State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,140 Missouri births in 1931 across 855 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#94Melbaoutside the national top 200
#80Laverne#176 nationally
#88Bobbie#178 nationally
#55Jackie#142 nationally
#88Erma#163 nationally
#59Velma#131 nationally
#79Junior#150 nationally
#54Jo#116 nationally
#14Bonnie#73 nationally
#61Georgia#120 nationally
#70Billie#128 nationally
#65Virgil#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,885US #1
#2Betty1,572US #2
#3Dorothy820US #3
#4Shirley652US #9
#5Helen544US #6
#6Barbara535US #4
#7Virginia500US #12
#8Norma490US #22
#9Patricia461US #8
#10Doris446US #10
#11Margaret415US #7
#12Joan379US #5
#13Ruth330US #11
#14Bonnie278US #73
#15Wanda273US #54
#16Anna271US #25
#17Lois264US #20
#18Dolores256US #14
#19Mildred250US #26
#20Jean248US #13
#21Wilma245US #69
#22Joyce236US #15
#23Marilyn234US #19
#24Evelyn233US #24
#25Frances228US #18
#26Alice220US #21
#27Martha220US #28
#28Peggy217US #42
#29Nancy203US #17
#30Ruby192US #39
#31Gloria189US #23
#32Marjorie189US #34
#33Rose185US #30
#34Donna180US #32
#35Juanita173US #57
#36Beverly171US #31
#37Elizabeth171US #16
#38Marie166US #27
#39Delores155US #58
#40Phyllis144US #29
#41Patsy143US #83
#42Edna139US #52
#43Thelma137US #53
#44Geraldine134US #38
#45Carol133US #46
#46June127US #44
#47Louise121US #33
#48Clara119US #61
#49Rosemary118US #88
#50Joann108US #90
#51Ann103US #35
#52Billie103US #81
#53Jane103US #50
#54Jo102US #116
#55Maxine102US #101
#56Hazel101US #74
#57Pauline100US #56
#58Lillian98US #47
#59Velma98US #131
#60Jacqueline97US #78
#61Georgia96US #120
#62Gladys96US #55
#63Carolyn95US #60
#64Catherine93US #36
#65Audrey92US #64
#66Florence90US #43
#67Lucille89US #62
#68Rita89US #48
#69Charlotte88US #75
#70Ethel87US #67
#71Emma86US #76
#72Loretta86US #96
#73Janet85US #45
#74Bernice84US #63
#75Roberta84US #121
#76Irene81US #37
#77Vera79US #111
#78Lorraine78US #49
#79Grace77US #70
#80Laverne77US #176
#81Vivian76US #82
#82Edith75US #65
#83Marlene75US #95
#84Esther74US #79
#85Nellie74US #119
#86Marian72US #84
#87Kathleen71US #87
#88Erma70US #163
#89Ellen69US #99
#90Viola68US #127
#91Ida67US #100
#92Eva66US #94
#93Josephine66US #51
#94Melba66
#95Sarah66US #71
#96Bertha65US #102
#97Elsie65US #86
#98Naomi65US #140
#99Alma64US #114
#100Kathryn64US #108

Boys

#1Robert1,867US #1
#2James1,441US #2
#3William1,158US #4
#4John1,112US #3
#5Donald1,077US #7
#6Charles1,027US #6
#7Richard738US #5
#8Billy525US #19
#9George484US #8
#10Kenneth449US #14
#11Harold396US #18
#12Jack395US #15
#13Edward369US #11
#14Bobby355US #32
#15Joseph346US #9
#16Paul344US #12
#17Thomas342US #10
#18Raymond321US #17
#19David292US #13
#20Eugene286US #21
#21Carl252US #28
#22Frank240US #16
#23Walter228US #20
#24Ralph217US #25
#25Roy214US #35
#26Bill208US #57
#27Joe204US #29
#28Arthur203US #23
#29Harry195US #30
#30Jerry195US #43
#31Clarence193US #39
#32Norman189US #36
#33Earl182US #40
#34Bob181US #78
#35Gerald170US #26
#36Lawrence162US #38
#37Marvin161US #45
#38Ronald159US #27
#39Albert155US #24
#40Howard151US #34
#41Melvin149US #51
#42Fred147US #33
#43Henry136US #22
#44Leroy129US #52
#45Louis127US #37
#46Dale124US #62
#47Don124US #59
#48Lloyd124US #68
#49Herbert119US #41
#50Clifford112US #75
#51Leonard112US #48
#52Jimmie111US #81
#53Wayne111US #58
#54Floyd110US #66
#55Jackie107US #142
#56Gene105US #64
#57Glenn105US #72
#58Elmer100US #82
#59Ray98US #60
#60Clyde97US #77
#61Vernon97US #74
#62Ernest96US #47
#63Francis96US #42
#64Stanley96US #49
#65Virgil95US #121
#66Jimmy91US #89
#67Russell90US #63
#68Alfred86US #50
#69Leo84US #69
#70Billie82US #128
#71Jesse82US #97
#72Roger82US #53
#73Lester81US #96
#74Lee78US #90
#75Larry77US #88
#76Cecil76US #102
#77Bernard73US #54
#78Glen73US #112
#79Junior73US #150
#80Alvin72US #80
#81Daniel69US #44
#82Eddie69US #95
#83Chester67US #106
#84Jim67US #116
#85Marion66US #133
#86Anthony61US #46
#87Edwin61US #67
#88Bobbie60US #178
#89Samuel60US #56
#90Gilbert59US #92
#91Lewis59US #87
#92Edgar58US #122
#93Everett58US #136
#94Johnny58US #105
#95Tommy58US #115
#96Willie58US #31
#97Herman57US #83
#98Lowell57US #147
#99Max57US #140
#100Allen54US #79

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑39Joann#50
↑33Ann#51
↑29Jackie#55
↑23Larry#75
↑21Charlotte#69
↑21Virgil#65
↑21Jimmy#66
↑15Jo#54

Falling

↓31Edith#82
↓26Everett#93
↓24Alma#99
↓22Kathryn#100
↓20Eva#92
↓18Loretta#72
↓17Audrey#65
↓17Josephine#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.