State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,734 Missouri births in 1952 across 1,016 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#86Lonnie#148 nationally
#92Rickey#140 nationally
#76Terry#120 nationally
#68Darrell#109 nationally
#98Carla#138 nationally
#60Glenda#97 nationally
#94Lloyd#130 nationally
#60Marvin#95 nationally
#87Glen#121 nationally
#44Marsha#75 nationally
#50Ricky#81 nationally
#65Micheal#94 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,837US #1
#2Mary1,794US #2
#3Deborah1,439US #4
#4Patricia1,333US #3
#5Barbara1,001US #6
#6Karen830US #8
#7Nancy812US #7
#8Sharon803US #14
#9Susan801US #5
#10Donna718US #13
#11Brenda693US #15
#12Debra678US #9
#13Carol659US #12
#14Janet636US #19
#15Pamela628US #17
#16Sandra621US #10
#17Kathleen533US #11
#18Joyce492US #27
#19Carolyn424US #24
#20Cynthia424US #18
#21Connie403US #44
#22Judy402US #26
#23Janice394US #23
#24Judith386US #25
#25Diane380US #16
#26Margaret366US #21
#27Shirley337US #28
#28Elizabeth326US #22
#29Beverly325US #35
#30Christine302US #20
#31Cheryl301US #31
#32Rebecca301US #30
#33Kathy296US #29
#34Marilyn291US #38
#35Peggy271US #43
#36Betty261US #32
#37Catherine260US #34
#38Kathryn256US #48
#39Denise250US #33
#40Diana250US #51
#41Paula246US #47
#42Joan236US #37
#43Martha227US #40
#44Marsha217US #75
#45Jane213US #42
#46Sherry213US #68
#47Vicki210US #61
#48Ruth204US #57
#49Cathy202US #56
#50Bonnie195US #41
#51Vickie187US #76
#52Dorothy180US #46
#53Rita176US #66
#54Ann175US #45
#55Katherine175US #59
#56Jo169US #55
#57Wanda167US #54
#58Teresa166US #52
#59Phyllis165US #65
#60Glenda163US #97
#61Gloria163US #36
#62Virginia161US #49
#63Gail158US #39
#64Laura158US #53
#65Victoria157US #74
#66Jean156US #50
#67Jacqueline146US #58
#68Sheila146US #64
#69Helen145US #63
#70Rose142US #62
#71Marcia141US #80
#72Alice135US #69
#73Rhonda131US #95
#74Theresa128US #60
#75Frances126US #67
#76Terry125US #120
#77Anne124US #79
#78Sally118US #81
#79Charlotte117US #89
#80Anita113US #91
#81Jeanne113US #98
#82Constance112US #92
#83Ellen112US #70
#84Suzanne111US #84
#85Valerie110US #87
#86Doris108US #83
#87Lois105US #86
#88Elaine95US #73
#89Darlene94US #77
#90Norma88US #112
#91Sue88US #113
#92Jennifer87US #107
#93Julie87US #85
#94Roberta87US #88
#95Dianne85US #96
#96Anna84US #101
#97Claudia82US #111
#98Carla81US #138
#99Lynn77US #71
#100Patsy77US #128

Boys

#1James2,236US #1
#2Michael2,182US #4
#3Robert1,946US #2
#4John1,938US #3
#5David1,710US #5
#6William1,486US #6
#7Richard1,316US #7
#8Gary1,241US #10
#9Thomas1,055US #8
#10Dennis975US #18
#11Charles942US #9
#12Steven921US #11
#13Larry903US #14
#14Ronald792US #15
#15Donald757US #13
#16Stephen727US #21
#17Mark726US #17
#18Kenneth699US #16
#19Daniel570US #20
#20Joseph513US #12
#21Paul504US #19
#22Jerry475US #26
#23Terry475US #29
#24Roger378US #30
#25Gregory374US #24
#26George371US #22
#27Timothy354US #27
#28Edward348US #23
#29Danny305US #40
#30Douglas288US #28
#31Bruce271US #25
#32Randy270US #41
#33Lawrence240US #35
#34Gerald222US #39
#35Patrick220US #37
#36Dale218US #46
#37Stanley215US #58
#38Carl211US #45
#39Raymond211US #33
#40Anthony207US #34
#41Randall206US #63
#42Harold202US #51
#43Keith199US #49
#44Jack197US #52
#45Billy195US #65
#46Kevin193US #43
#47Roy187US #55
#48Alan180US #42
#49Wayne178US #38
#50Ricky173US #81
#51Frank162US #32
#52Phillip162US #74
#53Russell158US #70
#54Christopher155US #57
#55Ronnie151US #82
#56Walter151US #44
#57Jeffrey148US #31
#58Jimmy144US #72
#59Philip144US #60
#60Marvin140US #95
#61Ralph137US #56
#62Johnny134US #53
#63Samuel134US #67
#64Craig124US #59
#65Micheal124US #94
#66Arthur121US #47
#67Joe119US #62
#68Darrell117US #109
#69Eugene115US #71
#70Glenn115US #61
#71Rodney113US #84
#72Steve112US #85
#73Norman108US #96
#74Bobby105US #77
#75Frederick105US #76
#76Henry105US #50
#77Scott104US #54
#78Barry103US #69
#79Curtis103US #86
#80Tommy100US #97
#81Harry98US #75
#82Allen97US #78
#83Martin97US #80
#84Howard95US #73
#85Melvin94US #91
#86Lonnie90US #148
#87Glen89US #121
#88Leonard88US #83
#89Willie87US #48
#90Andrew86US #68
#91Rick84US #119
#92Rickey84US #140
#93Clifford83US #99
#94Lloyd81US #130
#95Louis81US #79
#96Albert80US #66
#97Dwight80US #123
#98Earl79US #98
#99Eddie75US #93
#100Fred75US #90

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑37Denise#39
↑28Samuel#63
↑21Craig#64
↑17Barry#78
↑16Cathy#49
↑16Vickie#51
↑16Ricky#50
↑15Marvin#60

Falling

↓23Clifford#93
↓19Earl#98
↓18Phyllis#59
↓18Albert#96
↓17Eddie#99
↓16Doris#86
↓16Ralph#61
↓16Harry#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.