Missouri ★ 1917

Top names in Missouri, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,882 babies ; John for boys with 1,269. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,882
2	Dorothy	1,062
3	Helen	1,012
4	Ruth	725
5	Virginia	653
6	Mildred	625
7	Margaret	602
8	Frances	442
9	Marie	383
10	Ruby	342
11	Anna	339
12	Edna	301
12	Hazel	301
14	Evelyn	295
15	Elizabeth	294
16	Thelma	293
17	Martha	281
18	Lucille	270
19	Wilma	256
20	Alice	240
21	Pauline	238
22	Gladys	237
23	Irene	224
24	Bernice	221
25	Marjorie	219
26	Edith	215
27	Louise	211
28	Opal	201
29	Ethel	196
30	Lillian	194
31	Clara	193
32	Florence	189
32	Grace	189
34	Lois	188
35	Doris	183
36	Juanita	180
37	Catherine	166
38	Josephine	161
39	Esther	159
40	Betty	156
40	Rose	156
42	Viola	149
43	Georgia	147
44	Nellie	146
45	Gertrude	143
45	Maxine	143
47	Alma	142
48	Bertha	141
49	Jean	140
50	Mabel	139
51	Velma	136
52	Myrtle	135
53	Emma	132
54	Elsie	131
55	Agnes	128
55	Vera	128
57	Eva	127
58	Eleanor	126
59	Leona	121
60	Bessie	119
60	Vivian	119
62	Jane	117
63	Violet	114
64	Geneva	112
65	Pearl	108
66	Julia	107
67	Ida	105
67	Katherine	105
67	Kathryn	105
70	Fern	103
71	Ann	100
71	June	100
71	Lena	100
74	Sarah	99
75	Sylvia	98
76	Beulah	97
76	Geraldine	97
78	Norma	95
79	Audrey	94
80	Marguerite	93
81	Blanche	90
81	Lorene	90
83	Laura	89
84	Beatrice	88
84	Genevieve	88
84	Minnie	88
87	Jessie	86
88	Ellen	83
89	Eileen	81
90	Loretta	79
91	Ella	77
92	Charlotte	76
92	Marian	76
94	Ada	74
95	Marion	73
96	Dolores	72
97	Eunice	71
97	Lola	71
99	Goldie	70
99	Roberta	70

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	1,269
2	William	1,225
3	James	1,071
4	Robert	899
5	Charles	844
6	George	627
7	Joseph	425
8	Paul	417
9	Harold	392
10	Edward	390
11	Raymond	335
12	Walter	328
13	Richard	324
14	Thomas	315
15	Frank	299
16	Harry	296
17	Roy	272
18	Henry	269
19	Carl	268
19	Ralph	268
21	Earl	255
22	Kenneth	253
23	Jack	237
24	Albert	232
25	Arthur	231
26	Clarence	226
26	Donald	226
28	Lawrence	201
29	Howard	199
30	Eugene	198
31	Elmer	191
32	Louis	172
33	Fred	171
34	Floyd	161
35	Melvin	157
36	Leonard	155
37	Lloyd	154
38	Joe	152
39	Francis	150
40	Norman	146
40	Russell	146
42	Herbert	145
43	David	142
44	Clifford	134
45	Ernest	132
46	Clyde	126
46	Virgil	126
48	Lester	125
49	Vernon	121
50	Marvin	119
51	Alfred	116
52	Lee	115
53	Leo	109
54	Cecil	106
55	Chester	97
56	Edwin	96
56	Jesse	96
56	Ray	96
59	Everett	95
60	Gerald	91
60	Homer	91
62	Edgar	90
62	Herman	90
64	Glenn	88
65	Orville	87
66	Woodrow	86
67	Bernard	85
68	Frederick	82
69	Willard	81
70	Leroy	80
71	Oscar	78
72	Lewis	74
73	Martin	73
73	Samuel	73
75	Glen	72
75	Stanley	72
75	Vincent	72
78	Wayne	71
79	Andrew	70
79	Anthony	70
81	Wilbur	67
82	Sam	65
83	Gilbert	63
83	Leslie	63
85	Claude	62
86	Victor	59
87	Alvin	55
87	Marion	55
89	Benjamin	54
89	Willie	54
91	Allen	53
92	Theodore	52
93	Harvey	51
94	Daniel	50
94	Hubert	50
94	Max	50
94	Warren	50
98	Bill	49
98	Luther	49
98	Oliver	49