State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,022 Missouri births in 1936 across 846 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#78Ermaoutside the national top 200
#70Dixie#174 nationally
#62Glenda#150 nationally
#69Charlene#145 nationally
#94Velma#167 nationally
#81Pat#152 nationally
#83Marion#148 nationally
#98Naomi#159 nationally
#46Jackie#106 nationally
#90Virgil#149 nationally
#98Everett#154 nationally
#25Wilma#78 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,681US #1
#2Shirley1,466US #2
#3Betty923US #4
#4Barbara853US #3
#5Patricia613US #5
#6Carol545US #10
#7Dorothy525US #6
#8Joan376US #7
#9Nancy360US #8
#10Joyce354US #12
#11Helen353US #11
#12Norma350US #29
#13Marilyn314US #13
#14Donna304US #22
#15Margaret303US #9
#16Doris302US #15
#17Beverly298US #17
#18Virginia297US #14
#19Ruth278US #16
#20Peggy265US #35
#21Wanda250US #56
#22Carolyn222US #23
#23Martha222US #24
#24Bonnie220US #65
#25Wilma218US #78
#26Anna194US #36
#27Lois192US #26
#28Frances190US #19
#29Patsy180US #52
#30Phyllis179US #25
#31Alice176US #27
#32Janet174US #21
#33Evelyn171US #34
#34Dolores168US #30
#35Rose166US #37
#36Jean164US #20
#37Joann162US #55
#38Mildred158US #40
#39Elizabeth151US #18
#40Ruby151US #51
#41Delores144US #58
#42Marjorie144US #49
#43Jo139US #72
#44Gloria131US #32
#45Sandra127US #38
#46Judith123US #43
#47Juanita122US #75
#48Jane119US #42
#49Geraldine118US #41
#50Janice116US #31
#51Loretta113US #70
#52Jacqueline110US #66
#53June110US #62
#54Ann104US #28
#55Marie102US #33
#56Charlotte98US #61
#57Roberta98US #64
#58Sharon96US #60
#59Edna94US #71
#60Darlene92US #83
#61Carole90US #73
#62Glenda88US #150
#63Marlene86US #39
#64Catherine83US #44
#65Margie82US #102
#66Sue82US #109
#67Thelma82US #74
#68Judy79US #118
#69Charlene77US #145
#70Dixie76US #174
#71Hazel76US #96
#72Sylvia76US #53
#73Clara75US #91
#74Rita75US #69
#75Laura74US #106
#76Linda74US #97
#77Sally74US #59
#78Erma71
#79Kathleen71US #67
#80Edith70US #87
#81Pat70US #152
#82Yvonne70US #81
#83Kay69US #98
#84Louise68US #46
#85Emma67US #85
#86Jeanette67US #94
#87Ethel64US #90
#88Georgia63US #128
#89Kathryn62US #113
#90Billie61US #117
#91Rosemary61US #111
#92Susan61US #110
#93Joanne60US #48
#94Velma60US #167
#95Alma59US #137
#96Audrey59US #68
#97Katherine59US #100
#98Naomi59US #159
#99Vivian59US #115
#100Joy57US #144

Boys

#1James1,506US #2
#2Robert1,505US #1
#3John1,108US #3
#4Donald1,096US #7
#5William1,015US #4
#6Charles989US #6
#7Richard737US #5
#8Ronald477US #12
#9Jerry472US #18
#10George447US #9
#11Kenneth441US #14
#12David430US #10
#13Thomas377US #8
#14Billy371US #22
#15Paul371US #15
#16Harold335US #21
#17Jack318US #20
#18Edward300US #13
#19Joseph289US #11
#20Larry289US #25
#21Bobby278US #24
#22Carl269US #27
#23Raymond263US #17
#24Gerald224US #19
#25Joe221US #23
#26Bill198US #61
#27Bob183US #77
#28Walter177US #26
#29Don173US #51
#30Lawrence173US #37
#31Gary172US #38
#32Eugene170US #29
#33Roy169US #42
#34Frank164US #16
#35Ralph161US #31
#36Wayne150US #45
#37Fred149US #36
#38Norman147US #43
#39Roger143US #35
#40Jimmie142US #71
#41Melvin138US #53
#42Jimmy137US #46
#43Arthur132US #30
#44Earl132US #47
#45Marvin132US #49
#46Jackie131US #106
#47Dale124US #59
#48Harry124US #39
#49Howard123US #40
#50Jim121US #85
#51Gene117US #66
#52Albert115US #34
#53Lloyd111US #88
#54Michael108US #33
#55Henry104US #28
#56Leroy103US #57
#57Ray100US #65
#58Clarence98US #52
#59Vernon94US #93
#60Franklin92US #64
#61Herbert92US #62
#62Ernest91US #55
#63Leonard89US #54
#64Floyd88US #86
#65Louis87US #44
#66Francis86US #50
#67Russell83US #69
#68Alfred81US #60
#69Clifford77US #90
#70Daniel77US #41
#71Clyde75US #89
#72Eddie73US #79
#73Tommy73US #91
#74Glenn71US #80
#75Lee69US #76
#76Cecil68US #114
#77Stanley66US #58
#78Allen63US #81
#79Elmer62US #121
#80Glen62US #119
#81Johnny62US #72
#82Leo62US #94
#83Marion62US #148
#84Claude61US #132
#85Darrell58US #133
#86Phillip58US #102
#87Warren58US #95
#88Jerome57US #98
#89Tom57US #112
#90Virgil57US #149
#91Alvin56US #96
#92Jesse56US #104
#93Martin55US #92
#94Dennis52US #74
#95Samuel52US #67
#96Lester51US #115
#97Leon50US #82
#98Everett48US #154
#99Max47US #129
#100Gordon46US #75

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑25Roger#39
↑24Laura#75
↑20Michael#54
↑20Lee#75
↑20Allen#78
↑17Judith#46
↑17Carole#61
↑16Dixie#70

Falling

↓26Georgia#88
↓23Rosemary#91
↓21Alma#95
↓21Audrey#96
↓19Billie#90
↓16Thelma#67
↓16Albert#52
↓16Leo#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.