US #108
#90Myrtle86US #89
#91Nadine85
#92Eileen84US #93
#93Loretta84US #124
#94Beatrice83US #50
#95Ellen81US #99
#96Jessie81US #91
#97Pearl81US #78
#98Lena80US #112
#99Ella79US #94
#100Melba79

Boys

#1Robert1,788US #1
#2William1,620US #3
#3James1,534US #4
#4John1,450US #2
#5Charles1,182US #5
#6George730US #6
#7Harold590US #13
#8Donald557US #10
#9Richard524US #8
#10Edward499US #9
#11Joseph485US #7
#12Paul466US #14
#13Kenneth443US #19
#14Raymond416US #15
#15Thomas416US #11
#16Jack390US #17
#17Eugene341US #25
#18Walter333US #16
#19Carl308US #27
#20Frank304US #12
#21Ralph298US #23
#22Clarence295US #29
#23Roy293US #31
#24Arthur277US #20
#25Earl261US #33
#26Harry250US #22
#27Henry226US #18
#28Billy219US #63
#29Albert215US #21
#30Melvin204US #48
#31David203US #24
#32Joe197US #35
#33Norman197US #42
#34Howard193US #26
#35Lawrence190US #36
#36Calvin187US #44
#37Elmer186US #57
#38Fred181US #32
#39Marvin178US #50
#40Louis168US #28
#41Leonard165US #38
#42Vernon165US #68
#43Russell163US #52
#44Lloyd159US #61
#45Floyd157US #66
#46Francis145US #34
#47Herbert136US #41
#48Leroy134US #53
#49Clifford127US #64
#50Clyde127US #69
#51Gerald122US #49
#52Leo117US #51
#53Bill113US #92
#54Ray113US #60
#55Glenn111US #79
#56Virgil111US #111
#57Cecil106US #85
#58Junior106US #121
#59Wayne106US #74
#60Edwin105US #55
#61Lester105US #72
#62Warren104US #58
#63Stanley99US #40
#64Marion95US #112
#65Samuel94US #45
#66Lee93US #83
#67Bernard90US #46
#68Ernest89US #37
#69Alfred87US #43
#70Gene85US #135
#71Glen85US #118
#72Victor85US #90
#73Alvin83US #73
#74Chester83US #67
#75Theodore81US #65
#76Jesse80US #86
#77Willard79US #97
#78Daniel78US #47
#79Edgar78US #96
#80Everett78US #104
#81Milton78US #81
#82Herman77US #70
#83Wallace76US #87
#84Harvey75US #88
#85Bob69US #142
#86Andrew68US #56
#87Homer68US #109
#88Hubert68US #115
#89Dale67US #84
#90Leon66US #76
#91Gilbert65US #100
#92Lewis65US #77
#93Delbert63US #161
#94Frederick63US #62
#95Claude61US #103
#96Oliver61US #140
#97Oscar61US #99
#98Leslie60US #107
#99Wilbur60US #106
#100Don58US #125

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑36Calvin#36
↑26Leona#60
↑24Patricia#28
↑21Junior#58
↑20Marcella#78
↑19Viola#61
↑18Rosemary#47
↑18Elsie#56

Falling

↓20Velma#65
↓18Ernest#68
↓17Eva#76
↓16Leslie#98
↓15Katherine#70
↓15Warren#62
↓15Lewis#92
↓14Dale#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.