State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,760 Missouri births in 1939 across 876 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#97Patty#181 nationally
#88Everett#163 nationally
#98Dixie#169 nationally
#77Pat#142 nationally
#73Georgia#131 nationally
#56Glenda#112 nationally
#84Charlene#139 nationally
#52Jackie#105 nationally
#81Deanna#133 nationally
#79Darrell#130 nationally
#37Wilma#87 nationally
#60Ronnie#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,618US #1
#2Barbara1,074US #2
#3Shirley840US #5
#4Betty774US #4
#5Patricia748US #3
#6Carol640US #6
#7Judith520US #8
#8Nancy459US #7
#9Joyce451US #12
#10Dorothy405US #9
#11Carolyn398US #14
#12Sandra340US #13
#13Marilyn336US #19
#14Donna329US #20
#15Margaret325US #10
#16Helen324US #16
#17Ruth321US #22
#18Janet319US #17
#19Virginia304US #21
#20Judy301US #28
#21Beverly300US #25
#22Joan300US #11
#23Norma283US #38
#24Linda277US #15
#25Doris271US #29
#26Martha247US #27
#27Sharon247US #23
#28Wanda228US #50
#29Frances226US #26
#30Bonnie212US #61
#31Phyllis208US #30
#32Peggy205US #34
#33Janice198US #24
#34Alice189US #31
#35Patsy184US #56
#36Lois180US #35
#37Wilma166US #87
#38Anna162US #43
#39Evelyn161US #40
#40Elizabeth152US #18
#41Joann152US #57
#42Jean137US #32
#43Karen136US #39
#44Rose130US #42
#45Jane128US #46
#46Loretta127US #65
#47Carole125US #47
#48Delores123US #79
#49Geraldine121US #41
#50Kathleen119US #48
#51Jo113US #70
#52Gloria110US #36
#53Ruby109US #67
#54Marjorie108US #60
#55Susan104US #44
#56Glenda103US #112
#57Marie103US #37
#58Jacqueline102US #72
#59Charlotte100US #66
#60Ann95US #33
#61Juanita95US #77
#62Roberta93US #71
#63Mildred92US #55
#64Sue89US #92
#65Jeanette88US #82
#66Thelma88US #88
#67Dolores85US #58
#68Sally83US #52
#69Kay82US #76
#70Darlene80US #75
#71Edna80US #81
#72Brenda78US #86
#73Georgia77US #131
#74Hazel77US #118
#75Clara76US #103
#76Kathryn76US #106
#77Pat76US #142
#78Rosemary75US #93
#79Connie74US #111
#80Sylvia74US #62
#81Deanna73US #133
#82June73US #83
#83Sarah73US #68
#84Charlene69US #139
#85Laura68US #107
#86Catherine67US #49
#87Diane65US #51
#88Ellen63US #80
#89Emma63US #89
#90Eleanor62US #63
#91Ethel62US #100
#92Rita62US #78
#93Louise61US #59
#94Anita60US #97
#95Gladys60US #104
#96Marlene60US #64
#97Patty60US #181
#98Dixie59US #169
#99Gail59US #73
#100Yvonne58US #90

Boys

#1James1,564US #2
#2Robert1,468US #1
#3John1,283US #3
#4William1,026US #4
#5Charles983US #6
#6Donald921US #8
#7Richard866US #5
#8Larry708US #14
#9Jerry655US #16
#10David634US #7
#11Ronald571US #10
#12Kenneth508US #13
#13Thomas447US #9
#14George401US #11
#15Gary364US #21
#16Paul362US #17
#17Edward319US #15
#18Harold306US #23
#19Billy298US #24
#20Joseph297US #12
#21Gerald268US #19
#22Jack243US #26
#23Raymond235US #22
#24Carl230US #30
#25Michael227US #18
#26Bobby221US #29
#27Joe204US #27
#28Bill195US #67
#29Roger195US #28
#30Roy190US #42
#31Frank184US #20
#32Wayne172US #39
#33Lawrence166US #36
#34Ralph165US #35
#35Walter162US #25
#36Dennis153US #34
#37Don149US #56
#38Marvin144US #52
#39Earl143US #50
#40Jimmy143US #43
#41Fred141US #40
#42Melvin141US #51
#43Dale139US #59
#44Eugene139US #37
#45Arthur138US #32
#46Harry138US #45
#47Jim138US #75
#48Norman137US #44
#49Bob128US #89
#50Howard125US #47
#51Jimmie121US #80
#52Jackie119US #105
#53Clarence115US #60
#54Albert105US #41
#55Henry105US #31
#56Gene104US #69
#57Daniel103US #38
#58Ray103US #74
#59Leroy100US #61
#60Ronnie99US #109
#61Leonard98US #54
#62Floyd96US #94
#63Russell95US #73
#64Herbert93US #68
#65Tommy92US #77
#66Phillip89US #92
#67Vernon88US #100
#68Stanley87US #57
#69Tom85US #97
#70Johnny84US #62
#71Louis84US #49
#72Terry84US #83
#73Clifford83US #88
#74Francis82US #53
#75Glenn82US #87
#76Lloyd79US #95
#77Ernest77US #55
#78Allen73US #72
#79Darrell72US #130
#80Glen72US #123
#81Jesse72US #99
#82Eddie67US #81
#83Alfred64US #70
#84Lee64US #78
#85Cecil61US #114
#86Alvin58US #103
#87Bernard58US #76
#88Everett58US #163
#89Gordon58US #82
#90Lester58US #116
#91Anthony56US #48
#92Curtis55US #98
#93Danny55US #137
#94Elmer55US #132
#95Chester53US #133
#96Philip53US #66
#97Jerome52US #93
#98Samuel52US #63
#99Frederick51US #71
#100Bruce50US #64

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑31Dennis#36
↑27Jeanette#65
↑23Kathleen#50
↑21Hazel#74
↑20Roger#29
↑18Roberta#62
↑17Judy#20
↑16Charlene#84

Falling

↓22Marlene#96
↓21Dixie#98
↓18Anita#94
↓17Lloyd#76
↓16Connie#79
↓14Eddie#82
↓13Juanita#61
↓13Sylvia#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.