State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,182 Missouri births in 1944 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.

#80Lonnie#148 nationally
#99Deanna#167 nationally
#59Wilma#125 nationally
#69Jackie#128 nationally
#91Billie#142 nationally
#85Darrell#133 nationally
#58Jimmie#98 nationally
#70Bob#109 nationally
#71Floyd#110 nationally
#41Glenda#79 nationally
#62Sherry#100 nationally
#33Ronnie#69 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,793US #1
#2Barbara1,099US #2
#3Linda1,023US #3
#4Sharon990US #8
#5Patricia888US #4
#6Carol828US #5
#7Sandra678US #6
#8Judith657US #9
#9Carolyn637US #11
#10Shirley588US #15
#11Judy587US #12
#12Donna586US #17
#13Nancy551US #7
#14Betty542US #10
#15Joyce523US #18
#16Karen496US #16
#17Janet420US #21
#18Margaret368US #14
#19Susan332US #13
#20Marilyn321US #27
#21Dorothy314US #19
#22Beverly292US #35
#23Janice283US #28
#24Ruth280US #32
#25Virginia268US #26
#26Kathleen256US #20
#27Joan253US #22
#28Bonnie241US #34
#29Martha237US #29
#30Helen221US #31
#31Brenda215US #30
#32Wanda210US #58
#33Elizabeth204US #23
#34Gloria201US #25
#35Connie200US #51
#36Phyllis199US #40
#37Peggy197US #45
#38Frances182US #33
#39Doris178US #42
#40Cheryl177US #36
#41Glenda174US #79
#42Jane165US #41
#43Alice156US #38
#44Ann155US #39
#45Jo155US #61
#46Carole146US #43
#47Charlotte137US #50
#48Norma137US #66
#49Patsy136US #72
#50Pamela135US #44
#51Jean134US #37
#52Diane131US #24
#53Lois130US #47
#54Rose130US #52
#55Evelyn122US #57
#56Sue120US #62
#57Rita112US #54
#58Diana108US #60
#59Wilma107US #125
#60Elaine104US #46
#61Jacqueline99US #64
#62Sherry99US #100
#63Catherine97US #49
#64Loretta97US #98
#65Joann96US #65
#66Anna94US #74
#67Darlene93US #76
#68Sally93US #59
#69Paula89US #82
#70Delores86US #97
#71Ellen86US #63
#72Ruby85US #87
#73Kathryn84US #68
#74Roberta84US #70
#75Marjorie81US #85
#76Rosemary81US #99
#77Marcia80US #89
#78Katherine79US #77
#79Georgia73US #114
#80Kay73US #88
#81Mildred72US #81
#82Juanita71US #94
#83Gail70US #56
#84Geraldine70US #53
#85Suzanne69US #78
#86Kathy68US #110
#87Marie68US #48
#88Marsha68US #111
#89Charlene67US #109
#90Anita63US #95
#91Billie63US #142
#92Rebecca63US #84
#93Jeanne62US #108
#94Julia62US #102
#95Louise62US #69
#96Edna61US #112
#97Eileen61US #73
#98June61US #121
#99Deanna60US #167
#100Margie58US #130

Boys

#1James1,978US #1
#2Robert1,659US #2
#3John1,562US #3
#4William1,233US #4
#5Larry1,059US #12
#6Charles1,050US #7
#7Richard1,011US #5
#8David987US #6
#9Gary835US #15
#10Ronald830US #10
#11Donald728US #11
#12Michael704US #9
#13Thomas682US #8
#14Jerry669US #19
#15Kenneth570US #16
#16George415US #14
#17Paul394US #17
#18Edward358US #18
#19Dennis333US #20
#20Joseph319US #13
#21Harold298US #27
#22Roger266US #23
#23Raymond258US #22
#24Carl240US #36
#25Gerald239US #24
#26Billy227US #38
#27Terry217US #43
#28Lawrence204US #32
#29Frank197US #21
#30Daniel195US #25
#31Jack190US #30
#32Stephen190US #28
#33Ronnie189US #69
#34Joe183US #33
#35Roy182US #39
#36Ralph181US #42
#37Wayne171US #37
#38Jimmy165US #41
#39Bobby163US #50
#40Bill161US #66
#41Jim159US #68
#42Walter144US #26
#43Melvin142US #67
#44Don138US #72
#45Eugene132US #48
#46Howard132US #53
#47Arthur130US #29
#48Dale130US #61
#49Fred130US #47
#50Marvin128US #75
#51Danny125US #76
#52Steven123US #52
#53Earl120US #65
#54Russell118US #63
#55Albert117US #44
#56Harry115US #49
#57Douglas112US #34
#58Jimmie109US #98
#59Mike109US #80
#60Clarence107US #74
#61Johnny107US #45
#62Tommy107US #70
#63Norman105US #58
#64Henry104US #35
#65Stanley104US #57
#66Eddie103US #79
#67Louis101US #54
#68Phillip99US #83
#69Jackie97US #128
#70Bob95US #109
#71Floyd92US #110
#72Leonard87US #56
#73Lloyd87US #102
#74Gene85US #95
#75Tom85US #87
#76Clifford84US #99
#77Ray84US #86
#78Allen82US #77
#79Patrick82US #64
#80Lonnie81US #148
#81Clyde78US #111
#82Glenn78US #88
#83Leroy78US #78
#84Vernon76US #119
#85Darrell75US #133
#86Steve75US #89
#87Willie73US #31
#88Ernest72US #59
#89Lee71US #85
#90Keith67US #104
#91Anthony65US #46
#92Theodore63US #96
#93Bruce62US #51
#94Timothy62US #92
#95Curtis61US #97
#96Philip61US #60
#97Samuel61US #62
#98Barry60US #84
#99Lester60US #126
#100Alfred59US #82

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑29Steven#52
↑24Elaine#60
↑18Clifford#76
↑14Ellen#71
↑14Albert#55
↑12Sherry#62
↑12Mike#59
↑11Gloria#34

Falling

↓24Marie#87
↓19Mildred#81
↓14Anna#66
↓14Marjorie#75
↓14Anthony#91
↓14Samuel#97
↓13Edna#96
↓12Norma#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.