State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,648 Missouri births in 1946 across 958 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#95Lana#189 nationally
#90Garry#162 nationally
#80Wilma#144 nationally
#78Lonnie#136 nationally
#43Glenda#99 nationally
#84Jackie#139 nationally
#93Glen#143 nationally
#61Vicki#108 nationally
#85Darrell#131 nationally
#73Delores#115 nationally
#91Vernon#130 nationally
#86Georgia#123 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,946US #1
#2Linda1,485US #2
#3Patricia1,195US #3
#4Sharon1,176US #9
#5Barbara1,121US #4
#6Carol881US #5
#7Sandra820US #6
#8Carolyn716US #12
#9Donna704US #13
#10Judith690US #10
#11Judy682US #11
#12Nancy681US #7
#13Susan637US #8
#14Shirley607US #18
#15Karen594US #15
#16Betty552US #14
#17Janet545US #21
#18Joyce530US #20
#19Janice438US #22
#20Kathleen412US #16
#21Margaret395US #17
#22Marilyn363US #29
#23Cheryl340US #27
#24Beverly327US #30
#25Brenda326US #24
#26Dorothy315US #23
#27Connie314US #45
#28Ruth289US #38
#29Virginia260US #31
#30Martha253US #32
#31Phyllis249US #41
#32Pamela240US #34
#33Jane233US #35
#34Diane227US #19
#35Bonnie225US #33
#36Wanda218US #59
#37Diana213US #42
#38Elizabeth206US #25
#39Helen205US #36
#40Peggy205US #43
#41Gloria203US #26
#42Joan195US #28
#43Glenda191US #99
#44Jean184US #37
#45Ann183US #40
#46Jo180US #53
#47Alice179US #44
#48Doris163US #51
#49Sue163US #61
#50Frances156US #39
#51Charlotte150US #64
#52Cynthia149US #46
#53Rita147US #56
#54Kathryn144US #63
#55Lois140US #55
#56Norma139US #77
#57Jacqueline133US #62
#58Sherry131US #73
#59Rose129US #60
#60Paula126US #69
#61Vicki125US #108
#62Evelyn124US #65
#63Suzanne124US #52
#64Marsha117US #98
#65Elaine116US #47
#66Patsy116US #85
#67Kathy115US #79
#68Rosemary115US #74
#69Ellen114US #58
#70Roberta113US #86
#71Sheila111US #70
#72Rebecca110US #68
#73Delores109US #115
#74Catherine107US #48
#75Katherine106US #78
#76Sally106US #67
#77Darlene104US #71
#78Jeanne102US #83
#79Gail99US #49
#80Wilma99US #144
#81Anita97US #84
#82Laura97US #75
#83Anna96US #87
#84Carole96US #72
#85Christine84US #50
#86Georgia84US #123
#87Kay84US #101
#88Marie84US #54
#89Geraldine83US #66
#90Loretta83US #111
#91Marcia81US #89
#92Dianne78US #76
#93Joann78US #90
#94Constance76US #100
#95Lana73US #189
#96Sylvia73US #82
#97Charlene72US #107
#98Sarah72US #92
#99Victoria70US #122
#100Ruby67US #105

Boys

#1James2,279US #1
#2Robert1,986US #2
#3John1,896US #3
#4Richard1,363US #5
#5William1,363US #4
#6Larry1,218US #11
#7Michael1,202US #7
#8David1,181US #6
#9Gary1,162US #12
#10Charles999US #9
#11Ronald977US #10
#12Donald887US #13
#13Thomas839US #8
#14Jerry686US #20
#15Kenneth683US #15
#16Dennis579US #17
#17Joseph446US #14
#18Paul436US #18
#19George405US #16
#20Terry401US #26
#21Edward376US #19
#22Stephen314US #24
#23Daniel293US #21
#24Roger284US #23
#25Harold279US #33
#26Danny269US #46
#27Gerald256US #27
#28Raymond252US #25
#29Ronnie236US #54
#30Billy234US #45
#31Steven230US #28
#32Carl228US #39
#33Lawrence221US #31
#34Roy219US #43
#35Jack212US #35
#36Frank206US #22
#37Wayne203US #29
#38Walter198US #30
#39Bill193US #72
#40Joe188US #37
#41Jim177US #73
#42Dale176US #62
#43Jimmy164US #42
#44Mike164US #64
#45Ralph161US #48
#46Harry157US #50
#47Arthur154US #36
#48Fred152US #51
#49Bobby150US #53
#50Bruce145US #32
#51Patrick145US #59
#52Steve143US #69
#53Don139US #79
#54Henry133US #41
#55Johnny133US #47
#56Stanley133US #65
#57Albert130US #52
#58Russell130US #66
#59Gregory129US #56
#60Douglas128US #34
#61Earl127US #82
#62Leonard126US #67
#63Mark126US #58
#64Marvin126US #88
#65Phillip125US #83
#66Howard123US #55
#67Melvin122US #86
#68Glenn121US #81
#69Tommy119US #77
#70Eugene116US #57
#71Alan112US #49
#72Allen110US #74
#73Bob109US #107
#74Tom108US #87
#75Jimmie106US #104
#76Norman106US #76
#77Louis103US #63
#78Lonnie102US #136
#79Anthony101US #44
#80Timothy101US #60
#81Eddie99US #85
#82Lloyd97US #106
#83Samuel96US #70
#84Jackie94US #139
#85Darrell93US #131
#86Clarence91US #89
#87Philip91US #61
#88Ray91US #95
#89Keith89US #96
#90Garry87US #162
#91Vernon87US #130
#92Gene83US #98
#93Glen82US #143
#94Floyd79US #121
#95Barry73US #68
#96Leroy73US #90
#97Frederick72US #75
#98Ernest70US #71
#99Alfred68US #94
#100Clifford68US #100

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑43Cynthia#52
↑27Bruce#50
↑23Ellen#69
↑23Sheila#71
↑22Patrick#51
↑22Steve#52
↑21Glenn#68
↑20Steven#31

Falling

↓28Jimmie#75
↓27Anna#83
↓24Carole#84
↓23Joann#93
↓20Eugene#70
↓19Norman#76
↓19Floyd#94
↓16Jackie#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.