State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,045 Missouri births in 1950 across 1,003 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#56Micheal#104 nationally
#70Darrell#116 nationally
#95Jackie#140 nationally
#91Lonnie#135 nationally
#83Rhonda#125 nationally
#68Vickie#108 nationally
#89Terry#127 nationally
#98Janis#136 nationally
#94Bill#131 nationally
#51Glenda#87 nationally
#44Ronnie#76 nationally
#73Norma#104 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,308US #1
#2Mary1,817US #2
#3Patricia1,253US #3
#4Barbara1,056US #4
#5Sharon910US #11
#6Deborah862US #7
#7Carol751US #9
#8Donna750US #13
#9Susan739US #5
#10Sandra728US #8
#11Nancy717US #6
#12Karen683US #12
#13Brenda673US #14
#14Kathleen585US #10
#15Janet556US #18
#16Carolyn501US #20
#17Pamela496US #17
#18Judith473US #21
#19Janice472US #22
#20Shirley436US #19
#21Joyce433US #27
#22Margaret419US #15
#23Judy393US #25
#24Betty378US #26
#25Connie372US #44
#26Diane342US #16
#27Beverly338US #31
#28Marilyn331US #37
#29Cynthia323US #23
#30Cheryl322US #29
#31Elizabeth293US #24
#32Rebecca267US #36
#33Peggy261US #41
#34Diana252US #47
#35Kathy251US #38
#36Martha243US #32
#37Catherine240US #34
#38Phyllis238US #53
#39Christine234US #28
#40Kathryn229US #46
#41Dorothy228US #35
#42Jane228US #39
#43Ruth227US #49
#44Vicki219US #61
#45Wanda203US #52
#46Paula197US #54
#47Bonnie195US #33
#48Joan192US #40
#49Sherry192US #62
#50Virginia188US #43
#51Glenda187US #87
#52Rita187US #56
#53Gloria186US #30
#54Marsha182US #68
#55Helen171US #50
#56Ann166US #45
#57Jo160US #64
#58Frances154US #51
#59Jean151US #48
#60Gail149US #42
#61Doris146US #74
#62Debra145US #59
#63Jacqueline143US #55
#64Alice138US #57
#65Charlotte138US #80
#66Cathy134US #75
#67Teresa133US #81
#68Vickie133US #108
#69Sheila132US #70
#70Katherine129US #58
#71Marcia123US #77
#72Rose123US #69
#73Norma120US #104
#74Theresa119US #65
#75Elaine116US #60
#76Constance114US #85
#77Laura109US #63
#78Lois107US #83
#79Sally107US #78
#80Ellen106US #66
#81Victoria105US #94
#82Anna99US #93
#83Rhonda98US #125
#84Anita97US #99
#85Evelyn95US #86
#86Suzanne95US #71
#87Darlene94US #79
#88Sue94US #100
#89Terry92US #127
#90Lynn83US #76
#91Patsy83US #117
#92Charlene81US #103
#93Marie79US #72
#94Roberta79US #96
#95Sarah79US #88
#96Joann78US #98
#97Loretta78US #120
#98Janis77US #136
#99Jeanne77US #95
#100Anne76US #84

Boys

#1James2,196US #1
#2Robert2,023US #2
#3Michael2,000US #4
#4John1,923US #3
#5David1,557US #5
#6William1,401US #6
#7Gary1,248US #10
#8Richard1,199US #7
#9Larry1,087US #11
#10Thomas1,003US #8
#11Charles997US #9
#12Ronald853US #12
#13Donald784US #14
#14Dennis767US #17
#15Steven694US #16
#16Stephen687US #19
#17Kenneth674US #15
#18Joseph514US #13
#19Jerry491US #24
#20Terry474US #30
#21Daniel473US #21
#22Mark457US #23
#23Paul441US #18
#24Roger380US #27
#25Edward367US #22
#26George340US #20
#27Danny293US #39
#28Gregory290US #25
#29Gerald254US #34
#30Bruce248US #26
#31Carl240US #44
#32Lawrence236US #33
#33Timothy233US #32
#34Raymond227US #31
#35Harold226US #45
#36Douglas222US #28
#37Frank212US #29
#38Dale206US #49
#39Patrick202US #38
#40Roy196US #51
#41Stanley188US #60
#42Billy183US #57
#43Wayne180US #35
#44Ronnie177US #76
#45Jack173US #48
#46Walter155US #40
#47Randall153US #70
#48Ralph151US #52
#49Jimmy150US #55
#50Phillip149US #64
#51Alan136US #41
#52Johnny134US #50
#53Arthur128US #46
#54Glenn126US #59
#55Russell126US #67
#56Micheal125US #104
#57Eugene120US #58
#58Randy119US #80
#59Fred116US #84
#60Harry116US #61
#61Bobby115US #65
#62Keith115US #78
#63Marvin113US #93
#64Albert112US #56
#65Howard112US #63
#66Joe111US #54
#67Steve111US #83
#68Melvin110US #87
#69Anthony109US #36
#70Darrell106US #116
#71Henry106US #47
#72Norman104US #90
#73Clifford100US #100
#74Samuel100US #62
#75Allen97US #71
#76Earl96US #92
#77Leonard95US #77
#78Eddie94US #89
#79Christopher93US #72
#80Don92US #107
#81Rodney91US #88
#82Mike90US #113
#83Scott90US #82
#84Andrew89US #68
#85Kevin89US #73
#86Louis89US #66
#87Philip89US #53
#88Jerome87US #103
#89Frederick84US #75
#90Jeffrey84US #43
#91Lonnie84US #135
#92Barry83US #74
#93Lee83US #91
#94Bill82US #131
#95Jackie82US #140
#96Ernest81US #81
#97Martin81US #85
#98Ricky81US #128
#99Lloyd80US #127
#100Tommy79US #94

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑30Micheal#56
↑28Gail#60
↑25Randy#58
↑23Keith#62
↑21Clifford#73
↑17Vickie#68
↑17Norman#72
↑16Christine#39

Falling

↓27Tommy#100
↓23Lloyd#99
↓22Jeanne#99
↓20Steve#67
↓16Sue#88
↓16Mike#82
↓16Philip#87
↓16Bill#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.