State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,521 Missouri births in 1928 across 916 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#76Marcella#174 nationally
#74Laverne#165 nationally
#64Opal#146 nationally
#87Imogene#163 nationally
#44Velma#114 nationally
#78Patsy#145 nationally
#49Georgia#115 nationally
#92Erma#157 nationally
#64Virgil#126 nationally
#29Bonnie#89 nationally
#66Junior#120 nationally
#82Billie#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,089US #1
#2Betty1,641US #2
#3Dorothy1,077US #3
#4Helen715US #4
#5Virginia510US #9
#6Shirley495US #10
#7Ruth485US #6
#8Doris474US #7
#9Margaret446US #5
#10Norma412US #23
#11Mildred360US #15
#12Patricia314US #11
#13Anna313US #16
#14Martha294US #22
#15Wanda288US #63
#16Barbara286US #8
#17Frances285US #13
#18Lois279US #18
#19Jean275US #12
#20Wilma269US #69
#21Dolores262US #20
#22Evelyn254US #17
#23Alice242US #19
#24Rose236US #24
#25Marjorie232US #29
#26Ruby229US #34
#27Marie198US #21
#28Elizabeth190US #14
#29Bonnie187US #89
#30Gloria182US #25
#31Juanita174US #58
#32Geraldine173US #50
#33Thelma168US #40
#34Peggy167US #76
#35Edna165US #45
#36Hazel156US #59
#37Joan150US #27
#38Pauline150US #48
#39Joyce149US #30
#40Maxine145US #84
#41June144US #44
#42Marilyn142US #38
#43Marian139US #71
#44Velma138US #114
#45Audrey135US #60
#46Nancy135US #43
#47Catherine134US #33
#48Rosemary132US #88
#49Georgia130US #115
#50Lillian126US #35
#51Louise126US #31
#52Bernice123US #53
#53Gladys123US #41
#54Phyllis121US #26
#55Beverly119US #46
#56Lucille117US #51
#57Clara116US #65
#58Florence116US #32
#59Lorraine114US #39
#60Jane113US #62
#61Emma112US #67
#62Edith108US #56
#63Ethel108US #55
#64Opal107US #146
#65Alma106US #107
#66Jacqueline106US #97
#67Irene105US #28
#68Delores104US #94
#69Charlotte102US #72
#70Esther99US #66
#71Carol97US #77
#72Vera97US #92
#73Vivian97US #78
#74Laverne95US #165
#75Eleanor93US #36
#76Marcella93US #174
#77Eva92US #79
#78Patsy91US #145
#79Donna88US #61
#80Marion88US #47
#81Grace87US #52
#82Josephine87US #42
#83Margie87US #108
#84Loretta86US #123
#85Billie85US #96
#86Viola83US #103
#87Imogene81US #163
#88Laura79US #83
#89Roberta79US #127
#90Ella77US #100
#91Ellen74US #98
#92Erma74US #157
#93Katherine72US #75
#94Violet72US #113
#95Bertha71US #81
#96Kathleen71US #82
#97Kathryn71US #99
#98Elsie70US #73
#99Jessie70US #109
#100Sarah70US #64

Boys

#1Robert1,804US #1
#2James1,371US #3
#3William1,328US #4
#4John1,232US #2
#5Charles1,049US #5
#6Donald854US #7
#7Richard624US #6
#8George579US #8
#9Harold514US #14
#10Kenneth458US #17
#11Billy452US #27
#12Paul418US #13
#13Joseph394US #9
#14Jack385US #15
#15Edward382US #10
#16Raymond358US #16
#17Thomas347US #11
#18Eugene328US #20
#19Ralph264US #24
#20Carl256US #28
#21Walter254US #18
#22Roy242US #34
#23Frank235US #12
#24Harry222US #26
#25Earl221US #37
#26Joe214US #30
#27Arthur210US #22
#28Herbert209US #25
#29David205US #19
#30Bobby196US #65
#31Norman185US #39
#32Howard180US #31
#33Clarence177US #35
#34Lawrence170US #38
#35Henry165US #21
#36Albert164US #23
#37Louis161US #32
#38Gerald160US #41
#39Alfred159US #33
#40Gene159US #62
#41Melvin159US #48
#42Bill157US #64
#43Marvin156US #46
#44Fred153US #36
#45Floyd149US #54
#46Leonard146US #42
#47Vernon145US #70
#48Bob138US #95
#49Francis137US #40
#50Ray118US #57
#51Jerry116US #79
#52Lloyd116US #59
#53Clyde111US #74
#54Elmer111US #63
#55Ernest111US #43
#56Russell109US #55
#57Glenn107US #76
#58Leroy102US #51
#59Ronald99US #50
#60Clifford95US #68
#61Wayne94US #69
#62Don93US #84
#63Stanley93US #45
#64Virgil93US #126
#65Glen92US #115
#66Junior90US #120
#67Bernard85US #49
#68Edwin83US #58
#69Cecil81US #97
#70Leo81US #61
#71Samuel80US #52
#72Jesse79US #91
#73Chester77US #88
#74Alvin76US #72
#75Lee75US #87
#76Warren75US #85
#77Lester74US #89
#78Dale73US #75
#79Jimmie72US #100
#80Lewis71US #86
#81Herman70US #78
#82Billie68US #133
#83Willard68US #113
#84Daniel67US #47
#85Willie66US #29
#86Johnny65US #117
#87Wilbur65US #127
#88Theodore64US #66
#89Harvey63US #90
#90Everett62US #123
#91Marion62US #118
#92Claude59US #116
#93Max59US #125
#94Gilbert58US #96
#95Roger58US #71
#96Eddie55US #105
#97Milton55US #92
#98Frederick54US #67
#99Victor54US #99
#100Leon53US #81

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑43Phyllis#54
↑30Marian#43
↑27Delores#68
↑26Alfred#39
↑24Herbert#28
↑23Esther#70
↑23Jerry#51
↑21Nancy#46

Falling

↓33Kathryn#97
↓26Lester#77
↓22Billie#85
↓21Irene#67
↓21Sarah#100
↓20Everett#90
↓19Edith#62
↓18Lloyd#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.