State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,624 Missouri births in 1938 across 869 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#77Dixie#167 nationally
#69Pat#149 nationally
#45Glenda#123 nationally
#99Velma#174 nationally
#90Virgil#151 nationally
#51Jackie#105 nationally
#84Georgia#138 nationally
#42Bob#94 nationally
#61Ronnie#113 nationally
#56Sue#104 nationally
#63Connie#110 nationally
#88Vivian#135 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,688US #1
#2Barbara1,023US #2
#3Shirley968US #5
#4Betty915US #4
#5Patricia670US #3
#6Carol620US #6
#7Dorothy436US #8
#8Nancy403US #7
#9Joyce394US #11
#10Carolyn360US #15
#11Margaret344US #9
#12Donna341US #20
#13Beverly320US #18
#14Helen320US #13
#15Joan312US #10
#16Marilyn311US #19
#17Judith308US #12
#18Doris305US #25
#19Norma305US #34
#20Janet292US #16
#21Ruth291US #21
#22Sandra290US #14
#23Virginia281US #22
#24Wanda254US #49
#25Martha242US #26
#26Peggy233US #35
#27Bonnie230US #65
#28Linda226US #31
#29Phyllis210US #28
#30Janice209US #24
#31Sharon209US #30
#32Lois208US #33
#33Elizabeth193US #17
#34Frances191US #23
#35Evelyn190US #38
#36Patsy187US #55
#37Judy186US #41
#38Alice184US #29
#39Anna180US #40
#40Wilma153US #85
#41Joann145US #68
#42Gloria142US #36
#43Jean141US #27
#44Rose140US #39
#45Glenda139US #123
#46Ruby130US #61
#47Jane129US #44
#48Juanita123US #80
#49Ann121US #32
#50Loretta120US #62
#51Mildred120US #52
#52Delores116US #75
#53Karen112US #50
#54Geraldine110US #45
#55Jo108US #78
#56Sue108US #104
#57Marjorie106US #53
#58Carole105US #46
#59Charlotte104US #70
#60Jacqueline104US #69
#61Sally104US #54
#62Rosalie102US #66
#63Connie99US #110
#64Susan98US #71
#65Dolores96US #43
#66Darlene91US #76
#67Sylvia90US #56
#68Marie89US #37
#69Pat88US #149
#70Edna87US #82
#71Thelma87US #86
#72Kay86US #81
#73Kathleen81US #58
#74Marlene81US #51
#75Clara80US #98
#76Anita76US #99
#77Dixie76US #167
#78Rosemary76US #95
#79Margie75US #109
#80Roberta75US #73
#81Ethel72US #94
#82Kathryn72US #114
#83Laura72US #108
#84Georgia71US #138
#85Ellen70US #89
#86Rita69US #74
#87Catherine67US #48
#88Vivian66US #135
#89Joanne65US #57
#90June65US #79
#91Deanna64US #115
#92Jeanette63US #91
#93Marcia63US #116
#94Emma61US #96
#95Hazel61US #111
#96Louise60US #59
#97Yvonne60US #101
#98Eleanor57US #60
#99Velma57US #174
#100Charlene56US #143

Boys

#1James1,531US #2
#2Robert1,498US #1
#3John1,198US #3
#4William1,013US #4
#5Donald991US #7
#6Charles971US #6
#7Richard759US #5
#8Jerry613US #17
#9Ronald591US #10
#10Larry561US #16
#11David549US #8
#12Kenneth507US #14
#13Thomas441US #9
#14George408US #11
#15Billy379US #24
#16Paul379US #15
#17Gary356US #22
#18Harold325US #23
#19Jack306US #25
#20Edward302US #13
#21Carl276US #29
#22Bobby268US #27
#23Gerald268US #19
#24Joseph251US #12
#25Raymond242US #20
#26Joe210US #28
#27Bill200US #67
#28Frank193US #18
#29Don191US #52
#30Wayne183US #40
#31Roy180US #41
#32Ralph179US #35
#33Michael178US #21
#34Eugene163US #33
#35Fred163US #38
#36Lawrence162US #36
#37Howard158US #42
#38Walter154US #26
#39Jimmie153US #76
#40Marvin153US #53
#41Norman149US #43
#42Bob146US #94
#43Melvin146US #54
#44Jim142US #81
#45Dale136US #56
#46Arthur135US #32
#47Earl135US #50
#48Jimmy134US #45
#49Roger133US #31
#50Albert130US #37
#51Jackie123US #105
#52Leroy121US #61
#53Harry120US #44
#54Gene115US #65
#55Russell112US #70
#56Ray109US #72
#57Henry108US #30
#58Floyd96US #96
#59Lloyd96US #92
#60Clarence95US #58
#61Ronnie93US #113
#62Vernon93US #103
#63Francis90US #51
#64Terry88US #86
#65Louis86US #47
#66Clyde84US #97
#67Dennis82US #49
#68Eddie82US #79
#69Johnny82US #63
#70Herbert81US #68
#71Leonard80US #57
#72Daniel79US #39
#73Tommy79US #77
#74Allen77US #73
#75Glen77US #121
#76Stanley77US #59
#77Clifford73US #89
#78Tom73US #106
#79Phillip72US #95
#80Lester69US #115
#81Glenn67US #83
#82Bernard65US #75
#83Darrell65US #128
#84Theodore65US #84
#85Lee64US #80
#86Samuel63US #62
#87Elmer61US #130
#88Jesse61US #107
#89Cecil60US #118
#90Virgil60US #151
#91Ernest59US #55
#92Alfred57US #69
#93Philip57US #64
#94Claude55US #131
#95Curtis54US #101
#96Edwin53US #90
#97Leo53US #104
#98Alvin52US #98
#99Danny52US #137
#100Leon52US #85

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑32Connie#63
↑23Linda#28
↑21Geraldine#54
↑19Judy#37
↑17Glenda#45
↑16Judith#17
↑16Sharon#31
↑16Dennis#67

Falling

↓24June#90
↓24Emma#94
↓22Catherine#87
↓19Roberta#80
↓17Georgia#84
↓16Darlene#66
↓16Ernest#91
↓15Rita#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.