State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,517 Missouri births in 1937 across 853 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#96Melbaoutside the national top 200
#97Deloris#193 nationally
#82Dixie#174 nationally
#62Glenda#146 nationally
#63Pat#147 nationally
#84Virgil#158 nationally
#91Delbert#161 nationally
#42Jackie#107 nationally
#67Georgia#132 nationally
#95Everett#156 nationally
#74Ronnie#128 nationally
#30Wilma#80 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,680US #1
#2Shirley1,103US #4
#3Barbara912US #2
#4Betty899US #5
#5Patricia638US #3
#6Carol605US #6
#7Dorothy459US #8
#8Donna366US #21
#9Margaret366US #10
#10Joyce362US #11
#11Nancy361US #7
#12Norma333US #33
#13Beverly331US #14
#14Helen317US #12
#15Ruth307US #15
#16Virginia302US #16
#17Wanda297US #55
#18Marilyn295US #13
#19Carolyn288US #20
#20Joan287US #9
#21Doris284US #22
#22Martha258US #24
#23Peggy244US #31
#24Janet239US #18
#25Patsy222US #54
#26Bonnie216US #64
#27Lois213US #29
#28Sandra190US #26
#29Alice185US #28
#30Wilma184US #80
#31Frances181US #19
#32Anna180US #39
#33Judith175US #34
#34Phyllis174US #27
#35Janice170US #25
#36Elizabeth156US #17
#37Jean156US #23
#38Rose150US #38
#39Evelyn144US #36
#40Joann144US #58
#41Gloria141US #32
#42Loretta141US #63
#43Delores139US #68
#44Jo137US #73
#45Ruby135US #52
#46Jacqueline126US #70
#47Sharon122US #41
#48Ann121US #30
#49Marjorie118US #57
#50Darlene113US #72
#51Linda112US #49
#52Mildred111US #43
#53Juanita106US #75
#54Jane105US #42
#55Carole102US #56
#56Judy102US #91
#57Edna101US #74
#58Thelma97US #78
#59Charlotte95US #67
#60Dolores95US #37
#61Roberta95US #66
#62Glenda92US #146
#63Pat90US #147
#64Sue88US #101
#65Catherine87US #47
#66June87US #71
#67Georgia86US #132
#68Rosemary85US #110
#69Marie82US #35
#70Emma80US #89
#71Rita80US #69
#72Sally80US #59
#73Kathleen79US #61
#74Clara78US #100
#75Geraldine78US #44
#76Kathryn78US #108
#77Kay78US #79
#78Marlene78US #40
#79Susan78US #97
#80Hazel77US #106
#81Sylvia75US #50
#82Dixie73US #174
#83Jeanette72US #90
#84Edith71US #96
#85Louise71US #48
#86Yvonne71US #77
#87Anita67US #93
#88Margie66US #111
#89Sarah66US #65
#90Eleanor62US #53
#91Ethel62US #88
#92Eva60US #117
#93Gladys60US #86
#94Nellie60US #140
#95Connie56US #128
#96Melba56
#97Deloris54US #193
#98Joanne54US #51
#99Katherine54US #103
#100Maxine54US #136

Boys

#1James1,588US #2
#2Robert1,533US #1
#3John1,141US #3
#4Donald1,116US #7
#5Charles1,016US #6
#6William980US #4
#7Richard730US #5
#8David569US #8
#9Jerry548US #17
#10Ronald491US #11
#11Kenneth473US #14
#12Larry412US #16
#13George402US #10
#14Billy379US #22
#15Thomas365US #9
#16Harold329US #21
#17Paul312US #15
#18Edward301US #13
#19Joseph272US #12
#20Carl265US #28
#21Bobby259US #24
#22Jack241US #23
#23Gerald228US #20
#24Raymond224US #19
#25Gary222US #29
#26Joe195US #25
#27Frank190US #18
#28Ralph186US #34
#29Don178US #51
#30Marvin173US #49
#31Roy173US #40
#32Wayne169US #44
#33Bill161US #64
#34Bob157US #81
#35Eugene150US #33
#36Melvin150US #50
#37Walter144US #26
#38Jimmy140US #45
#39Dale137US #59
#40Norman137US #43
#41Harry136US #41
#42Jackie131US #107
#43Jimmie127US #72
#44Arthur126US #31
#45Earl126US #48
#46Lawrence126US #38
#47Henry124US #30
#48Michael124US #27
#49Albert122US #37
#50Fred120US #35
#51Howard120US #42
#52Jim120US #82
#53Leroy114US #56
#54Louis112US #46
#55Roger112US #36
#56Floyd105US #80
#57Clarence104US #54
#58Gene97US #61
#59Lloyd94US #91
#60Tommy94US #84
#61Daniel91US #39
#62Herbert89US #65
#63Ray88US #71
#64Clyde86US #93
#65Russell85US #67
#66Stanley85US #57
#67Vernon85US #96
#68Leonard83US #58
#69Francis82US #55
#70Clifford80US #90
#71Tom79US #108
#72Elmer78US #120
#73Glenn78US #88
#74Ronnie74US #128
#75Ernest72US #53
#76Terry71US #113
#77Johnny70US #69
#78Alfred68US #60
#79Lee68US #78
#80Eddie66US #83
#81Phillip66US #98
#82Leo63US #97
#83Dennis62US #63
#84Virgil60US #158
#85Allen58US #76
#86Willie58US #32
#87Anthony57US #47
#88Cecil57US #114
#89Bernard56US #73
#90Glen56US #122
#91Delbert55US #161
#92Edwin55US #89
#93Franklin55US #77
#94Jesse55US #102
#95Everett53US #156
#96Jerome53US #100
#97Leon52US #85
#98Lewis52US #104
#99Darrell50US #130
#100Leslie50US #131

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑25Linda#51
↑23Rosemary#68
↑21Georgia#67
↑18Pat#63
↑18Tom#71
↑17Sandra#28
↑15Janice#35
↑15Emma#70

Falling

↓33Franklin#93
↓26Dolores#60
↓26Geraldine#75
↓23Margie#88
↓16Lawrence#46
↓16Roger#55
↓15Marlene#78
↓14Mildred#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.