Missouri ★ 1916

Top names in Missouri, 1916

Mary led for girls with 1,735 babies ; William for boys with 1,287. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,735
2	Dorothy	1,075
3	Helen	1,026
4	Ruth	726
5	Mildred	685
6	Margaret	633
7	Virginia	586
8	Marie	464
9	Frances	411
10	Ruby	379
11	Anna	378
12	Thelma	376
13	Hazel	326
14	Edna	317
15	Lucille	289
16	Elizabeth	287
17	Gladys	269
18	Evelyn	268
19	Martha	265
20	Alice	251
21	Lillian	249
22	Opal	248
23	Ethel	247
24	Wilma	244
25	Florence	240
26	Edith	221
26	Marjorie	221
28	Irene	220
29	Louise	214
30	Bernice	210
31	Pauline	208
32	Grace	205
33	Clara	183
34	Lois	180
35	Rose	171
36	Esther	170
37	Josephine	164
38	Catherine	160
38	Doris	160
40	Emma	158
41	Juanita	157
42	Gertrude	149
43	Nellie	148
43	Viola	148
45	Velma	143
46	Alma	142
46	Leona	142
48	Betty	140
49	Mabel	139
49	Pearl	139
51	Elsie	136
52	Eva	134
53	Maxine	133
54	Eleanor	129
54	Jane	129
56	Georgia	126
56	Vivian	126
58	Agnes	125
58	Myrtle	125
60	Jessie	124
61	Beulah	123
62	Bessie	120
63	Vera	119
64	Katherine	117
65	Ann	116
66	Kathryn	114
67	Geneva	112
68	Fern	110
68	Ida	110
70	Laura	108
71	Beatrice	107
71	Bertha	107
73	Lena	106
74	Jean	101
75	Lorene	100
76	Sarah	98
77	Geraldine	95
77	Violet	95
79	Eunice	92
80	Julia	88
81	June	87
82	Blanche	86
83	Marguerite	85
84	Stella	83
85	Genevieve	82
85	Goldie	82
85	Norma	82
88	Audrey	81
88	Ella	81
88	Sylvia	81
91	Barbara	77
91	Charlotte	77
91	Ellen	77
94	Loretta	76
94	Minnie	76
96	Jewell	72
97	Naomi	71
98	Cora	67
98	Marian	67
100	Alta	65

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	William	1,287
2	John	1,239
3	James	1,067
4	Charles	911
5	Robert	850
6	George	594
7	Joseph	452
8	Harold	442
9	Edward	426
10	Paul	408
11	Raymond	382
12	Frank	347
13	Walter	313
14	Thomas	312
15	Harry	301
16	Richard	294
17	Arthur	283
18	Carl	282
19	Ralph	271
20	Kenneth	268
21	Roy	262
22	Henry	249
23	Albert	248
24	Clarence	247
25	Earl	242
26	Elmer	206
27	Howard	202
28	Jack	198
29	Eugene	191
29	Fred	191
31	Donald	177
32	Francis	164
33	Louis	161
34	Lawrence	160
35	Joe	157
36	David	155
37	Virgil	148
38	Leonard	146
39	Herbert	145
40	Melvin	137
40	Russell	137
42	Lloyd	133
43	Lester	128
43	Woodrow	128
45	Ernest	127
45	Floyd	127
47	Clyde	125
47	Marvin	125
49	Ray	122
50	Clifford	117
50	Leo	117
52	Willard	110
53	Cecil	109
54	Norman	108
55	Jesse	103
56	Alfred	101
57	Chester	100
58	Edwin	99
59	Glenn	97
59	Leroy	97
59	Vernon	97
62	Herman	96
63	Claude	95
64	Lee	91
65	Everett	87
65	Orville	87
67	Victor	83
68	Vincent	82
69	Samuel	81
70	Homer	80
71	Gerald	79
72	Edgar	76
72	Glen	76
74	Hubert	74
74	Marion	74
76	Alvin	73
76	Bernard	73
78	Frederick	72
78	Wilbur	72
80	Lewis	67
80	Stanley	67
80	Wayne	67
83	Milton	65
84	Oscar	64
85	Leslie	63
85	Theodore	63
87	Harvey	61
88	Daniel	58
88	Leon	58
90	Willie	57
91	Oliver	56
92	Anthony	55
93	Andrew	54
94	Maurice	52
94	Max	52
96	Benjamin	51
96	Gilbert	51
98	Allen	50
99	Sam	49
100	Arnold	46