State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,934 Missouri births in 1925 across 985 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#69Laverne#170 nationally
#90Lorene#188 nationally
#62Bobby#150 nationally
#78Billie#156 nationally
#55Velma#128 nationally
#56Opal#129 nationally
#94Marcella#167 nationally
#96Lola#164 nationally
#99Delbert#167 nationally
#97Erma#162 nationally
#43Bonnie#107 nationally
#66Bob#129 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,155US #1
#2Betty1,413US #3
#3Dorothy1,279US #2
#4Helen845US #4
#5Virginia747US #7
#6Ruth619US #6
#7Margaret584US #5
#8Doris472US #8
#9Mildred456US #9
#10Anna353US #13
#11Frances352US #11
#12Norma343US #34
#13Marjorie327US #21
#14Wilma318US #62
#15Ruby303US #30
#16Evelyn287US #12
#17Lois287US #18
#18Martha277US #23
#19Shirley272US #17
#20Alice269US #15
#21Juanita258US #49
#22Marie243US #16
#23Elizabeth232US #10
#24Wanda228US #72
#25Patricia227US #28
#26Thelma227US #35
#27Jean210US #14
#28Rose205US #26
#29June202US #39
#30Lucille197US #41
#31Edna190US #37
#32Gloria189US #20
#33Pauline183US #38
#34Geraldine181US #54
#35Gladys178US #33
#36Hazel177US #45
#37Maxine177US #79
#38Florence174US #24
#39Louise170US #27
#40Bernice166US #46
#41Irene165US #19
#42Barbara164US #22
#43Bonnie161US #107
#44Catherine159US #29
#45Lorraine159US #51
#46Lillian157US #25
#47Dolores156US #64
#48Edith148US #42
#49Audrey144US #78
#50Rosemary141US #103
#51Ethel135US #43
#52Emma134US #57
#53Grace132US #44
#54Georgia130US #112
#55Velma128US #128
#56Opal126US #129
#57Eleanor125US #31
#58Margie125US #99
#59Clara124US #55
#60Peggy124US #117
#61Marian120US #67
#62Esther119US #56
#63Eva116US #71
#64Vivian116US #76
#65Katherine114US #61
#66Vera114US #86
#67Alma111US #94
#68Jane111US #53
#69Laverne109US #170
#70Elsie108US #63
#71Josephine108US #36
#72Kathryn108US #88
#73Kathleen105US #81
#74Geneva104US #109
#75Viola103US #84
#76Bertha102US #74
#77Phyllis102US #40
#78Nancy100US #60
#79Joan99US #66
#80Nellie99US #98
#81Laura98US #75
#82Ida95US #82
#83Sarah95US #58
#84Violet95US #92
#85Loretta93US #122
#86Marion90US #47
#87Myrtle90US #95
#88Bessie89US #87
#89Charlotte89US #77
#90Lorene89US #188
#91Joyce88US #59
#92Beulah87US #143
#93Beatrice86US #50
#94Marcella86US #167
#95Leona85US #108
#96Lola85US #164
#97Erma83US #162
#98Ella80US #93
#99Jessie79US #97
#100Billie77US #141

Boys

#1Robert1,718US #1
#2William1,619US #3
#3James1,513US #4
#4John1,417US #2
#5Charles1,136US #5
#6George633US #6
#7Donald568US #10
#8Harold555US #14
#9Richard511US #8
#10Joseph476US #7
#11Edward439US #9
#12Paul438US #13
#13Kenneth431US #19
#14Jack413US #17
#15Thomas410US #11
#16Raymond377US #15
#17Walter333US #16
#18Frank310US #12
#19Carl305US #28
#20Eugene301US #24
#21Roy300US #32
#22Ralph297US #25
#23Arthur284US #20
#24Billy278US #49
#25Harry261US #23
#26Albert241US #21
#27Earl231US #31
#28Clarence229US #30
#29David217US #22
#30Howard201US #26
#31Henry197US #18
#32Lawrence197US #36
#33Joe193US #34
#34Marvin191US #51
#35Melvin188US #50
#36Francis178US #35
#37Norman176US #41
#38Fred174US #33
#39Floyd166US #58
#40Lloyd162US #62
#41Calvin161US #47
#42Russell155US #53
#43Elmer152US #61
#44Clifford148US #59
#45Leonard148US #38
#46Vernon148US #67
#47Bill147US #84
#48Louis146US #29
#49Herbert142US #42
#50Ernest138US #37
#51Leroy130US #52
#52Gerald128US #45
#53Clyde123US #68
#54Ray122US #64
#55Gene117US #112
#56Leo116US #54
#57Junior112US #115
#58Lester112US #81
#59Virgil109US #120
#60Alfred104US #43
#61Glenn103US #77
#62Bobby102US #150
#63Chester102US #73
#64Lee101US #82
#65Edwin100US #57
#66Bob97US #129
#67Wayne94US #74
#68Jesse93US #85
#69Glen92US #117
#70Cecil87US #87
#71Bernard86US #48
#72Stanley85US #40
#73Everett84US #108
#74Samuel83US #46
#75Warren82US #66
#76Don80US #106
#77Herman80US #69
#78Billie79US #156
#79Alvin77US #70
#80Daniel76US #44
#81Willie74US #27
#82Homer73US #116
#83Lewis73US #79
#84Wilbur72US #110
#85Martin70US #83
#86Edgar69US #96
#87Oscar68US #99
#88Dale66US #86
#89Milton65US #80
#90Victor65US #89
#91Claude64US #102
#92Harvey64US #88
#93Theodore63US #63
#94Jerry62US #107
#95Willard62US #97
#96Marion60US #109
#97Oliver60US #151
#98Vincent60US #71
#99Delbert59US #167
#100Gilbert59US #105

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑24Don#76
↑20Rose#28
↑20Barbara#42
↑19Bob#66
↑18Ernest#50
↑15June#29
↑15Bonnie#43
↑15Gene#55

Falling

↓35Leona#95
↓32Marion#96
↓18Victor#90
↓18Theodore#93
↓18Willard#95
↓16Marcella#94
↓15Edith#48
↓14Lillian#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.