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Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,828 Missouri births in 1941 across 883 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#100Melbaoutside the national top 200
#93Dixie#181 nationally
#95Patty#176 nationally
#76Lonnie#148 nationally
#67Darrell#130 nationally
#88Billie#149 nationally
#49Wilma#106 nationally
#80Deanna#137 nationally
#55Jackie#110 nationally
#86Glen#139 nationally
#78Georgia#127 nationally
#85Pat#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,743US #1
#2Barbara1,157US #2
#3Patricia920US #3
#4Judith765US #6
#5Carol764US #4
#6Shirley680US #10
#7Linda679US #5
#8Betty676US #7
#9Carolyn608US #11
#10Joyce552US #13
#11Nancy535US #8
#12Sharon534US #15
#13Judy531US #16
#14Sandra496US #9
#15Donna466US #20
#16Dorothy395US #14
#17Margaret365US #12
#18Janet345US #18
#19Virginia326US #23
#20Janice316US #22
#21Ruth303US #28
#22Marilyn299US #30
#23Karen296US #19
#24Beverly294US #29
#25Wanda282US #53
#26Bonnie274US #33
#27Joan273US #17
#28Helen263US #24
#29Martha243US #25
#30Doris236US #38
#31Susan223US #27
#32Peggy221US #39
#33Phyllis220US #35
#34Patsy211US #52
#35Alice204US #34
#36Norma204US #47
#37Frances189US #31
#38Gloria187US #26
#39Lois178US #43
#40Elizabeth160US #21
#41Kathleen159US #36
#42Anna155US #56
#43Rose154US #49
#44Evelyn153US #50
#45Brenda150US #41
#46Jean149US #32
#47Jo148US #66
#48Joann146US #58
#49Wilma144US #106
#50Glenda142US #96
#51Carole133US #48
#52Charlotte132US #55
#53Ann129US #37
#54Jane127US #46
#55Sue121US #75
#56Connie119US #79
#57Ruby117US #69
#58Geraldine114US #45
#59Delores111US #80
#60Loretta105US #81
#61Mildred105US #64
#62Jacqueline102US #73
#63Juanita98US #84
#64Rita95US #63
#65Diane93US #40
#66Elaine93US #44
#67Catherine92US #51
#68Roberta92US #72
#69Kay90US #70
#70Marjorie88US #71
#71Darlene86US #76
#72Edna86US #89
#73Ellen84US #67
#74Rosemary84US #94
#75Katherine81US #85
#76Kathryn81US #87
#77Sally81US #61
#78Georgia78US #127
#79Anita73US #91
#80Deanna73US #137
#81Margie71US #122
#82Marie71US #42
#83Jeanette70US #98
#84Laura68US #115
#85Pat67US #134
#86Sarah67US #60
#87Thelma67US #108
#88Billie65US #149
#89Dolores64US #57
#90June64US #90
#91Sylvia62US #65
#92Charlene61US #125
#93Dixie61US #181
#94Ethel60US #116
#95Patty60US #176
#96Rebecca60US #86
#97Edith59US #103
#98Vivian59US #113
#99Eleanor58US #78
#100Melba56

Boys

#1James1,859US #1
#2Robert1,598US #2
#3John1,424US #3
#4William1,187US #4
#5Charles1,091US #6
#6Larry1,057US #11
#7Richard937US #5
#8Donald866US #10
#9Jerry834US #14
#10Ronald779US #9
#11David756US #7
#12Gary584US #19
#13Thomas529US #8
#14Kenneth515US #15
#15George419US #13
#16Paul366US #18
#17Joseph361US #12
#18Michael340US #16
#19Edward310US #17
#20Harold306US #24
#21Gerald300US #20
#22Raymond281US #22
#23Carl258US #29
#24Billy255US #27
#25Jack231US #32
#26Bobby223US #35
#27Lawrence199US #34
#28Dennis197US #23
#29Frank188US #21
#30Roger185US #25
#31Joe183US #30
#32Roy183US #39
#33Bill181US #68
#34Jimmy166US #45
#35Ralph166US #38
#36Wayne164US #37
#37Fred160US #43
#38Walter155US #26
#39Don151US #66
#40Howard150US #47
#41Ronnie150US #79
#42Marvin149US #63
#43Dale144US #59
#44Eugene142US #42
#45Albert139US #40
#46Arthur137US #33
#47Stephen136US #41
#48Norman133US #49
#49Daniel132US #31
#50Harry131US #48
#51Clarence129US #62
#52Melvin129US #56
#53Jimmie127US #89
#54Henry123US #28
#55Jackie122US #110
#56Terry122US #64
#57Jim116US #80
#58Leroy114US #67
#59Stanley109US #57
#60Phillip107US #77
#61Bob101US #103
#62Tommy99US #71
#63Earl97US #58
#64Leonard95US #54
#65Russell93US #75
#66Eddie92US #78
#67Darrell91US #130
#68Francis90US #60
#69Floyd89US #102
#70Louis89US #50
#71Ray89US #83
#72Lloyd88US #96
#73Gene86US #72
#74Glenn86US #86
#75Ernest85US #61
#76Lonnie84US #148
#77Herbert79US #76
#78Edwin77US #97
#79Johnny75US #55
#80Anthony73US #46
#81Tom73US #88
#82Patrick71US #70
#83Philip71US #52
#84Vernon71US #108
#85Clifford70US #94
#86Glen65US #139
#87Douglas64US #53
#88Lee64US #81
#89Bruce63US #51
#90Lester63US #125
#91Allen62US #73
#92Danny62US #120
#93Samuel62US #65
#94Frederick61US #69
#95Jerome60US #101
#96Willie60US #36
#97Clyde59US #113
#98Harvey59US #106
#99Leon59US #93
#100Leo58US #116

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑25Stanley#59
↑24Rita#64
↑22Katherine#75
↑18Jimmy#34
↑17Kathleen#41
↑15Diane#65
↑14Ronnie#41
↑12Karen#23

Falling

↓22Dixie#93
↓20Edith#97
↓18Earl#63
↓18Clifford#85
↓13Eleanor#99
↓12Henry#54
↓12Bob#61
↓12Leo#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.