State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,748 Missouri births in 1926 across 946 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#89Melbaoutside the national top 200
#58Laverne#169 nationally
#92Lorene#195 nationally
#49Opal#130 nationally
#48Velma#124 nationally
#96Imogene#172 nationally
#33Bonnie#105 nationally
#92Orville#164 nationally
#49Virgil#118 nationally
#77Billie#145 nationally
#50Georgia#116 nationally
#53Junior#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,098US #1
#2Betty1,455US #3
#3Dorothy1,207US #2
#4Helen751US #4
#5Virginia665US #8
#6Ruth542US #6
#7Margaret508US #5
#8Mildred423US #9
#9Doris415US #7
#10Norma397US #29
#11Anna355US #15
#12Shirley355US #14
#13Wilma329US #67
#14Frances320US #10
#15Ruby298US #30
#16Lois292US #19
#17Evelyn288US #13
#18Martha279US #24
#19Marjorie276US #22
#20Alice270US #17
#21Juanita254US #52
#22Jean250US #12
#23Marie249US #18
#24Patricia245US #23
#25Wanda238US #66
#26Elizabeth237US #11
#27Thelma235US #36
#28Rose232US #25
#29Barbara198US #16
#30Edna197US #38
#31Dolores185US #49
#32Gloria185US #20
#33Bonnie183US #105
#34Louise182US #27
#35Geraldine173US #54
#36Hazel172US #48
#37Pauline164US #39
#38June156US #40
#39Maxine156US #85
#40Gladys150US #35
#41Irene149US #21
#42Lucille149US #43
#43Audrey148US #60
#44Lillian147US #28
#45Ethel143US #41
#46Rosemary143US #95
#47Catherine141US #31
#48Velma141US #124
#49Opal138US #130
#50Georgia134US #116
#51Bernice131US #45
#52Clara131US #61
#53Peggy128US #104
#54Edith127US #42
#55Florence123US #26
#56Marian122US #70
#57Jane120US #56
#58Laverne119US #169
#59Margie119US #103
#60Lorraine118US #53
#61Eleanor116US #32
#62Geneva115US #117
#63Marilyn115US #65
#64Alma114US #91
#65Emma114US #59
#66Vivian114US #80
#67Josephine111US #37
#68Grace107US #46
#69Vera106US #84
#70Joan105US #51
#71Kathryn104US #87
#72Elsie103US #69
#73Nancy99US #57
#74Nellie96US #102
#75Viola96US #97
#76Bessie95US #89
#77Eva95US #79
#78Joyce94US #44
#79Esther93US #62
#80Marion92US #47
#81Katherine91US #72
#82Loretta91US #126
#83Bertha89US #76
#84Beulah88US #148
#85Myrtle88US #101
#86Phyllis87US #33
#87Violet85US #94
#88Jessie84US #93
#89Melba84
#90Beverly83US #74
#91Billie83US #122
#92Lorene83US #195
#93Beatrice81US #58
#94Laura81US #81
#95Ella79US #98
#96Imogene78US #172
#97Jacqueline78US #119
#98Jeanne78US #88
#99Erma77US #157
#100Sarah76US #63

Boys

#1Robert1,879US #1
#2James1,601US #3
#3William1,535US #4
#4John1,370US #2
#5Charles1,051US #5
#6Donald653US #9
#7Richard638US #7
#8George630US #6
#9Harold542US #14
#10Edward448US #10
#11Kenneth441US #18
#12Paul419US #13
#13Joseph411US #8
#14Jack409US #16
#15Raymond400US #15
#16Thomas354US #11
#17Billy350US #40
#18Carl324US #26
#19Eugene301US #23
#20Frank295US #12
#21Ralph293US #24
#22Walter279US #17
#23Roy250US #34
#24Clarence244US #29
#25Harry237US #25
#26Earl224US #32
#27Henry221US #19
#28Albert218US #21
#29Howard214US #27
#30David206US #22
#31Joe206US #33
#32Arthur201US #20
#33Norman196US #39
#34Marvin191US #50
#35Bill179US #74
#36Lawrence174US #36
#37Floyd173US #53
#38Melvin170US #47
#39Lloyd156US #60
#40Gerald151US #41
#41Leonard151US #38
#42Louis151US #30
#43Francis150US #35
#44Fred140US #31
#45Russell140US #52
#46Elmer139US #61
#47Vernon136US #66
#48Leo135US #54
#49Virgil129US #118
#50Herbert127US #44
#51Clifford123US #62
#52Gene122US #91
#53Junior119US #117
#54Leroy118US #51
#55Edwin117US #55
#56Ray116US #57
#57Clyde115US #67
#58Bobby114US #116
#59Ernest114US #37
#60Alfred109US #45
#61Glenn107US #75
#62Wayne106US #68
#63Alvin105US #72
#64Calvin103US #65
#65Bob101US #102
#66Jesse99US #87
#67Cecil97US #86
#68Lester96US #78
#69Dale93US #84
#70Don92US #96
#71Marion84US #113
#72Harvey83US #90
#73Lee82US #85
#74Glen81US #121
#75Lewis81US #82
#76Stanley81US #43
#77Billie78US #145
#78Edgar78US #109
#79Herman77US #69
#80Leon76US #73
#81Homer74US #123
#82Bernard73US #49
#83Daniel73US #46
#84Warren73US #71
#85Willard73US #100
#86Chester72US #79
#87Everett72US #119
#88Samuel71US #48
#89Claude70US #106
#90Victor69US #94
#91Jerry67US #97
#92Orville67US #164
#93Willie66US #28
#94Frederick63US #64
#95Allen62US #93
#96Milton61US #83
#97Theodore61US #63
#98Vincent61US #77
#99Jimmie60US #115
#100Ronald60US #88

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑25Marion#71
↑20Harvey#72
↑19Dale#69
↑16Dolores#31
↑16Alvin#63
↑13Barbara#29
↑13Joyce#78
↑12Geneva#62

Falling

↓23Calvin#64
↓23Chester#86
↓17Florence#55
↓17Esther#79
↓17Sarah#100
↓16Katherine#81
↓15Lorraine#60
↓15Grace#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.