State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 92,926 Missouri births in 1956 across 1,128 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#64Glenda#134 nationally
#73Marsha#129 nationally
#93Vicky#146 nationally
#83Carla#130 nationally
#66Rick#100 nationally
#58Terry#91 nationally
#30Rhonda#62 nationally
#56Darrell#88 nationally
#69Mike#97 nationally
#84Marcia#110 nationally
#86Rickey#112 nationally
#92Sue#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,724US #1
#2Deborah1,367US #4
#3Linda1,260US #3
#4Debra1,211US #2
#5Patricia1,096US #6
#6Susan1,036US #5
#7Karen1,029US #7
#8Donna852US #10
#9Pamela839US #12
#10Cynthia815US #8
#11Barbara751US #9
#12Sharon743US #13
#13Nancy681US #11
#14Brenda654US #19
#15Janet569US #21
#16Sandra568US #14
#17Carol562US #16
#18Cheryl550US #18
#19Kathy451US #20
#20Diane440US #15
#21Kathleen435US #17
#22Teresa429US #24
#23Connie380US #43
#24Rebecca364US #27
#25Janice363US #26
#26Joyce354US #30
#27Denise337US #23
#28Elizabeth323US #22
#29Margaret303US #25
#30Rhonda296US #62
#31Paula289US #47
#32Vicki281US #57
#33Sherry274US #54
#34Debbie272US #39
#35Catherine266US #28
#36Beverly264US #40
#37Cathy262US #36
#38Carolyn257US #33
#39Lisa254US #31
#40Theresa253US #32
#41Diana248US #56
#42Laura244US #34
#43Robin244US #29
#44Judy242US #35
#45Betty239US #44
#46Christine234US #42
#47Sheila232US #55
#48Kim227US #38
#49Shirley221US #41
#50Peggy216US #63
#51Vickie214US #68
#52Marilyn213US #70
#53Cindy210US #37
#54Rita205US #79
#55Jane197US #50
#56Kathryn196US #60
#57Judith192US #45
#58Terry186US #91
#59Katherine184US #67
#60Julie183US #48
#61Joan179US #52
#62Ruth177US #77
#63Terri177US #81
#64Glenda169US #134
#65Phyllis168US #82
#66Gail166US #49
#67Ann164US #46
#68Victoria161US #85
#69Kimberly158US #74
#70Rose157US #64
#71Jean152US #65
#72Wanda152US #61
#73Marsha151US #129
#74Dorothy149US #72
#75Martha147US #59
#76Jo145US #69
#77Angela140US #93
#78Jacqueline139US #78
#79Anita138US #83
#80Tina136US #87
#81Lynn135US #58
#82Virginia135US #75
#83Carla131US #130
#84Marcia129US #110
#85Gloria126US #53
#86Valerie125US #80
#87Helen121US #90
#88Jeanne114US #112
#89Bonnie113US #51
#90Jill112US #101
#91Sheryl112US #114
#92Sue111US #118
#93Vicky111US #146
#94Jennifer110US #97
#95Sally109US #105
#96Alice107US #98
#97Anna103US #103
#98Michelle103US #88
#99Ellen102US #84
#100Michele102US #100

Boys

#1Michael2,298US #1
#2James2,083US #2
#3Robert1,911US #3
#4David1,869US #4
#5John1,863US #5
#6Mark1,425US #8
#7William1,278US #6
#8Richard1,253US #7
#9Steven1,171US #10
#10Thomas1,007US #9
#11Gary922US #13
#12Charles889US #11
#13Donald791US #14
#14Larry718US #21
#15Dennis709US #26
#16Ronald706US #15
#17Kevin688US #22
#18Daniel684US #18
#19Kenneth680US #16
#20Stephen649US #23
#21Paul606US #17
#22Timothy587US #19
#23Joseph575US #12
#24Gregory573US #24
#25Terry562US #31
#26Randy529US #28
#27Jeffrey407US #20
#28Jerry397US #35
#29Douglas376US #29
#30Keith350US #36
#31Bruce326US #33
#32Edward325US #25
#33George321US #27
#34Ricky306US #43
#35Roger302US #41
#36Anthony290US #30
#37Danny273US #46
#38Brian265US #32
#39Patrick244US #40
#40Randall220US #54
#41Carl215US #48
#42Russell214US #52
#43Scott213US #34
#44Christopher209US #47
#45Lawrence206US #42
#46Gerald198US #49
#47Dale195US #50
#48Stanley191US #70
#49Raymond189US #39
#50Alan186US #44
#51Rodney183US #65
#52Craig174US #51
#53Phillip171US #76
#54Frank167US #38
#55Billy166US #68
#56Darrell165US #88
#57Roy164US #62
#58Ronnie160US #75
#59Harold153US #72
#60Walter152US #53
#61Curtis149US #80
#62Steve148US #59
#63Joe142US #63
#64Glenn140US #61
#65Micheal138US #83
#66Rick138US #100
#67Jack137US #66
#68Matthew127US #90
#69Mike126US #97
#70Ralph126US #67
#71Wayne126US #45
#72Martin124US #73
#73Philip117US #64
#74Barry113US #69
#75Jeffery113US #57
#76Henry110US #71
#77Peter110US #37
#78Jimmy109US #78
#79Arthur108US #60
#80Eric108US #79
#81Andrew104US #56
#82Johnny104US #55
#83Bobby103US #77
#84Tony99US #85
#85Allen98US #87
#86Rickey98US #112
#87Samuel98US #74
#88Jay97US #92
#89Marvin97US #105
#90Eugene94US #86
#91Bradley93US #103
#92Fred93US #102
#93Jerome91US #117
#94Leonard90US #89
#95Eddie89US #93
#96Howard87US #84
#97Louis87US #82
#98Ray87US #113
#99Tommy86US #115
#100Frederick85US #91

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑37Cindy#53
↑30Kim#48
↑28Lisa#39
↑26Kimberly#69
↑25Mike#69
↑23Rick#66
↑21Rhonda#30
↑21Brian#38

Falling

↓23Bobby#83
↓20Samuel#87
↓20Marvin#89
↓19Allen#85
↓18Judith#57
↓17Marilyn#52
↓17Ellen#99
↓17Howard#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.