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How popular is “Missouri” in the USA?

Number of people named “Missouri” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Missouri” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Missouri” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Missouri” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Missouri” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Missouri” by birth year

This chart shows how “Missouri” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 23 0.000114153 23 100%
1881 17 0.000088226 17 100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 100%
1884 23 0.000094471 23 100%
1885 24 0.000099645 24 100%
1886 30 0.000117501 30 100%
1887 29 0.000117223 29 100%
1888 37 0.00012355 37 100%
1889 40 0.000138434 40 100%
1890 26 0.000086264 26 100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 100%
1892 31 0.000092711 31 100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 100%
1894 30 0.000088577 30 100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 100%
1902 33 0.00008533 33 100%
1903 28 0.000073452 28 100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 100%
1906 20 0.00004668 20 100%
1907 15 0.000032231 15 100%
1908 28 0.000057301 28 100%
1909 24 0.000046946 24 100%
1910 24 0.000040629 24 100%
1911 16 0.000024834 16 100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 100%
1913 20 0.000017588 20 100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 100%
1916 31 0.000016026 31 100%
1917 38 0.000018936 38 100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 100%
1919 37 0.000017534 37 100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 100%
1921 38 0.000016278 38 100%
1922 35 0.000015289 35 100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 100%
1924 34 0.000014276 34 100%
1925 29 0.000012429 29 100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 24 0.000010615 24 100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 100%

Explore other names

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  1. Missel
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  5. Missie
  6. Missouri (this page)
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  8. Missty
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