State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,148 Missouri births in 1935 across 859 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#86Dixie#188 nationally
#76Glenda#169 nationally
#80Pat#150 nationally
#82Charlene#146 nationally
#79Virgil#141 nationally
#84Everett#146 nationally
#62Georgia#123 nationally
#44Jackie#102 nationally
#74Alma#132 nationally
#92Velma#147 nationally
#31Bob#81 nationally
#76Glen#124 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley1,764US #2
#2Mary1,669US #1
#3Betty1,117US #4
#4Barbara822US #3
#5Patricia612US #5
#6Dorothy554US #6
#7Carol429US #11
#8Norma384US #29
#9Joan375US #7
#10Helen373US #10
#11Doris331US #13
#12Marilyn328US #14
#13Margaret326US #8
#14Ruth323US #15
#15Virginia322US #16
#16Joyce293US #12
#17Nancy284US #9
#18Donna281US #23
#19Wanda275US #49
#20Lois250US #21
#21Bonnie243US #62
#22Beverly236US #20
#23Martha236US #24
#24Wilma217US #70
#25Anna216US #34
#26Peggy212US #36
#27Alice193US #25
#28Phyllis190US #27
#29Carolyn189US #28
#30Frances188US #19
#31Patsy185US #56
#32Dolores178US #26
#33Jean176US #18
#34Joann169US #53
#35Evelyn166US #31
#36Delores153US #57
#37Mildred148US #35
#38Elizabeth143US #17
#39Janet143US #22
#40Ruby142US #41
#41Jane139US #43
#42Jo135US #73
#43Jacqueline124US #79
#44Loretta124US #69
#45Rose123US #37
#46Sandra116US #50
#47Gloria113US #32
#48Marjorie112US #46
#49Juanita110US #72
#50Sharon102US #96
#51Thelma102US #76
#52Geraldine100US #40
#53Ann98US #30
#54Marie98US #33
#55Edna94US #67
#56Roberta94US #77
#57Charlotte92US #65
#58Janice92US #47
#59Hazel91US #92
#60June90US #55
#61Clara89US #81
#62Georgia88US #123
#63Judith87US #54
#64Sally86US #58
#65Darlene85US #91
#66Catherine84US #42
#67Kathleen84US #71
#68Rosemary83US #97
#69Louise82US #45
#70Marlene81US #39
#71Billie80US #106
#72Ethel77US #82
#73Sue77US #115
#74Alma75US #132
#75Audrey74US #64
#76Glenda73US #169
#77Rita73US #63
#78Carole72US #93
#79Margie72US #100
#80Pat72US #150
#81Sylvia72US #60
#82Charlene67US #146
#83Edith67US #87
#84Kathryn66US #111
#85Lillian66US #66
#86Dixie65US #188
#87Ellen65US #95
#88Marian64US #105
#89Eleanor63US #48
#90Emma63US #89
#91Jeanette63US #104
#92Velma63US #147
#93Eva62US #110
#94Joanne62US #44
#95Vera62US #124
#96Pauline61US #80
#97Yvonne61US #98
#98Arlene60US #59
#99Laura60US #101
#100Vivian59US #112

Boys

#1Robert1,505US #1
#2James1,475US #2
#3Donald1,211US #7
#4John1,170US #3
#5William1,035US #4
#6Charles961US #6
#7Richard736US #5
#8Jerry479US #22
#9Billy451US #19
#10Kenneth425US #15
#11George418US #8
#12Paul408US #14
#13David375US #11
#14Harold370US #20
#15Ronald354US #12
#16Jack351US #18
#17Thomas347US #9
#18Edward296US #13
#19Bobby279US #24
#20Joseph277US #10
#21Carl269US #28
#22Raymond256US #17
#23Gerald237US #21
#24Joe225US #25
#25Larry221US #33
#26Frank211US #16
#27Don204US #51
#28Bill198US #60
#29Eugene189US #26
#30Norman182US #38
#31Bob170US #81
#32Walter170US #23
#33Ralph166US #32
#34Marvin163US #45
#35Gary161US #44
#36Albert156US #31
#37Harry153US #37
#38Lawrence149US #35
#39Fred148US #34
#40Roy145US #40
#41Arthur144US #29
#42Jimmie144US #69
#43Earl142US #46
#44Jackie142US #102
#45Dale137US #61
#46Wayne135US #49
#47Melvin127US #57
#48Leroy124US #50
#49Gene117US #66
#50Henry116US #27
#51Herbert113US #58
#52Howard113US #39
#53Clarence112US #48
#54Jimmy112US #47
#55Floyd111US #76
#56Jim110US #90
#57Vernon109US #94
#58Russell107US #68
#59Louis101US #42
#60Clifford100US #88
#61Lloyd99US #84
#62Ray98US #64
#63Glenn97US #78
#64Roger95US #36
#65Eddie91US #87
#66Leo89US #92
#67Stanley88US #56
#68Leonard86US #54
#69Elmer85US #115
#70Ernest83US #55
#71Francis82US #53
#72Alfred81US #63
#73Franklin81US #71
#74Michael79US #41
#75Tommy78US #95
#76Glen77US #124
#77Phillip74US #107
#78Daniel70US #43
#79Virgil70US #141
#80Bernard69US #67
#81Lester69US #114
#82Alvin68US #91
#83Clyde67US #82
#84Everett66US #146
#85Jesse66US #104
#86Cecil65US #109
#87Edwin64US #89
#88Samuel64US #62
#89Tom63US #110
#90Lewis61US #98
#91Leon60US #86
#92Theodore59US #79
#93Dennis58US #72
#94Johnny57US #74
#95Lee57US #80
#96Darrell56US #136
#97Willie55US #30
#98Allen54US #83
#99Freddie54US #145
#100Warren51US #97

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑48Sandra#46
↑32Roberta#56
↑19Ethel#72
↑19Glenn#63
↑18Darlene#65
↑15Gary#35
↑14Michael#74
↑13Georgia#62

Falling

↓33Joanne#94
↓19Emma#90
↓18Dixie#86
↓17Sylvia#81
↓17Lee#95
↓15Kathryn#84
↓15Franklin#73
↓15Clyde#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.