State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 84,740 Missouri births in 1947 across 994 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#100Wilma#152 nationally
#48Glenda#96 nationally
#77Darrell#125 nationally
#86Vernon#134 nationally
#89Lonnie#137 nationally
#88Terry#135 nationally
#56Vicki#101 nationally
#97Glen#138 nationally
#36Bill#76 nationally
#92Floyd#130 nationally
#76Jimmie#113 nationally
#83Bob#115 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,797US #1
#2Mary2,061US #2
#3Patricia1,258US #3
#4Barbara1,249US #4
#5Sharon1,175US #9
#6Carol930US #6
#7Sandra861US #5
#8Donna823US #10
#9Nancy784US #7
#10Carolyn674US #15
#11Judy674US #14
#12Karen661US #13
#13Susan658US #8
#14Judith656US #12
#15Janet562US #23
#16Joyce545US #20
#17Shirley525US #19
#18Janice511US #22
#19Betty491US #17
#20Kathleen466US #11
#21Margaret464US #16
#22Marilyn440US #29
#23Beverly403US #31
#24Connie395US #43
#25Brenda390US #21
#26Pamela351US #28
#27Cheryl337US #24
#28Phyllis299US #37
#29Peggy290US #42
#30Gloria286US #27
#31Diane284US #18
#32Martha266US #32
#33Virginia260US #34
#34Ruth255US #44
#35Dorothy254US #26
#36Elizabeth247US #25
#37Jane243US #36
#38Bonnie226US #35
#39Joan226US #30
#40Alice217US #47
#41Helen217US #38
#42Cynthia216US #33
#43Wanda214US #66
#44Diana212US #48
#45Rita188US #60
#46Doris181US #58
#47Jo181US #51
#48Glenda177US #96
#49Jean174US #40
#50Frances172US #39
#51Kathy170US #64
#52Charlotte168US #68
#53Sue165US #69
#54Jacqueline158US #59
#55Sherry158US #67
#56Vicki158US #101
#57Ann157US #41
#58Norma157US #82
#59Paula154US #54
#60Catherine152US #46
#61Deborah148US #62
#62Kathryn146US #55
#63Evelyn143US #72
#64Lois142US #63
#65Rose142US #65
#66Patsy138US #87
#67Rebecca134US #52
#68Anna128US #92
#69Suzanne128US #53
#70Sally124US #70
#71Sheila124US #73
#72Marsha119US #88
#73Gail115US #49
#74Christine114US #45
#75Ellen114US #61
#76Darlene109US #71
#77Rosemary109US #80
#78Elaine108US #50
#79Lynda108US #77
#80Laura107US #74
#81Roberta107US #90
#82Jeanne106US #86
#83Marcia105US #81
#84Katherine102US #76
#85Anita101US #94
#86Kay98US #104
#87Janis95US #108
#88Terry95US #135
#89Loretta94US #113
#90Geraldine90US #78
#91Charlene88US #105
#92Cathy85US #119
#93Delores83US #115
#94Joann83US #89
#95Lynn82US #75
#96Marie82US #57
#97Theresa80US #85
#98Carole78US #102
#99Constance78US #100
#100Wilma78US #152

Boys

#1James2,429US #1
#2Robert2,162US #2
#3John2,105US #3
#4William1,619US #4
#5Larry1,506US #10
#6Michael1,454US #7
#7David1,410US #6
#8Richard1,366US #5
#9Gary1,275US #12
#10Charles1,134US #9
#11Ronald1,051US #11
#12Thomas947US #8
#13Donald855US #13
#14Kenneth735US #15
#15Jerry727US #20
#16Dennis723US #17
#17Terry516US #26
#18Joseph483US #14
#19Paul483US #18
#20George457US #16
#21Stephen431US #21
#22Edward397US #19
#23Roger360US #25
#24Daniel355US #22
#25Gerald316US #28
#26Danny307US #39
#27Harold303US #35
#28Raymond300US #27
#29Steven299US #24
#30Billy289US #51
#31Frank265US #23
#32Carl248US #40
#33Jack244US #37
#34Ronnie239US #61
#35Lawrence226US #32
#36Bill225US #76
#37Wayne225US #30
#38Roy217US #48
#39Dale204US #63
#40Mike199US #65
#41Walter197US #34
#42Joe196US #43
#43Steve195US #58
#44Gregory190US #33
#45Bruce185US #29
#46Jimmy182US #44
#47Mark180US #47
#48Jim177US #77
#49Stanley171US #67
#50Ralph166US #50
#51Bobby165US #60
#52Douglas163US #31
#53Phillip163US #74
#54Harry158US #54
#55Fred154US #56
#56Arthur153US #38
#57Alan150US #45
#58Johnny150US #49
#59Timothy150US #52
#60Russell147US #69
#61Eddie145US #80
#62Howard142US #62
#63Don140US #86
#64Tommy136US #79
#65Albert133US #55
#66Eugene127US #59
#67Patrick127US #53
#68Earl119US #83
#69Marvin119US #89
#70Allen114US #73
#71Melvin114US #85
#72Henry112US #46
#73Leonard111US #71
#74Philip110US #57
#75Tom110US #87
#76Jimmie109US #113
#77Darrell107US #125
#78Norman107US #81
#79Glenn106US #70
#80Anthony100US #41
#81Keith100US #91
#82Lloyd100US #112
#83Bob97US #115
#84Barry96US #68
#85Ernest93US #75
#86Vernon93US #134
#87Louis92US #64
#88Willie92US #42
#89Lonnie89US #137
#90Clarence86US #88
#91Ray86US #97
#92Floyd85US #130
#93Rodney85US #94
#94Clifford84US #101
#95Gene84US #103
#96Francis83US #84
#97Glen81US #138
#98Frederick80US #78
#99Martin80US #90
#100Samuel79US #72

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑21Timothy#59
↑20Eddie#61
↑16Kathy#51
↑16Mark#47
↑15Anna#68
↑15Gregory#44
↑14Catherine#60
↑14Alan#57

Falling

↓20Delores#93
↓20Wilma#100
↓18Henry#72
↓17Samuel#100
↓16Patrick#67
↓14Carole#98
↓13Elaine#78
↓12Ann#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.