State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,226 Missouri births in 1953 across 1,056 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#76Carla#129 nationally
#97Lonnie#147 nationally
#58Darrell#103 nationally
#62Glenda#105 nationally
#95Lloyd#138 nationally
#78Terry#117 nationally
#46Marsha#83 nationally
#96Terri#130 nationally
#68Rick#101 nationally
#49Vickie#79 nationally
#49Phillip#76 nationally
#79Sue#106 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,667US #1
#2Linda1,664US #2
#3Deborah1,539US #3
#4Patricia1,397US #4
#5Barbara948US #6
#6Debra888US #7
#7Susan873US #5
#8Karen822US #9
#9Nancy802US #8
#10Sharon718US #15
#11Pamela709US #10
#12Donna700US #13
#13Brenda683US #18
#14Sandra679US #11
#15Janet589US #19
#16Carol556US #16
#17Cynthia530US #12
#18Kathleen492US #14
#19Diane454US #17
#20Janice437US #22
#21Joyce403US #26
#22Carolyn385US #25
#23Marilyn371US #36
#24Connie366US #47
#25Rebecca362US #24
#26Kathy357US #23
#27Margaret337US #20
#28Judy332US #27
#29Judith329US #30
#30Beverly325US #34
#31Betty320US #33
#32Paula317US #40
#33Cheryl307US #28
#34Christine305US #32
#35Shirley299US #29
#36Diana291US #55
#37Elizabeth264US #21
#38Denise259US #31
#39Catherine255US #35
#40Peggy246US #44
#41Jane242US #43
#42Teresa234US #42
#43Martha226US #41
#44Joan215US #37
#45Vicki214US #61
#46Marsha211US #83
#47Kathryn208US #48
#48Rita204US #64
#49Vickie191US #79
#50Cathy187US #56
#51Virginia185US #53
#52Jean183US #52
#53Wanda183US #57
#54Ann181US #46
#55Gail181US #39
#56Ruth179US #62
#57Sherry179US #70
#58Jo175US #54
#59Sheila174US #60
#60Bonnie171US #45
#61Dorothy171US #49
#62Glenda170US #105
#63Phyllis164US #69
#64Victoria162US #82
#65Jacqueline159US #58
#66Laura155US #51
#67Gloria152US #38
#68Rose151US #59
#69Marcia148US #84
#70Theresa147US #50
#71Rhonda145US #85
#72Katherine140US #63
#73Alice134US #73
#74Doris131US #87
#75Helen127US #65
#76Carla120US #129
#77Charlotte112US #100
#78Terry110US #117
#79Sue109US #106
#80Anita108US #89
#81Sally108US #81
#82Julie106US #74
#83Elaine102US #77
#84Darlene101US #75
#85Lois101US #91
#86Roberta101US #90
#87Jeanne99US #97
#88Lynn99US #67
#89Robin99US #66
#90Ellen98US #76
#91Frances94US #72
#92Suzanne92US #78
#93Constance89US #95
#94Jill89US #114
#95Sarah89US #93
#96Terri89US #130
#97Norma88US #122
#98Anna87US #98
#99Maureen87US #92
#100Cindy84US #99

Boys

#1Michael2,207US #3
#2James2,115US #2
#3Robert1,953US #1
#4David1,873US #5
#5John1,800US #4
#6Richard1,469US #7
#7William1,405US #6
#8Gary1,114US #10
#9Thomas1,041US #8
#10Steven1,025US #11
#11Charles1,006US #9
#12Dennis949US #19
#13Larry842US #18
#14Mark834US #12
#15Donald796US #14
#16Ronald786US #15
#17Stephen696US #21
#18Kenneth659US #17
#19Daniel582US #20
#20Terry567US #30
#21Paul565US #16
#22Joseph564US #13
#23Jerry465US #29
#24Gregory417US #24
#25Edward407US #23
#26Roger398US #31
#27Timothy371US #26
#28George362US #22
#29Danny323US #41
#30Randy313US #35
#31Douglas293US #27
#32Ricky283US #51
#33Bruce281US #28
#34Kevin261US #36
#35Patrick251US #39
#36Raymond237US #34
#37Lawrence232US #37
#38Dale227US #48
#39Carl226US #44
#40Jeffrey222US #25
#41Harold220US #56
#42Keith213US #47
#43Gerald207US #42
#44Stanley195US #62
#45Frank194US #33
#46Randall194US #64
#47Alan182US #43
#48Roy174US #55
#49Phillip170US #76
#50Rodney170US #58
#51Billy168US #65
#52Anthony167US #32
#53Ronnie162US #79
#54Jack150US #57
#55Russell146US #71
#56Christopher145US #63
#57Craig141US #60
#58Darrell136US #103
#59Johnny135US #52
#60Ralph135US #59
#61Wayne134US #40
#62Walter133US #45
#63Bobby126US #74
#64Micheal123US #88
#65Scott120US #46
#66Jimmy119US #72
#67Melvin118US #91
#68Rick117US #101
#69Glenn116US #67
#70Arthur113US #50
#71Henry113US #54
#72Samuel111US #70
#73Joe110US #66
#74Martin106US #82
#75Philip106US #61
#76Steve105US #84
#77Frederick104US #80
#78Marvin104US #94
#79Eugene103US #75
#80Barry102US #73
#81Fred99US #92
#82Albert98US #69
#83Allen98US #81
#84Norman96US #98
#85Harry95US #83
#86Howard92US #77
#87Eric91US #89
#88Tommy90US #95
#89Curtis89US #86
#90Earl88US #96
#91Brian87US #53
#92Leonard87US #85
#93Clifford86US #102
#94Louis85US #78
#95Lloyd84US #138
#96Rickey83US #113
#97Lonnie79US #147
#98Peter79US #38
#99Willie78US #49
#100Don77US #121

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑23Rick#68
↑22Carla#76
↑21Rodney#50
↑19Fred#81
↑18Ricky#32
↑18Melvin#67
↑17Jeffrey#40
↑16Teresa#42

Falling

↓18Marvin#78
↓17Katherine#72
↓16Frances#91
↓16Philip#75
↓12Anthony#52
↓12Wayne#61
↓11Sherry#57
↓11Constance#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.