State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,862 Missouri births in 1929 across 900 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#96Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#71Laverne#170 nationally
#64Opal#150 nationally
#97Jackie#179 nationally
#53Velma#128 nationally
#47Junior#120 nationally
#72Jo#140 nationally
#63Virgil#127 nationally
#55Georgia#115 nationally
#64Glen#123 nationally
#30Bonnie#86 nationally
#15Wilma#66 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,872US #1
#2Betty1,744US #2
#3Dorothy946US #3
#4Shirley584US #9
#5Helen558US #4
#6Virginia496US #11
#7Doris483US #6
#8Norma452US #25
#9Margaret424US #5
#10Ruth424US #8
#11Patricia402US #10
#12Barbara341US #7
#13Anna310US #20
#14Mildred309US #18
#15Wilma285US #66
#16Wanda270US #61
#17Dolores269US #14
#18Evelyn258US #19
#19Lois258US #17
#20Jean247US #12
#21Joan238US #13
#22Frances237US #16
#23Alice235US #21
#24Ruby235US #36
#25Marjorie231US #30
#26Martha226US #27
#27Rose217US #26
#28Elizabeth191US #15
#29Peggy190US #70
#30Bonnie176US #86
#31Juanita175US #60
#32Marie175US #22
#33Thelma170US #41
#34Geraldine164US #43
#35Joyce150US #23
#36Marilyn149US #33
#37Nancy146US #32
#38June143US #48
#39Louise141US #31
#40Rosemary141US #80
#41Maxine138US #85
#42Gloria137US #28
#43Delores130US #74
#44Catherine128US #34
#45Edna128US #51
#46Pauline127US #50
#47Gladys125US #44
#48Beverly121US #39
#49Audrey120US #58
#50Phyllis120US #24
#51Bernice117US #55
#52Vera112US #99
#53Velma111US #128
#54Hazel110US #64
#55Georgia108US #115
#56Carol107US #63
#57Billie104US #79
#58Edith102US #59
#59Clara101US #65
#60Florence101US #35
#61Irene101US #29
#62Donna99US #47
#63Jane98US #62
#64Opal98US #150
#65Charlotte96US #73
#66Ethel96US #56
#67Lillian95US #40
#68Eva94US #83
#69Jacqueline94US #87
#70Lucille94US #57
#71Laverne93US #170
#72Jo92US #140
#73Emma91US #69
#74Grace91US #54
#75Patsy89US #118
#76Ann87US #46
#77Alma84US #106
#78Marian84US #75
#79Katherine82US #84
#80Laura81US #90
#81Vivian81US #81
#82Eleanor80US #38
#83Kathryn80US #104
#84Loretta79US #127
#85Elsie78US #78
#86Lorraine77US #42
#87Margie77US #108
#88Viola77US #109
#89Violet77US #111
#90Jeanne76US #92
#91Josephine75US #45
#92Sarah74US #68
#93Bertha73US #93
#94Esther71US #71
#95Ida71US #96
#96Marion71US #53
#97Roberta71US #126
#98Bessie70US #107
#99Kathleen70US #89
#100Leona69US #122

Boys

#1Robert1,753US #1
#2James1,427US #2
#3William1,307US #4
#4John1,178US #3
#5Charles1,000US #5
#6Donald959US #7
#7Richard690US #6
#8George528US #8
#9Billy496US #23
#10Harold461US #16
#11Kenneth411US #18
#12Jack409US #14
#13Edward405US #10
#14Raymond379US #15
#15Joseph377US #9
#16Thomas360US #11
#17Paul353US #13
#18Eugene321US #20
#19David283US #17
#20Bobby252US #50
#21Ralph252US #26
#22Frank240US #12
#23Herbert236US #25
#24Carl230US #28
#25Roy220US #35
#26Walter213US #19
#27Albert201US #24
#28Harry201US #27
#29Clarence195US #37
#30Earl192US #36
#31Joe192US #30
#32Howard176US #31
#33Gerald173US #33
#34Melvin169US #49
#35Henry168US #21
#36Norman165US #40
#37Arthur163US #22
#38Bill162US #63
#39Floyd155US #58
#40Fred154US #34
#41Marvin153US #46
#42Lawrence148US #38
#43Louis147US #32
#44Bob141US #89
#45Francis129US #39
#46Leonard128US #42
#47Junior126US #120
#48Gene123US #68
#49Leroy121US #51
#50Lloyd120US #62
#51Elmer115US #70
#52Ray114US #57
#53Don113US #78
#54Vernon113US #71
#55Alfred110US #41
#56Ernest109US #43
#57Jerry108US #61
#58Clifford105US #72
#59Dale102US #73
#60Russell96US #56
#61Ronald91US #45
#62Herman90US #75
#63Virgil90US #127
#64Glen89US #123
#65Clyde86US #74
#66Leo86US #60
#67Jimmie85US #98
#68Glenn83US #80
#69Edwin80US #66
#70Lester79US #88
#71Billie78US #122
#72Wayne78US #69
#73Alvin77US #77
#74Lee76US #85
#75Marion76US #118
#76Jesse75US #93
#77Daniel71US #47
#78Bernard67US #52
#79Cecil66US #101
#80Jimmy64US #115
#81Theodore63US #65
#82Curtis62US #99
#83Samuel62US #53
#84Stanley62US #48
#85Allen61US #86
#86Willie61US #29
#87Everett60US #130
#88Chester59US #96
#89Lewis57US #84
#90Leon56US #81
#91Victor55US #100
#92Gilbert54US #91
#93Homer54US #141
#94Leslie54US #136
#95Gordon53US #79
#96Bobbie52
#97Jackie52US #179
#98Willard51US #114
#99Oscar50US #117
#100Wallace49US #106

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑28Billie#57
↑25Delores#43
↑20Vera#52
↑19Junior#47
↑19Dale#59
↑19Herman#62
↑17Donna#62
↑16Joan#21

Falling

↓35Marian#78
↓27Lorraine#86
↓24Esther#94
↓21Stanley#84
↓18Hazel#54
↓17Lillian#67
↓16Marion#96
↓16Alfred#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.