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Baby names in Missouri, 1910s

1910–1919 · 394,762 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Missouri across the 1910s, with 13,125 births in the decade. The state recorded 394,762 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Missouri in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Glennon8324×
Lindell3710×
Glenda97
Rolla44
Cleta103
Nadine440
Goldia69
Leta189

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary13,125
#2William9,442
#3John9,088
#4Dorothy7,872
#5James7,684
#6Helen7,423
#7Robert6,522
#8Charles6,145
#9Ruth5,315
#10Mildred5,180
#11George4,642
#12Margaret4,615
#13Virginia4,444
#14Joseph3,500
#15Marie3,378
#16Frances3,142
#17Harold3,121
#18Edward3,059
#19Paul2,794
#20Anna2,793
#21Raymond2,735
#22Ruby2,685
#23Edna2,481
#24Frank2,477
#25Hazel2,433

Other decades in Missouri

All Missouri names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org