State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,837 Missouri births in 1957 across 1,176 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#86Dana#155 nationally
#82Marsha#144 nationally
#79Carla#128 nationally
#87Glenda#134 nationally
#81Becky#127 nationally
#84Bill#123 nationally
#82Chris#120 nationally
#80Tom#116 nationally
#58Terry#92 nationally
#73Tammy#107 nationally
#73Jim#106 nationally
#100Charlotte#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,609US #1
#2Linda1,160US #3
#3Karen1,123US #5
#4Deborah1,051US #6
#5Debra1,043US #4
#6Susan970US #2
#7Patricia969US #8
#8Cynthia938US #7
#9Donna806US #10
#10Brenda784US #13
#11Pamela745US #12
#12Barbara684US #9
#13Sharon653US #14
#14Nancy633US #11
#15Carol561US #18
#16Cheryl560US #16
#17Kathy541US #20
#18Janet533US #23
#19Sandra523US #15
#20Diane445US #17
#21Cindy444US #19
#22Debbie436US #27
#23Teresa425US #24
#24Kathleen402US #21
#25Rebecca390US #34
#26Lisa387US #26
#27Denise346US #25
#28Carolyn328US #33
#29Janice316US #32
#30Joyce313US #40
#31Elizabeth310US #22
#32Diana307US #43
#33Rhonda305US #52
#34Julie297US #28
#35Kim296US #35
#36Connie292US #47
#37Theresa291US #36
#38Robin289US #30
#39Paula287US #49
#40Christine277US #41
#41Vicki277US #51
#42Sherry274US #55
#43Vickie262US #70
#44Margaret258US #29
#45Beverly257US #48
#46Judy255US #38
#47Catherine249US #37
#48Cathy248US #39
#49Laura247US #31
#50Peggy230US #62
#51Sheila214US #58
#52Shirley214US #46
#53Kimberly212US #42
#54Jane207US #56
#55Terri194US #68
#56Judith193US #53
#57Rita190US #78
#58Terry186US #92
#59Ann184US #44
#60Betty184US #50
#61Gail181US #54
#62Katherine179US #72
#63Marilyn178US #82
#64Victoria178US #88
#65Anita174US #81
#66Joan163US #60
#67Kathryn160US #65
#68Rose157US #69
#69Martha154US #63
#70Jean151US #67
#71Wanda150US #59
#72Dorothy147US #74
#73Tammy144US #107
#74Ruth138US #84
#75Michelle134US #79
#76Valerie134US #76
#77Lynn133US #61
#78Jennifer130US #87
#79Carla129US #128
#80Tina129US #80
#81Becky127US #127
#82Marsha127US #144
#83Phyllis127US #90
#84Bonnie126US #64
#85Angela120US #89
#86Dana120US #155
#87Glenda117US #134
#88Stephanie117US #110
#89Sue117US #104
#90Virginia116US #75
#91Jacqueline113US #91
#92Jeanne113US #117
#93Lori110US #45
#94Helen108US #95
#95Leslie107US #77
#96Jo106US #83
#97Darlene105US #57
#98Elaine104US #96
#99Ellen104US #85
#100Charlotte103US #133

Boys

#1Michael2,223US #1
#2James2,015US #2
#3David2,003US #3
#4Robert1,788US #4
#5John1,730US #5
#6Mark1,599US #7
#7William1,211US #6
#8Richard1,136US #8
#9Steven1,115US #10
#10Thomas908US #9
#11Charles853US #11
#12Gary782US #13
#13Kevin732US #20
#14Donald705US #15
#15Kenneth704US #14
#16Ronald690US #17
#17Larry662US #22
#18Daniel654US #16
#19Dennis628US #28
#20Terry611US #33
#21Gregory609US #23
#22Joseph600US #12
#23Timothy573US #19
#24Paul550US #18
#25Stephen547US #24
#26Randy524US #31
#27Jeffrey437US #21
#28Keith373US #36
#29Douglas368US #30
#30Jerry365US #35
#31Edward355US #25
#32Ricky355US #40
#33Anthony337US #27
#34Roger321US #42
#35Brian306US #26
#36Bruce292US #34
#37Steve292US #44
#38George291US #29
#39Danny290US #45
#40Scott273US #32
#41Carl271US #49
#42Mike257US #53
#43Randall236US #59
#44Raymond225US #39
#45Dale222US #50
#46Patrick222US #41
#47Christopher213US #43
#48Alan198US #48
#49Lawrence197US #46
#50Gerald192US #51
#51Russell178US #54
#52Billy177US #64
#53Ronnie172US #73
#54Craig170US #55
#55Harold168US #74
#56Rodney165US #70
#57Rick164US #87
#58Wayne164US #47
#59Darrell158US #90
#60Frank158US #38
#61Roy158US #65
#62Joe157US #57
#63Stanley157US #81
#64Jeffery148US #52
#65Jack145US #67
#66Phillip140US #79
#67Jimmy139US #77
#68Micheal137US #85
#69Bobby132US #78
#70Tony132US #71
#71Walter132US #58
#72Eric131US #60
#73Jim127US #106
#74Martin123US #69
#75Matthew121US #83
#76Arthur118US #66
#77Ralph118US #76
#78Johnny116US #61
#79Curtis115US #80
#80Tom115US #116
#81Andrew113US #56
#82Chris111US #120
#83Rickey109US #108
#84Bill107US #123
#85Eugene107US #92
#86Allen105US #91
#87Marvin103US #112
#88Tommy102US #102
#89Glenn99US #62
#90Peter99US #37
#91Dan98US #121
#92Melvin98US #113
#93Philip97US #68
#94Tim97US #119
#95Barry95US #72
#96Frederick94US #99
#97Samuel94US #82
#98Greg93US #127
#99Jeff91US #96
#100Jay89US #88

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑32Cindy#21
↑27Mike#42
↑26Julie#34
↑25Steve#37
↑23Michelle#75
↑16Kimberly#53
↑16Jennifer#78
↑14Anita#65

Falling

↓25Glenn#89
↓23Glenda#87
↓21Barry#95
↓20Jo#96
↓20Philip#93
↓18Phyllis#83
↓18Curtis#79
↓15Margaret#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.