State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,944 Missouri births in 1933 across 867 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#85Laverneoutside the national top 200
#84Junior#168 nationally
#94Erma#176 nationally
#100Opal#182 nationally
#52Jackie#123 nationally
#89Freddie#156 nationally
#77Virgil#138 nationally
#77Velma#137 nationally
#86Billie#146 nationally
#67Georgia#126 nationally
#72Glen#124 nationally
#39Jo#90 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,724US #1
#2Betty1,377US #2
#3Barbara725US #3
#4Dorothy677US #4
#5Shirley664US #9
#6Patricia537US #6
#7Norma449US #23
#8Helen448US #8
#9Joan445US #5
#10Doris419US #10
#11Virginia371US #15
#12Margaret348US #7
#13Wanda305US #48
#14Ruth304US #13
#15Carol293US #20
#16Joyce292US #12
#17Marilyn271US #16
#18Donna259US #24
#19Nancy252US #11
#20Anna251US #29
#21Wilma243US #66
#22Peggy236US #36
#23Lois235US #19
#24Dolores225US #21
#25Bonnie221US #68
#26Evelyn213US #30
#27Jean206US #14
#28Frances203US #18
#29Beverly202US #26
#30Patsy199US #65
#31Martha198US #27
#32Alice193US #22
#33Mildred189US #32
#34Ruby176US #43
#35Rose173US #35
#36June160US #45
#37Marjorie158US #41
#38Juanita152US #63
#39Jo150US #90
#40Delores147US #52
#41Elizabeth147US #17
#42Joann142US #72
#43Phyllis140US #28
#44Carolyn138US #40
#45Geraldine138US #42
#46Gloria138US #31
#47Marie136US #33
#48Janet129US #25
#49Jane125US #47
#50Loretta114US #87
#51Thelma113US #57
#52Catherine109US #44
#53Jacqueline108US #86
#54Clara107US #67
#55Edna106US #55
#56Charlotte105US #79
#57Marlene102US #50
#58Rosemary102US #102
#59Louise101US #39
#60Darlene91US #96
#61Ann89US #34
#62Maxine88US #110
#63Margie85US #95
#64Vivian85US #98
#65Roberta84US #112
#66Marian83US #89
#67Georgia82US #126
#68Eleanor79US #38
#69Hazel79US #82
#70Audrey77US #59
#71Billie76US #92
#72Emma76US #75
#73Gladys76US #60
#74Ethel75US #71
#75Eva74US #101
#76Lucille72US #78
#77Velma71US #137
#78Janice70US #81
#79Kathryn70US #108
#80Lillian70US #51
#81Sylvia70US #84
#82Laura69US #91
#83Vera68US #121
#84Florence67US #49
#85Laverne67
#86Rita67US #53
#87Bernice65US #83
#88Edith65US #80
#89Elsie65US #99
#90Pauline64US #64
#91Irene63US #46
#92Jeanette63US #103
#93Sally63US #76
#94Erma62US #176
#95Ida62US #109
#96Josephine62US #62
#97Sue62US #131
#98Grace61US #69
#99Naomi61US #140
#100Opal61US #182

Boys

#1Robert1,628US #1
#2James1,423US #2
#3Donald1,173US #7
#4John1,165US #3
#5William1,050US #4
#6Charles1,048US #6
#7Richard760US #5
#8George468US #8
#9Kenneth452US #15
#10Billy418US #20
#11Harold401US #18
#12Paul394US #14
#13Thomas349US #10
#14Jack347US #17
#15Edward317US #11
#16Ronald317US #12
#17Jerry312US #31
#18Joseph294US #9
#19Bobby290US #26
#20David290US #13
#21Carl283US #28
#22Raymond264US #19
#23Bill237US #59
#24Frank231US #16
#25Gerald223US #22
#26Roy207US #39
#27Eugene200US #23
#28Joe196US #27
#29Norman193US #37
#30Walter191US #21
#31Ralph189US #29
#32Bob176US #82
#33Marvin170US #44
#34Arthur166US #25
#35Albert164US #30
#36Franklin162US #33
#37Earl158US #41
#38Don152US #54
#39Howard151US #36
#40Harry144US #35
#41Herbert137US #49
#42Wayne137US #52
#43Clarence136US #43
#44Melvin134US #51
#45Dale131US #65
#46Henry129US #24
#47Jimmie126US #72
#48Lawrence126US #38
#49Fred125US #34
#50Louis124US #40
#51Vernon119US #83
#52Jackie118US #123
#53Floyd117US #69
#54Gene117US #66
#55Larry116US #58
#56Leroy114US #56
#57Lloyd111US #73
#58Leonard109US #47
#59Ray103US #62
#60Francis102US #45
#61Russell100US #67
#62Jimmy99US #64
#63Jim91US #98
#64Ernest89US #50
#65Leo88US #75
#66Clifford87US #86
#67Roger85US #48
#68Elmer84US #101
#69Glenn81US #74
#70Stanley79US #55
#71Clyde78US #87
#72Glen77US #124
#73Tommy77US #109
#74Gary76US #80
#75Daniel73US #42
#76Lester72US #108
#77Virgil70US #138
#78Jesse68US #100
#79Eddie67US #93
#80Alvin65US #88
#81Bernard64US #63
#82Harvey63US #97
#83Johnny63US #90
#84Junior63US #168
#85Lee63US #79
#86Billie62US #146
#87Cecil62US #111
#88Lewis61US #92
#89Freddie59US #156
#90Leon58US #85
#91Samuel58US #61
#92Alfred56US #57
#93Edwin55US #77
#94Max54US #140
#95Willie54US #32
#96Everett53US #139
#97Theodore53US #68
#98Marion52US #133
#99Willard52US #130
#100Darrell51US #148

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑29Janet#48
↑27Eleanor#68
↑25Carol#15
↑23Marlene#57
↑22Jesse#78
↑20Franklin#36
↑19Tommy#73
↑18Herbert#41

Falling

↓28Pauline#90
↓21Opal#100
↓21Edwin#93
↓20Ethel#74
↓17Edith#88
↓16Cecil#87
↓14Georgia#67
↓13Martha#31

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.