State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,109 Missouri births in 1930 across 883 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#93Laverne#178 nationally
#84Jackie#157 nationally
#87Opal#156 nationally
#67Everett#134 nationally
#70Junior#135 nationally
#65Velma#127 nationally
#69Jo#131 nationally
#23Bonnie#78 nationally
#63Georgia#117 nationally
#69Billie#123 nationally
#54Loretta#105 nationally
#47Patsy#97 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,990US #1
#2Betty1,675US #2
#3Dorothy932US #3
#4Shirley592US #11
#5Virginia540US #12
#6Helen533US #4
#7Doris474US #9
#8Norma474US #25
#9Patricia428US #7
#10Barbara420US #6
#11Margaret419US #5
#12Ruth416US #10
#13Dolores302US #13
#14Wanda302US #56
#15Lois294US #17
#16Joan289US #8
#17Anna287US #23
#18Mildred277US #21
#19Wilma263US #68
#20Martha262US #27
#21Jean257US #14
#22Frances250US #16
#23Bonnie236US #78
#24Evelyn232US #19
#25Rose230US #29
#26Ruby221US #36
#27Joyce219US #18
#28Alice216US #20
#29Marilyn206US #22
#30Peggy198US #67
#31Elizabeth192US #15
#32Marjorie188US #32
#33Nancy184US #24
#34Juanita182US #57
#35Thelma173US #45
#36Delores163US #66
#37Phyllis160US #28
#38Geraldine154US #43
#39Gloria154US #30
#40June152US #47
#41Edna150US #51
#42Beverly149US #34
#43Rosemary148US #82
#44Marie144US #26
#45Louise143US #31
#46Donna138US #37
#47Patsy132US #97
#48Audrey122US #63
#49Hazel121US #71
#50Clara117US #64
#51Edith117US #61
#52Maxine117US #93
#53Carol115US #54
#54Loretta115US #105
#55Gladys113US #48
#56Billie110US #79
#57Jacqueline107US #74
#58Pauline107US #52
#59Carolyn104US #72
#60Emma104US #73
#61Irene104US #33
#62Catherine102US #35
#63Georgia101US #117
#64Jane101US #55
#65Velma101US #127
#66Lucille99US #59
#67Lillian97US #44
#68Bernice96US #58
#69Jo92US #131
#70Florence91US #38
#71Laura91US #89
#72Eva90US #86
#73Ethel88US #65
#74Rita88US #42
#75Alma87US #109
#76Josephine86US #49
#77Janet84US #53
#78Kathryn84US #101
#79Marian82US #80
#80Vera82US #104
#81Violet82US #120
#82Vivian82US #91
#83Geneva80US #133
#84Ann79US #41
#85Bessie79US #108
#86Grace79US #62
#87Opal78US #156
#88Roberta78US #125
#89Joann77US #118
#90Charlotte76US #75
#91Jeanne76US #92
#92Margie76US #112
#93Laverne74US #178
#94Esther73US #77
#95Eleanor72US #39
#96Jessie70US #114
#97Leona69US #130
#98Nellie69US #113
#99Naomi68US #139
#100Ida67US #94

Boys

#1Robert1,849US #1
#2James1,449US #2
#3William1,266US #4
#4John1,226US #3
#5Charles1,119US #6
#6Donald1,027US #7
#7Richard716US #5
#8George569US #8
#9Billy522US #20
#10Kenneth459US #17
#11Harold447US #18
#12Thomas392US #11
#13Edward389US #10
#14Jack379US #14
#15Joseph356US #9
#16Paul354US #12
#17Eugene314US #21
#18Raymond304US #16
#19David292US #15
#20Bobby290US #41
#21Carl262US #26
#22Frank245US #13
#23Ralph241US #25
#24Roy217US #33
#25Norman212US #40
#26Harry208US #28
#27Walter207US #19
#28Joe206US #27
#29Arthur199US #23
#30Clarence199US #39
#31Earl197US #38
#32Jerry185US #51
#33Albert182US #24
#34Henry178US #22
#35Bill173US #59
#36Lawrence171US #36
#37Fred163US #32
#38Howard161US #31
#39Marvin158US #48
#40Gerald157US #30
#41Melvin157US #50
#42Leonard149US #45
#43Herbert146US #35
#44Bob141US #88
#45Dale137US #64
#46Louis137US #34
#47Floyd135US #61
#48Leroy132US #53
#49Clifford130US #73
#50Vernon130US #72
#51Don124US #68
#52Gene124US #70
#53Ronald124US #37
#54Ray116US #57
#55Alfred115US #46
#56Elmer113US #80
#57Ernest112US #43
#58Jimmie109US #86
#59Wayne109US #65
#60Francis105US #42
#61Lloyd104US #69
#62Leo99US #63
#63Russell96US #60
#64Glenn93US #71
#65Clyde89US #76
#66Alvin85US #79
#67Everett85US #134
#68Stanley83US #49
#69Billie82US #123
#70Junior82US #135
#71Daniel81US #47
#72Glen81US #114
#73Cecil79US #99
#74Jesse79US #94
#75Lee79US #82
#76Edwin77US #66
#77Bernard76US #52
#78Johnny76US #101
#79Lester76US #95
#80Theodore75US #67
#81Willard74US #117
#82Claude73US #122
#83Herman69US #78
#84Jackie66US #157
#85Roger66US #58
#86Virgil66US #128
#87Jimmy62US #102
#88Leon62US #81
#89Marion62US #126
#90Gilbert61US #90
#91Martin60US #83
#92Samuel59US #55
#93Willie59US #29
#94Lewis58US #87
#95Chester57US #103
#96Jim57US #125
#97Warren56US #96
#98Larry55US #108
#99Tommy54US #127
#100Edgar53US #119

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑30Loretta#54
↑28Patsy#47
↑25Jerry#32
↑20Everett#67
↑17Willard#81
↑16Donna#46
↑16Stanley#68
↑15Josephine#76

Falling

↓28Vera#80
↓25Charlotte#90
↓23Opal#87
↓23Junior#70
↓23Virgil#86
↓22Laverne#93
↓21Herman#83
↓20Herbert#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.