State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,409 Missouri births in 1951 across 1,025 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#98Wilma#178 nationally
#92Carla#147 nationally
#55Darrell#109 nationally
#89Jackie#133 nationally
#72Terry#115 nationally
#47Glenda#89 nationally
#84Lloyd#125 nationally
#66Ricky#102 nationally
#92Mike#128 nationally
#83Don#117 nationally
#98Vernon#131 nationally
#51Ronnie#82 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,157US #1
#2Mary1,783US #2
#3Patricia1,479US #3
#4Deborah1,314US #4
#5Barbara1,070US #5
#6Sharon806US #13
#7Nancy790US #7
#8Karen789US #8
#9Susan780US #6
#10Donna764US #12
#11Sandra719US #9
#12Carol680US #11
#13Brenda649US #14
#14Janet635US #19
#15Kathleen570US #10
#16Pamela559US #16
#17Joyce479US #28
#18Janice437US #21
#19Judith432US #25
#20Carolyn422US #22
#21Debra409US #18
#22Connie399US #44
#23Margaret386US #17
#24Diane379US #15
#25Judy367US #26
#26Beverly351US #33
#27Shirley350US #27
#28Cynthia323US #20
#29Marilyn317US #41
#30Kathy313US #35
#31Cheryl311US #30
#32Betty295US #29
#33Rebecca295US #32
#34Elizabeth291US #23
#35Peggy283US #40
#36Christine278US #24
#37Vicki263US #58
#38Diana256US #50
#39Kathryn239US #45
#40Jane237US #43
#41Phyllis234US #57
#42Catherine228US #34
#43Martha225US #38
#44Joan218US #39
#45Sherry218US #70
#46Paula215US #51
#47Glenda210US #89
#48Ruth210US #53
#49Wanda204US #52
#50Virginia198US #47
#51Dorothy197US #42
#52Gloria197US #31
#53Marsha194US #76
#54Bonnie188US #37
#55Katherine179US #55
#56Rita177US #61
#57Jean173US #49
#58Gail171US #36
#59Jo168US #67
#60Ann166US #46
#61Helen164US #54
#62Jacqueline159US #56
#63Victoria159US #81
#64Marcia157US #74
#65Cathy156US #71
#66Sheila153US #69
#67Vickie151US #87
#68Charlotte149US #84
#69Teresa149US #63
#70Doris144US #80
#71Laura142US #60
#72Terry135US #115
#73Rose134US #65
#74Alice129US #62
#75Sally126US #77
#76Denise124US #48
#77Theresa124US #64
#78Anita122US #96
#79Elaine119US #66
#80Frances119US #59
#81Ellen112US #68
#82Sue109US #106
#83Constance108US #86
#84Lois107US #85
#85Norma106US #107
#86Rhonda99US #111
#87Suzanne98US #83
#88Lynn94US #72
#89Jeanne93US #98
#90Darlene92US #79
#91Anna91US #94
#92Carla90US #147
#93Evelyn90US #88
#94Roberta84US #92
#95Patsy83US #121
#96Julie82US #99
#97Jennifer81US #119
#98Wilma78US #178
#99Maureen77US #93
#100Janis76US #131

Boys

#1James2,222US #1
#2Michael2,190US #4
#3Robert1,971US #2
#4John1,909US #3
#5David1,687US #5
#6William1,456US #6
#7Gary1,316US #10
#8Richard1,306US #7
#9Larry1,060US #11
#10Charles1,055US #9
#11Thomas1,041US #8
#12Ronald868US #12
#13Dennis861US #17
#14Steven852US #13
#15Donald792US #15
#16Stephen727US #19
#17Kenneth726US #16
#18Mark602US #20
#19Daniel557US #21
#20Joseph522US #14
#21Jerry510US #24
#22Terry497US #30
#23Paul492US #18
#24Edward411US #23
#25George394US #22
#26Roger373US #29
#27Gregory361US #25
#28Danny323US #41
#29Timothy301US #28
#30Gerald299US #36
#31Lawrence297US #33
#32Bruce290US #26
#33Raymond244US #32
#34Carl234US #43
#35Douglas233US #27
#36Dale230US #49
#37Patrick230US #39
#38Stanley223US #54
#39Harold206US #46
#40Randall203US #66
#41Randy195US #56
#42Jack193US #48
#43Frank179US #31
#44Wayne176US #37
#45Ralph174US #51
#46Walter172US #42
#47Roy171US #52
#48Billy169US #64
#49Anthony168US #34
#50Alan164US #40
#51Ronnie164US #82
#52Kevin160US #53
#53Russell157US #73
#54Keith154US #59
#55Darrell142US #109
#56Arthur134US #44
#57Christopher134US #61
#58Phillip134US #79
#59Bobby130US #77
#60Jeffrey130US #35
#61Philip127US #55
#62Johnny123US #50
#63Jimmy122US #62
#64Eugene118US #65
#65Harry116US #70
#66Ricky116US #102
#67Glenn113US #58
#68Joe113US #57
#69Frederick109US #78
#70Clifford106US #101
#71Henry106US #47
#72Melvin106US #88
#73Micheal106US #97
#74Howard104US #74
#75Marvin104US #96
#76Steve104US #86
#77Tommy104US #94
#78Albert103US #60
#79Earl100US #95
#80Martin99US #81
#81Allen98US #72
#82Eddie96US #89
#83Don94US #117
#84Lloyd94US #125
#85Craig93US #63
#86Rodney93US #84
#87Norman91US #90
#88Louis90US #76
#89Jackie88US #133
#90Leonard88US #80
#91Samuel86US #67
#92Mike84US #128
#93Jerome83US #103
#94Andrew82US #69
#95Barry82US #71
#96Theodore81US #99
#97Willie81US #45
#98Vernon80US #131
#99Clarence79US #98
#100Leslie78US #124

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑41Debra#21
↑33Kevin#52
↑32Ricky#66
↑30Jeffrey#60
↑26Philip#61
↑23Tommy#77
↑22Christopher#57
↑20Anthony#49

Falling

↓22Frances#80
↓17Micheal#73
↓17Samuel#91
↓15Norman#87
↓14Jimmy#63
↓14Albert#78
↓13Glenn#67
↓13Leonard#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.