State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,271 Missouri births in 1927 across 959 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#57Laverne#166 nationally
#93Orville#172 nationally
#66Billie#135 nationally
#35Bonnie#100 nationally
#78Opal#141 nationally
#94Imogene#157 nationally
#96Delbert#159 nationally
#56Velma#118 nationally
#60Virgil#121 nationally
#59Junior#119 nationally
#60Georgia#120 nationally
#99Oliver#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,312US #1
#2Betty1,708US #3
#3Dorothy1,042US #2
#4Helen778US #4
#5Virginia620US #8
#6Ruth541US #6
#7Doris483US #7
#8Margaret481US #5
#9Norma418US #26
#10Shirley417US #9
#11Mildred404US #11
#12Anna364US #16
#13Frances356US #12
#14Patricia307US #18
#15Ruby306US #30
#16Wilma305US #68
#17Martha294US #24
#18Evelyn284US #15
#19Lois269US #19
#20Barbara268US #10
#21Wanda268US #66
#22Marjorie256US #25
#23Alice253US #17
#24Jean236US #14
#25Rose221US #23
#26Juanita217US #55
#27Marie216US #20
#28Elizabeth213US #13
#29Dolores202US #34
#30Thelma200US #38
#31Edna198US #40
#32Geraldine178US #58
#33Gloria172US #22
#34Louise172US #27
#35Bonnie169US #100
#36Pauline166US #42
#37Gladys164US #37
#38June163US #43
#39Hazel154US #53
#40Rosemary153US #86
#41Peggy149US #96
#42Maxine147US #87
#43Edith145US #48
#44Lucille144US #45
#45Catherine133US #31
#46Irene130US #21
#47Emma129US #64
#48Lillian129US #32
#49Audrey128US #62
#50Jane127US #60
#51Joan126US #41
#52Florence125US #28
#53Lorraine125US #44
#54Marilyn123US #46
#55Joyce121US #35
#56Velma121US #118
#57Laverne116US #166
#58Ethel115US #47
#59Clara114US #63
#60Georgia110US #120
#61Vera110US #89
#62Alma109US #97
#63Billie109US #109
#64Kathryn108US #90
#65Vivian107US #77
#66Josephine103US #39
#67Nancy103US #56
#68Bernice102US #49
#69Grace102US #50
#70Beverly101US #57
#71Jacqueline100US #115
#72Eva97US #79
#73Marian97US #74
#74Donna96US #70
#75Laura96US #82
#76Loretta95US #127
#77Margie93US #104
#78Opal92US #141
#79Sarah91US #61
#80Violet91US #103
#81Ann90US #59
#82Geneva90US #119
#83Elsie88US #72
#84Roberta88US #122
#85Jeanne86US #85
#86Marion85US #51
#87Charlotte84US #75
#88Ida84US #84
#89Jessie84US #95
#90Kathleen84US #83
#91Katherine83US #73
#92Eileen82US #91
#93Esther82US #65
#94Imogene82US #157
#95Delores81US #128
#96Eleanor81US #33
#97Phyllis81US #29
#98Bessie80US #88
#99Bertha78US #80
#100Rita78US #54

Boys

#1Robert1,827US #1
#2James1,485US #3
#3William1,437US #4
#4John1,370US #2
#5Charles1,101US #5
#6Donald781US #8
#7George663US #7
#8Richard574US #6
#9Harold562US #14
#10Paul447US #13
#11Kenneth417US #18
#12Billy395US #31
#13Jack393US #16
#14Edward392US #10
#15Joseph389US #9
#16Raymond373US #15
#17Thomas357US #11
#18Eugene341US #20
#19Ralph295US #24
#20Walter293US #17
#21Frank271US #12
#22Carl263US #26
#23Earl253US #33
#24Roy249US #34
#25Arthur224US #22
#26Albert214US #23
#27Joe213US #30
#28Henry208US #19
#29David194US #21
#30Harry193US #25
#31Clarence192US #32
#32Howard188US #28
#33Norman187US #39
#34Lloyd180US #58
#35Lawrence179US #37
#36Marvin173US #47
#37Floyd172US #53
#38Bill168US #69
#39Elmer165US #61
#40Bobby160US #91
#41Gerald154US #38
#42Louis149US #29
#43Melvin148US #48
#44Bob146US #100
#45Fred146US #35
#46Leonard139US #40
#47Francis138US #36
#48Gene138US #72
#49Leroy132US #51
#50Ernest128US #41
#51Lester125US #83
#52Herbert124US #42
#53Vernon124US #71
#54Russell118US #54
#55Wayne118US #67
#56Clifford117US #65
#57Ray113US #60
#58Clyde111US #68
#59Junior110US #119
#60Virgil109US #121
#61Jesse108US #89
#62Glenn102US #76
#63Leo102US #55
#64Don98US #90
#65Alfred97US #45
#66Billie90US #135
#67Lee86US #86
#68Alvin85US #66
#69Calvin84US #73
#70Everett84US #120
#71Edwin83US #57
#72Dale82US #81
#73Bernard81US #50
#74Jerry81US #93
#75Marion81US #117
#76Samuel81US #49
#77Ronald80US #63
#78Cecil79US #92
#79Glen79US #115
#80Stanley79US #44
#81Herman78US #70
#82Warren73US #79
#83Jimmie71US #108
#84Milton71US #88
#85Claude68US #114
#86Willard68US #106
#87Daniel66US #46
#88Edgar64US #107
#89Harvey64US #94
#90Chester62US #85
#91Roger60US #84
#92Leslie59US #126
#93Orville59US #172
#94Theodore59US #62
#95Gilbert57US #99
#96Delbert55US #159
#97Lewis55US #82
#98Max55US #142
#99Oliver55US #157
#100Victor55US #98

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑28Billie#63
↑26Jacqueline#71
↑23Joyce#55
↑23Ronald#77
↑21Sarah#79
↑21Bob#44
↑20Beverly#70
↑19Joan#51

Falling

↓35Eleanor#96
↓29Opal#78
↓22Bessie#98
↓22Lewis#97
↓20Geneva#82
↓18Margie#77
↓17Bernice#68
↓17Marian#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.