State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,537 Missouri births in 1945 across 861 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#68Jackie#142 nationally
#97Garry#165 nationally
#82Lonnie#143 nationally
#68Wilma#128 nationally
#92Glen#148 nationally
#47Jimmie#102 nationally
#67Vicki#117 nationally
#45Glenda#92 nationally
#60Bob#107 nationally
#65Delores#112 nationally
#94Darrell#141 nationally
#72Marsha#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,682US #1
#2Linda1,173US #2
#3Barbara929US #3
#4Sharon928US #8
#5Carol867US #5
#6Patricia859US #4
#7Donna602US #17
#8Judith601US #9
#9Judy600US #13
#10Sandra590US #6
#11Carolyn572US #12
#12Nancy520US #7
#13Shirley497US #14
#14Betty483US #11
#15Joyce468US #18
#16Karen461US #16
#17Janet460US #20
#18Susan395US #10
#19Margaret350US #15
#20Marilyn326US #27
#21Janice322US #24
#22Dorothy278US #21
#23Ruth276US #33
#24Kathleen266US #19
#25Martha256US #30
#26Brenda244US #29
#27Virginia236US #28
#28Beverly233US #37
#29Gloria226US #23
#30Helen220US #31
#31Joan209US #25
#32Cheryl208US #32
#33Phyllis206US #40
#34Connie200US #47
#35Bonnie195US #35
#36Wanda195US #58
#37Jane194US #36
#38Elizabeth189US #26
#39Diane170US #22
#40Frances166US #34
#41Peggy166US #45
#42Alice160US #41
#43Jean160US #38
#44Doris159US #46
#45Glenda154US #92
#46Norma150US #74
#47Pamela150US #42
#48Diana146US #43
#49Jo139US #60
#50Sue137US #66
#51Lois132US #48
#52Ann131US #39
#53Charlotte125US #55
#54Rose122US #54
#55Rita116US #59
#56Anna113US #73
#57Elaine113US #44
#58Kathryn110US #65
#59Patsy109US #84
#60Carole102US #51
#61Catherine102US #50
#62Evelyn101US #57
#63Paula101US #67
#64Jacqueline98US #63
#65Delores95US #112
#66Sherry95US #104
#67Vicki92US #117
#68Wilma92US #128
#69Darlene91US #71
#70Joann88US #80
#71Laura88US #77
#72Marsha86US #113
#73Suzanne86US #68
#74Geraldine84US #56
#75Roberta82US #75
#76Gail80US #52
#77Rebecca80US #85
#78Loretta78US #107
#79Sally78US #64
#80Georgia75US #116
#81Kay75US #91
#82Jeanne74US #98
#83Kathy74US #101
#84Juanita73US #108
#85Katherine73US #82
#86Rosemary73US #79
#87Charlene69US #114
#88Mildred69US #93
#89Ruby68US #95
#90Sarah67US #76
#91Thelma64US #131
#92Ellen63US #61
#93Marcia62US #88
#94Sheila62US #89
#95Cynthia60US #90
#96Anita57US #100
#97June57US #121
#98Dianne56US #72
#99Dolores56US #103
#100Vivian56US #118

Boys

#1James1,915US #1
#2Robert1,671US #2
#3John1,596US #3
#4William1,194US #4
#5Richard1,008US #5
#6Larry1,007US #11
#7David1,000US #6
#8Charles957US #7
#9Gary876US #13
#10Michael825US #9
#11Ronald736US #10
#12Thomas668US #8
#13Donald661US #12
#14Kenneth611US #16
#15Jerry567US #20
#16Paul388US #17
#17George385US #15
#18Dennis376US #19
#19Joseph359US #14
#20Edward290US #18
#21Roger250US #22
#22Raymond238US #23
#23Harold235US #28
#24Terry230US #33
#25Gerald227US #25
#26Carl223US #39
#27Billy218US #42
#28Stephen210US #26
#29Lawrence202US #30
#30Frank196US #21
#31Jack184US #32
#32Roy182US #40
#33Daniel181US #24
#34Bill173US #66
#35Jimmy167US #41
#36Danny163US #56
#37Ronnie158US #67
#38Jim153US #68
#39Ralph150US #44
#40Walter150US #27
#41Bobby145US #53
#42Don141US #73
#43Wayne136US #35
#44Dale135US #61
#45Joe132US #36
#46Harry129US #47
#47Jimmie122US #102
#48Arthur120US #34
#49Mike119US #69
#50Eugene117US #50
#51Steven114US #43
#52Howard110US #54
#53Melvin110US #78
#54Fred108US #51
#55Albert107US #49
#56Earl106US #71
#57Norman105US #65
#58Phillip105US #85
#59Henry104US #37
#60Bob103US #107
#61Johnny103US #45
#62Russell103US #64
#63Douglas101US #29
#64Tommy97US #75
#65Louis90US #55
#66Leonard89US #57
#67Tom88US #89
#68Jackie87US #142
#69Marvin87US #80
#70Lloyd85US #103
#71Stanley85US #59
#72Anthony84US #46
#73Patrick83US #63
#74Steve83US #79
#75Floyd82US #114
#76Herbert82US #94
#77Bruce81US #48
#78Allen80US #74
#79Samuel80US #62
#80Clarence79US #82
#81Eddie79US #81
#82Lonnie78US #143
#83Mark78US #72
#84Alan77US #52
#85Ernest77US #60
#86Clifford75US #99
#87Vernon75US #118
#88Gene68US #100
#89Glenn68US #93
#90Lee67US #87
#91Ray66US #92
#92Glen64US #148
#93Clyde63US #121
#94Darrell63US #141
#95Timothy63US #70
#96Leslie60US #115
#97Garry59US #165
#98Leroy57US #83
#99Lester57US #131
#100Martin57US #90

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑19Anthony#72
↑18Samuel#79
↑16Marsha#72
↑16Bruce#77
↑15Kathryn#58
↑15Rebecca#77
↑15Danny#36
↑13Diane#39

Falling

↓21Ellen#92
↓20Clarence#80
↓19Marvin#69
↓17Ruby#89
↓16Marcia#93
↓15Eddie#81
↓15Leroy#98
↓14Carole#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.