State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,062 Missouri births in 1942 across 933 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#83Dixie#193 nationally
#85Deanna#160 nationally
#50Wilma#114 nationally
#56Jackie#119 nationally
#86Lonnie#148 nationally
#91Pat#144 nationally
#60Bob#110 nationally
#96Sherry#145 nationally
#97Billie#143 nationally
#44Glenda#89 nationally
#34Ronnie#78 nationally
#50Jimmie#94 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,854US #1
#2Barbara1,298US #2
#3Patricia954US #3
#4Carol914US #5
#5Linda838US #4
#6Sharon789US #11
#7Judith766US #7
#8Carolyn715US #10
#9Shirley682US #12
#10Betty647US #9
#11Sandra647US #6
#12Judy599US #15
#13Joyce580US #13
#14Donna508US #20
#15Nancy507US #8
#16Janet444US #19
#17Karen433US #16
#18Dorothy365US #17
#19Marilyn354US #27
#20Margaret353US #14
#21Ruth326US #33
#22Beverly307US #32
#23Joan302US #18
#24Janice297US #25
#25Virginia297US #23
#26Martha280US #29
#27Wanda276US #54
#28Helen262US #26
#29Susan260US #21
#30Phyllis250US #37
#31Bonnie245US #34
#32Kathleen224US #24
#33Norma221US #52
#34Carole218US #35
#35Patsy218US #57
#36Peggy214US #42
#37Frances208US #30
#38Brenda191US #40
#39Elizabeth187US #22
#40Doris184US #41
#41Lois179US #44
#42Gloria177US #31
#43Jo169US #65
#44Glenda168US #89
#45Alice158US #39
#46Jean152US #36
#47Connie151US #70
#48Jane147US #46
#49Anna145US #59
#50Wilma140US #114
#51Joann139US #58
#52Rita135US #55
#53Sue132US #73
#54Evelyn131US #53
#55Loretta130US #79
#56Diane128US #28
#57Rose128US #50
#58Charlotte126US #51
#59Ann123US #38
#60Darlene107US #78
#61Ruby107US #77
#62Delores105US #86
#63Sally105US #56
#64Jacqueline100US #69
#65Kay100US #75
#66Roberta100US #66
#67Juanita98US #90
#68Marjorie94US #74
#69Elaine90US #45
#70Geraldine90US #47
#71Catherine89US #49
#72Katherine88US #81
#73Anita86US #93
#74Ellen84US #64
#75Diana80US #68
#76Mildred80US #71
#77Charlene78US #117
#78Kathryn78US #82
#79Clara77US #122
#80Rosemary76US #92
#81Marie75US #43
#82Suzanne73US #103
#83Dixie72US #193
#84Rebecca71US #85
#85Deanna70US #160
#86Georgia69US #123
#87Jeanette69US #104
#88Sarah69US #67
#89Louise68US #61
#90Edna67US #99
#91Pat66US #144
#92Margie62US #126
#93Pamela62US #106
#94Sylvia62US #72
#95Edith61US #113
#96Sherry61US #145
#97Billie60US #143
#98Dianne59US #109
#99Dolores59US #63
#100Gail59US #60

Boys

#1James2,040US #1
#2Robert1,768US #2
#3John1,595US #3
#4William1,283US #4
#5Charles1,150US #7
#6Larry1,085US #12
#7Richard969US #5
#8David891US #6
#9Donald821US #10
#10Ronald793US #9
#11Jerry792US #16
#12Gary722US #18
#13Thomas635US #8
#14Kenneth610US #15
#15Michael482US #13
#16George478US #14
#17Paul405US #19
#18Joseph400US #11
#19Edward383US #17
#20Dennis317US #20
#21Gerald317US #22
#22Harold306US #27
#23Raymond298US #24
#24Billy282US #35
#25Carl268US #36
#26Roger235US #25
#27Lawrence219US #30
#28Frank218US #21
#29Jack207US #34
#30Roy201US #42
#31Joe190US #33
#32Ralph189US #38
#33Walter187US #26
#34Ronnie180US #78
#35Stephen180US #32
#36Douglas178US #23
#37Bobby175US #43
#38Terry173US #52
#39Arthur172US #29
#40Bill170US #65
#41Wayne167US #41
#42Jimmy164US #47
#43Daniel157US #28
#44Eugene154US #45
#45Melvin152US #60
#46Jim149US #74
#47Fred148US #46
#48Marvin148US #66
#49Howard145US #49
#50Jimmie136US #94
#51Albert131US #40
#52Dale131US #63
#53Norman130US #53
#54Harry129US #48
#55Don124US #72
#56Jackie122US #119
#57Phillip118US #77
#58Henry116US #31
#59Clarence111US #67
#60Bob109US #110
#61Earl109US #62
#62Stanley107US #56
#63Leroy104US #69
#64Louis104US #51
#65Tommy101US #73
#66Lloyd99US #96
#67Johnny94US #55
#68Ernest93US #61
#69Francis93US #58
#70Eddie91US #86
#71Clifford90US #95
#72Allen89US #71
#73Leonard88US #57
#74Philip88US #54
#75Tom88US #89
#76Russell87US #70
#77Gene85US #82
#78Samuel85US #59
#79Danny83US #111
#80Anthony82US #44
#81Bruce82US #50
#82Glenn80US #88
#83Vernon79US #114
#84Patrick78US #64
#85Herbert76US #83
#86Lonnie76US #148
#87Edwin75US #105
#88Floyd74US #113
#89Jesse74US #100
#90Leon74US #93
#91Steven74US #75
#92Steve72US #102
#93Ray71US #84
#94Darrell69US #135
#95Frederick69US #68
#96Lee69US #87
#97Lester68US #126
#98Willie68US #37
#99Jerome63US #104
#100Mike62US #106

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑51Douglas#36
↑19Allen#72
↑18Terry#38
↑17Carole#34
↑15Charlene#77
↑15Samuel#78
↑14Sally#63
↑14Clifford#71

Falling

↓27Darrell#94
↓22Ray#93
↓19Floyd#88
↓18Edna#90
↓16Don#55
↓15Mildred#76
↓14Rose#57
↓12Geraldine#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.