State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,288 Missouri births in 1932 across 879 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#90Dixieoutside the national top 200
#97Melbaoutside the national top 200
#79Opal#179 nationally
#99Laverne#199 nationally
#93Bobbie#191 nationally
#58Jackie#130 nationally
#73Junior#145 nationally
#98Charlene#170 nationally
#64Velma#133 nationally
#83Delbert#151 nationally
#93Lola#161 nationally
#53Georgia#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,972US #1
#2Betty1,540US #2
#3Dorothy764US #4
#4Barbara711US #3
#5Shirley622US #9
#6Patricia560US #6
#7Helen487US #8
#8Norma482US #22
#9Joan444US #5
#10Doris417US #10
#11Virginia406US #14
#12Margaret358US #7
#13Ruth336US #11
#14Lois309US #20
#15Wanda300US #52
#16Anna274US #24
#17Joyce273US #12
#18Martha265US #27
#19Bonnie254US #64
#20Marilyn254US #16
#21Wilma252US #65
#22Dolores232US #18
#23Frances232US #19
#24Peggy227US #40
#25Evelyn221US #23
#26Nancy221US #13
#27Jean220US #15
#28Donna211US #29
#29Mildred207US #26
#30Marjorie202US #37
#31Beverly200US #28
#32Alice191US #21
#33Elizabeth188US #17
#34Ruby184US #38
#35Juanita182US #58
#36Phyllis176US #30
#37Patsy173US #77
#38Delores172US #56
#39Rose167US #33
#40Carol154US #32
#41Marie149US #31
#42Gloria147US #25
#43Geraldine146US #42
#44June142US #44
#45Thelma142US #51
#46Joann140US #79
#47Rosemary136US #100
#48Jo129US #103
#49Edna126US #50
#50Louise126US #36
#51Carolyn121US #46
#52Catherine114US #39
#53Georgia107US #118
#54Ethel101US #66
#55Jane99US #49
#56Hazel98US #75
#57Jacqueline97US #85
#58Ann95US #34
#59Charlotte95US #74
#60Gladys93US #54
#61Loretta93US #89
#62Pauline93US #59
#63Billie92US #93
#64Velma92US #133
#65Maxine89US #110
#66Roberta89US #109
#67Clara87US #70
#68Vivian87US #90
#69Darlene85US #122
#70Alma84US #119
#71Edith84US #69
#72Florence84US #47
#73Margie84US #102
#74Audrey83US #61
#75Laura83US #88
#76Marian83US #86
#77Janet82US #35
#78Lillian81US #48
#79Opal81US #179
#80Marlene79US #78
#81Kathryn77US #107
#82Vera76US #121
#83Bernice75US #71
#84Irene75US #43
#85Lorraine73US #55
#86Nellie72US #123
#87Emma71US #76
#88Esther71US #82
#89Violet70US #132
#90Dixie69
#91Lucille69US #63
#92Josephine67US #57
#93Lola67US #161
#94Rita67US #53
#95Eleanor66US #45
#96Katherine66US #95
#97Melba66
#98Charlene65US #170
#99Laverne65US #199
#100Ella63US #108

Boys

#1Robert1,763US #1
#2James1,341US #2
#3Donald1,245US #7
#4John1,156US #3
#5William1,152US #4
#6Charles1,067US #6
#7Richard775US #5
#8Billy534US #20
#9George493US #8
#10Kenneth492US #14
#11Harold437US #18
#12Jack399US #17
#13Paul382US #13
#14Thomas370US #10
#15Bobby328US #30
#16Edward328US #11
#17David307US #12
#18Raymond296US #19
#19Joseph293US #9
#20Jerry290US #34
#21Carl281US #28
#22Ronald256US #16
#23Eugene239US #22
#24Joe228US #29
#25Frank227US #15
#26Bill226US #58
#27Walter220US #21
#28Norman216US #37
#29Ralph206US #27
#30Marvin197US #46
#31Bob196US #79
#32Roy194US #38
#33Gerald192US #24
#34Arthur177US #25
#35Earl176US #41
#36Don169US #55
#37Henry167US #23
#38Harry160US #32
#39Lawrence159US #35
#40Albert153US #26
#41Clarence148US #40
#42Dale148US #61
#43Gene146US #64
#44Melvin139US #51
#45Howard137US #36
#46Wayne129US #57
#47Vernon128US #78
#48Floyd126US #68
#49Leonard126US #48
#50Lloyd125US #71
#51Fred124US #33
#52Leroy121US #53
#53Jimmie120US #75
#54Louis116US #39
#55Jimmy112US #76
#56Franklin109US #66
#57Ray108US #59
#58Jackie107US #130
#59Herbert105US #44
#60Leo103US #74
#61Russell100US #63
#62Ernest99US #47
#63Francis99US #43
#64Jim95US #104
#65Roger93US #50
#66Daniel91US #42
#67Larry91US #65
#68Elmer90US #94
#69Glenn84US #77
#70Clifford82US #84
#71Cecil81US #108
#72Edwin81US #72
#73Junior81US #145
#74Clyde79US #82
#75Lester78US #101
#76Stanley74US #52
#77Glen71US #118
#78Virgil71US #139
#79Eddie68US #91
#80Lee67US #86
#81Leon67US #83
#82Alfred66US #49
#83Delbert66US #151
#84Everett65US #140
#85Theodore64US #67
#86Bernard63US #60
#87Alvin61US #87
#88Harvey61US #95
#89Herman61US #89
#90Samuel61US #56
#91Marion57US #132
#92Tommy57US #109
#93Bobbie55US #191
#94Billie53US #141
#95Claude53US #126
#96Anthony52US #45
#97Chester51US #112
#98Lewis51US #92
#99Allen50US #80
#100Jesse50US #99

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑29Alma#70
↑20Jim#64
↑19Kathryn#81
↑16Ethel#54
↑16Ronald#22
↑15Daniel#66
↑15Edwin#72
↑14Vernon#47

Falling

↓29Jesse#100
↓26Rita#94
↓24Lucille#91
↓24Billie#94
↓20Lillian#78
↓20Clifford#70
↓19Clara#67
↓19Laverne#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.