State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,191 Missouri births in 1949 across 991 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#98Dianna#176 nationally
#99Wilma#167 nationally
#55Jim#108 nationally
#87Jackie#140 nationally
#67Darrell#117 nationally
#76Lloyd#124 nationally
#80Delores#126 nationally
#88Lonnie#134 nationally
#97Georgia#141 nationally
#85Vickie#124 nationally
#92Jimmie#130 nationally
#86Micheal#122 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,638US #1
#2Mary1,862US #2
#3Patricia1,178US #3
#4Barbara1,059US #4
#5Sharon954US #10
#6Sandra804US #6
#7Susan783US #5
#8Donna771US #12
#9Carol699US #8
#10Nancy699US #7
#11Karen677US #11
#12Carolyn597US #17
#13Brenda579US #13
#14Kathleen554US #9
#15Janet534US #23
#16Judith515US #16
#17Deborah501US #15
#18Judy481US #20
#19Joyce473US #26
#20Pamela466US #21
#21Margaret452US #14
#22Janice449US #24
#23Shirley445US #18
#24Betty381US #22
#25Connie350US #43
#26Marilyn347US #33
#27Cheryl346US #28
#28Beverly322US #31
#29Diane292US #19
#30Cynthia276US #27
#31Elizabeth266US #25
#32Ruth265US #47
#33Martha256US #34
#34Peggy256US #38
#35Diana245US #48
#36Rebecca226US #40
#37Bonnie220US #35
#38Gloria220US #29
#39Phyllis219US #50
#40Kathy218US #42
#41Catherine211US #37
#42Virginia207US #39
#43Joan202US #36
#44Dorothy200US #32
#45Jane199US #41
#46Paula199US #55
#47Rita195US #54
#48Kathryn194US #52
#49Vicki189US #70
#50Helen182US #46
#51Marsha181US #79
#52Wanda180US #56
#53Jean175US #45
#54Glenda173US #87
#55Christine163US #30
#56Charlotte162US #71
#57Frances157US #49
#58Ann156US #44
#59Katherine147US #59
#60Jacqueline145US #58
#61Jo140US #60
#62Sherry138US #68
#63Alice136US #53
#64Doris136US #69
#65Rose132US #66
#66Theresa124US #63
#67Marcia122US #78
#68Lois120US #73
#69Cathy119US #81
#70Teresa117US #82
#71Norma115US #105
#72Sue113US #88
#73Constance110US #83
#74Elaine109US #57
#75Ellen108US #64
#76Sheila108US #76
#77Jeanne105US #92
#78Suzanne103US #62
#79Laura100US #65
#80Delores96US #126
#81Sally96US #77
#82Evelyn94US #80
#83Patsy94US #106
#84Terry93US #115
#85Vickie93US #124
#86Anna92US #91
#87Victoria89US #96
#88Gail87US #51
#89Anita85US #99
#90Roberta85US #97
#91Marie83US #67
#92Sarah81US #84
#93Rosemary77US #98
#94Darlene76US #75
#95Jeanette76US #129
#96Dianne75US #85
#97Georgia75US #141
#98Dianna72US #176
#99Wilma72US #167
#100Yvonne70US #109

Boys

#1James2,158US #1
#2John1,917US #3
#3Michael1,891US #5
#4Robert1,890US #2
#5David1,476US #6
#6William1,402US #4
#7Larry1,263US #10
#8Richard1,174US #7
#9Gary1,149US #12
#10Charles1,048US #9
#11Thomas989US #8
#12Ronald938US #11
#13Donald798US #13
#14Dennis729US #16
#15Stephen708US #19
#16Kenneth669US #15
#17Jerry542US #23
#18Steven534US #20
#19Joseph494US #14
#20Paul484US #17
#21Terry474US #28
#22Daniel447US #22
#23Edward390US #21
#24George387US #18
#25Roger364US #25
#26Mark335US #24
#27Danny308US #40
#28Lawrence255US #32
#29Gregory250US #31
#30Gerald249US #33
#31Harold245US #42
#32Carl244US #43
#33Raymond241US #30
#34Timothy237US #34
#35Jack223US #47
#36Billy208US #57
#37Ronnie205US #65
#38Dale204US #54
#39Douglas202US #29
#40Frank199US #27
#41Stanley198US #60
#42Bruce197US #26
#43Wayne192US #35
#44Roy186US #51
#45Patrick166US #39
#46Walter157US #37
#47Steve156US #68
#48Ralph153US #50
#49Russell153US #69
#50Phillip151US #66
#51Arthur143US #44
#52Joe136US #52
#53Johnny135US #49
#54Anthony134US #36
#55Jim132US #108
#56Bobby128US #67
#57Jimmy125US #53
#58Eugene124US #58
#59Alan123US #45
#60Fred120US #72
#61Melvin120US #82
#62Randall119US #79
#63Harry117US #59
#64Henry114US #46
#65Marvin114US #89
#66Mike114US #88
#67Darrell113US #117
#68Leonard113US #74
#69Howard109US #63
#70Glenn108US #61
#71Philip104US #55
#72Louis102US #64
#73Tommy102US #84
#74Don100US #98
#75Allen99US #71
#76Lloyd98US #124
#77Albert97US #56
#78Bill97US #106
#79Earl97US #91
#80Christopher96US #81
#81Samuel94US #62
#82Eddie93US #80
#83Randy92US #92
#84Tom92US #114
#85Keith91US #85
#86Micheal90US #122
#87Jackie89US #140
#88Lonnie88US #134
#89Norman88US #90
#90Rodney86US #87
#91Frederick84US #70
#92Jimmie84US #130
#93Lee82US #93
#94Clifford81US #103
#95Jeffrey81US #48
#96Martin81US #83
#97Willie81US #41
#98Clarence80US #94
#99Ernest74US #76
#100Curtis73US #97

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑26Cathy#69
↑20Constance#73
↑19Kathryn#48
↑19Theresa#66
↑19Lloyd#76
↑18Timothy#34
↑18Randall#62
↑16Anthony#54

Falling

↓25Bill#78
↓21Mike#66
↓19Tom#84
↓17Gail#88
↓16Clarence#98
↓15Darlene#94
↓15Earl#79
↓14Lonnie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.