State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,806 Missouri births in 1948 across 973 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#91Garry#167 nationally
#92Wilma#164 nationally
#74Lonnie#135 nationally
#87Jackie#147 nationally
#68Darrell#121 nationally
#91Vickie#143 nationally
#93Bob#141 nationally
#86Terry#133 nationally
#89Floyd#134 nationally
#48Glenda#92 nationally
#92Glen#133 nationally
#63Norma#103 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,763US #1
#2Mary1,934US #2
#3Barbara1,207US #3
#4Patricia1,122US #4
#5Sharon1,070US #9
#6Carol847US #8
#7Donna783US #11
#8Sandra774US #6
#9Susan716US #5
#10Nancy712US #7
#11Karen626US #12
#12Carolyn614US #14
#13Judy550US #16
#14Joyce521US #21
#15Brenda512US #17
#16Judith512US #15
#17Janet505US #24
#18Janice487US #23
#19Kathleen478US #10
#20Pamela451US #22
#21Shirley448US #20
#22Betty409US #18
#23Margaret381US #13
#24Beverly351US #31
#25Cheryl348US #25
#26Marilyn348US #33
#27Connie345US #43
#28Deborah298US #30
#29Diane280US #19
#30Peggy272US #38
#31Elizabeth258US #26
#32Dorothy254US #29
#33Ruth246US #45
#34Gloria243US #28
#35Diana240US #48
#36Martha238US #32
#37Jane232US #39
#38Phyllis228US #46
#39Cynthia224US #27
#40Virginia215US #36
#41Helen209US #40
#42Joan201US #37
#43Wanda199US #57
#44Bonnie193US #34
#45Rebecca192US #50
#46Paula184US #52
#47Rita179US #59
#48Glenda176US #92
#49Catherine175US #41
#50Vicki175US #81
#51Ann173US #44
#52Marsha172US #76
#53Alice171US #49
#54Charlotte164US #69
#55Kathy162US #55
#56Jean157US #47
#57Frances155US #42
#58Sherry155US #61
#59Jo146US #56
#60Jacqueline145US #58
#61Doris140US #64
#62Katherine140US #68
#63Norma140US #103
#64Christine139US #35
#65Sue137US #78
#66Rose131US #62
#67Kathryn130US #54
#68Elaine126US #53
#69Marcia125US #79
#70Lois121US #70
#71Gail119US #51
#72Sheila116US #71
#73Evelyn114US #74
#74Laura114US #73
#75Teresa113US #82
#76Sally112US #72
#77Suzanne106US #66
#78Ellen105US #67
#79Darlene104US #77
#80Patsy101US #98
#81Joann94US #94
#82Rosemary93US #90
#83Anna92US #89
#84Delores90US #116
#85Theresa90US #63
#86Terry89US #133
#87Roberta88US #101
#88Jeanne87US #95
#89Kay87US #113
#90Victoria87US #108
#91Vickie84US #143
#92Wilma84US #164
#93Constance81US #93
#94Lynn78US #80
#95Cathy76US #104
#96Anita75US #102
#97Georgia74US #130
#98Janis74US #121
#99Carole73US #106
#100Charlene73US #105

Boys

#1James2,232US #1
#2John1,960US #3
#3Robert1,884US #2
#4Michael1,609US #6
#5William1,450US #4
#6David1,430US #5
#7Larry1,325US #11
#8Richard1,163US #7
#9Gary1,116US #12
#10Charles1,095US #9
#11Ronald1,003US #10
#12Thomas944US #8
#13Donald779US #14
#14Dennis732US #17
#15Kenneth683US #15
#16Jerry610US #21
#17Terry523US #26
#18Stephen521US #20
#19Joseph479US #13
#20George434US #16
#21Paul420US #18
#22Steven406US #23
#23Edward359US #19
#24Daniel340US #22
#25Roger325US #24
#26Danny323US #39
#27Raymond264US #27
#28Carl258US #42
#29Lawrence253US #31
#30Harold240US #36
#31Mark240US #29
#32Ronnie240US #59
#33Gregory226US #32
#34Roy224US #49
#35Frank223US #25
#36Gerald214US #30
#37Billy213US #53
#38Jack213US #43
#39Patrick196US #48
#40Joe195US #47
#41Bruce192US #28
#42Dale191US #56
#43Steve177US #60
#44Douglas173US #33
#45Mike169US #68
#46Walter169US #35
#47Jimmy167US #50
#48Wayne163US #34
#49Jim162US #86
#50Ralph159US #51
#51Stanley159US #65
#52Timothy153US #38
#53Bill152US #84
#54Harry152US #57
#55Arthur151US #44
#56Alan140US #46
#57Bobby138US #62
#58Johnny133US #52
#59Phillip133US #69
#60Marvin130US #90
#61Russell129US #67
#62Fred127US #66
#63Eugene124US #61
#64Earl121US #83
#65Tom116US #94
#66Henry115US #45
#67Howard112US #63
#68Darrell110US #121
#69Philip110US #54
#70Anthony108US #41
#71Glenn108US #73
#72Melvin108US #81
#73Don107US #91
#74Lonnie102US #135
#75Albert101US #55
#76Tommy101US #79
#77Allen100US #72
#78Leonard100US #71
#79Norman98US #85
#80Randall98US #98
#81Eddie96US #78
#82Clarence92US #87
#83Keith91US #89
#84Clifford90US #105
#85Randy89US #99
#86Louis87US #64
#87Jackie86US #147
#88Jesse81US #108
#89Floyd79US #134
#90Frederick79US #75
#91Garry79US #167
#92Glen79US #133
#93Bob78US #141
#94Samuel77US #70
#95Lloyd76US #118
#96Dan75US #113
#97Vernon75US #136
#98Willie74US #40
#99Ernest73US #76
#100Jimmie73US #120

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑33Deborah#28
↑28Patrick#39
↑22Rebecca#45
↑22Katherine#62
↑20Marsha#52
↑16Mark#31
↑15Lonnie#74
↑14Marcia#69

Falling

↓24Jimmie#100
↓20Eddie#81
↓17Bill#53
↓15Doris#61
↓15Anna#83
↓14Patsy#80
↓14Ernest#99
↓13Alice#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.