State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,568 Missouri births in 1943 across 916 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#99Dixieoutside the national top 200
#78Lonnie#144 nationally
#55Wilma#120 nationally
#80Darrell#140 nationally
#86Pat#145 nationally
#67Jackie#124 nationally
#46Jimmie#95 nationally
#74Sherry#123 nationally
#63Bob#110 nationally
#27Ronnie#71 nationally
#76Georgia#119 nationally
#89Marsha#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,851US #1
#2Sharon1,146US #8
#3Barbara1,100US #2
#4Patricia1,016US #3
#5Linda1,004US #4
#6Carol871US #5
#7Judith754US #7
#8Sandra741US #6
#9Carolyn733US #11
#10Betty671US #10
#11Judy637US #13
#12Shirley604US #12
#13Joyce565US #16
#14Nancy559US #9
#15Donna528US #17
#16Karen505US #15
#17Janet492US #20
#18Margaret360US #14
#19Marilyn346US #27
#20Ruth339US #33
#21Janice330US #26
#22Beverly329US #32
#23Susan320US #18
#24Dorothy314US #19
#25Virginia284US #25
#26Joan282US #21
#27Bonnie281US #34
#28Helen276US #28
#29Martha266US #29
#30Kathleen260US #22
#31Wanda253US #56
#32Brenda230US #35
#33Phyllis222US #39
#34Elizabeth217US #23
#35Peggy208US #41
#36Norma207US #58
#37Frances206US #31
#38Doris203US #40
#39Connie199US #59
#40Patsy195US #61
#41Alice187US #38
#42Lois174US #43
#43Glenda169US #83
#44Diane164US #24
#45Gloria161US #30
#46Charlotte159US #47
#47Jean155US #36
#48Jane149US #44
#49Carole147US #42
#50Ann142US #37
#51Evelyn139US #53
#52Anna138US #64
#53Rita136US #52
#54Jo129US #63
#55Wilma127US #120
#56Rose124US #50
#57Joann122US #60
#58Pamela120US #54
#59Sue116US #72
#60Diana106US #62
#61Marjorie103US #79
#62Mildred102US #76
#63Marie101US #45
#64Delores96US #99
#65Jacqueline95US #65
#66Kathryn95US #75
#67Catherine94US #48
#68Sally93US #57
#69Kay92US #81
#70Loretta91US #89
#71Ruby91US #82
#72Darlene90US #73
#73Roberta89US #66
#74Sherry89US #123
#75Geraldine88US #51
#76Georgia85US #119
#77Paula85US #93
#78Juanita80US #91
#79Anita76US #98
#80Katherine76US #78
#81Rosemary75US #97
#82Charlene74US #121
#83Edna73US #106
#84Elaine73US #46
#85Ellen72US #67
#86Pat71US #145
#87Gail69US #55
#88Julia69US #95
#89Marsha69US #132
#90Margie66US #128
#91Suzanne66US #86
#92Clara61US #133
#93Rebecca61US #87
#94Sarah61US #71
#95Louise60US #70
#96Dianne59US #88
#97Jeanette59US #110
#98Jeanne59US #113
#99Dixie57
#100Dolores56US #74

Boys

#1James2,120US #1
#2Robert1,828US #2
#3John1,626US #3
#4William1,443US #4
#5Larry1,167US #12
#6Charles1,111US #7
#7Richard1,074US #5
#8David1,005US #6
#9Ronald962US #9
#10Donald777US #11
#11Gary771US #16
#12Jerry755US #17
#13Thomas698US #8
#14Michael616US #10
#15Kenneth606US #15
#16George444US #14
#17Paul408US #19
#18Edward360US #18
#19Dennis359US #20
#20Joseph330US #13
#21Harold316US #27
#22Carl306US #33
#23Raymond303US #22
#24Gerald290US #23
#25Billy261US #37
#26Roger230US #24
#27Ronnie210US #71
#28Lawrence209US #32
#29Roy207US #38
#30Ralph205US #40
#31Terry199US #49
#32Stephen198US #29
#33Joe197US #35
#34Jack194US #34
#35Jim191US #75
#36Bill189US #65
#37Daniel189US #25
#38Frank183US #21
#39Walter175US #26
#40Wayne173US #41
#41Jimmy166US #42
#42Bobby163US #46
#43Dale153US #59
#44Fred149US #45
#45Arthur147US #30
#46Jimmie144US #95
#47Don143US #72
#48Howard142US #48
#49Earl141US #60
#50Melvin141US #63
#51Eugene136US #47
#52Henry135US #31
#53Douglas132US #28
#54Marvin131US #66
#55Norman128US #56
#56Harry125US #50
#57Danny121US #88
#58Russell121US #73
#59Phillip119US #81
#60Stanley117US #54
#61Johnny116US #52
#62Clarence110US #68
#63Bob109US #110
#64Louis106US #53
#65Eddie105US #80
#66Gene101US #89
#67Jackie101US #124
#68Lloyd101US #104
#69Albert100US #43
#70Leonard94US #55
#71Mike94US #90
#72Tommy90US #77
#73Floyd89US #112
#74Leroy89US #74
#75Ray89US #84
#76Ernest86US #61
#77Anthony85US #44
#78Lonnie84US #144
#79Vernon84US #117
#80Darrell83US #140
#81Steven83US #58
#82Bruce82US #51
#83Samuel78US #62
#84Tom77US #87
#85Glenn76US #85
#86Patrick75US #69
#87Philip75US #57
#88Allen74US #76
#89Francis73US #64
#90Clyde72US #114
#91Curtis72US #100
#92Alan71US #67
#93Herbert69US #86
#94Clifford66US #94
#95Lester63US #125
#96Martin63US #83
#97Alfred61US #78
#98Edwin61US #107
#99Jesse61US #105
#100Cecil60US #132

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑35Pamela#58
↑29Mike#71
↑22Sherry#74
↑22Danny#57
↑18Marie#63
↑18Russell#58
↑18Ray#75
↑15Diana#60

Falling

↓23Clifford#94
↓20Francis#89
↓18Albert#69
↓17Douglas#53
↓16Dixie#99
↓16Allen#88
↓15Carole#49
↓15Loretta#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.