State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,125 Missouri births in 1958 across 1,156 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#86Marsha#158 nationally
#66Carla#126 nationally
#98Vicky#150 nationally
#91Glenda#141 nationally
#69Becky#111 nationally
#97Pam#139 nationally
#97Bob#139 nationally
#53Darrell#90 nationally
#51Jim#87 nationally
#52Stanley#88 nationally
#53Terry#89 nationally
#95Glen#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,535US #1
#2Linda1,112US #3
#3Karen1,043US #4
#4Susan946US #2
#5Patricia909US #5
#6Debra878US #6
#7Deborah819US #7
#8Pamela764US #11
#9Donna733US #10
#10Cynthia731US #8
#11Brenda713US #16
#12Kathy647US #14
#13Cheryl641US #13
#14Barbara638US #9
#15Carol581US #20
#16Nancy556US #12
#17Sharon535US #17
#18Debbie532US #24
#19Sandra532US #15
#20Janet488US #28
#21Lisa471US #19
#22Diane449US #18
#23Julie446US #23
#24Cindy441US #25
#25Teresa425US #26
#26Kathleen386US #21
#27Elizabeth363US #22
#28Denise349US #27
#29Cathy338US #34
#30Tammy334US #44
#31Laura329US #29
#32Rebecca305US #41
#33Rhonda297US #48
#34Janice294US #35
#35Connie292US #50
#36Carolyn290US #37
#37Peggy290US #42
#38Kimberly264US #39
#39Paula263US #53
#40Kim259US #40
#41Judy257US #36
#42Joyce254US #46
#43Terri252US #51
#44Theresa252US #33
#45Christine251US #43
#46Diana250US #45
#47Sherry250US #67
#48Margaret241US #31
#49Robin236US #32
#50Catherine233US #38
#51Vicki232US #57
#52Sheila220US #59
#53Terry208US #89
#54Vickie208US #75
#55Beverly202US #55
#56Ann196US #47
#57Kathryn191US #58
#58Jane189US #61
#59Betty187US #54
#60Tina186US #71
#61Michelle185US #56
#62Rita181US #88
#63Shirley180US #52
#64Lori175US #30
#65Angela164US #83
#66Carla164US #126
#67Anita159US #82
#68Marilyn159US #96
#69Becky152US #111
#70Judith152US #62
#71Katherine145US #74
#72Martha144US #69
#73Valerie144US #64
#74Darlene139US #49
#75Jean139US #73
#76Ruth133US #90
#77Joan131US #68
#78Dorothy125US #86
#79Lynn125US #60
#80Gail124US #72
#81Jo123US #91
#82Jennifer122US #81
#83Ellen121US #93
#84Kelly119US #108
#85Phyllis118US #94
#86Marsha117US #158
#87Stephanie114US #113
#88Victoria114US #109
#89Annette113US #76
#90Rose112US #78
#91Glenda111US #141
#92Jeanne111US #123
#93Leslie111US #79
#94Wanda110US #66
#95Bonnie109US #63
#96Marcia109US #128
#97Pam109US #139
#98Vicky109US #150
#99Anna107US #103
#100Beth107US #95

Boys

#1Michael2,154US #1
#2David1,977US #2
#3James1,938US #3
#4John1,744US #5
#5Robert1,712US #4
#6Mark1,520US #7
#7William1,187US #6
#8Richard1,141US #8
#9Steven955US #10
#10Thomas881US #9
#11Charles780US #11
#12Kevin736US #20
#13Kenneth713US #14
#14Donald685US #18
#15Ronald664US #19
#16Larry661US #22
#17Gary658US #17
#18Timothy652US #13
#19Dennis624US #29
#20Daniel617US #16
#21Gregory586US #23
#22Joseph568US #12
#23Terry557US #33
#24Randy546US #32
#25Paul536US #15
#26Stephen485US #26
#27Jeffrey460US #21
#28Mike399US #40
#29Ricky396US #34
#30Keith389US #37
#31Steve365US #44
#32Douglas362US #30
#33Scott361US #25
#34Jerry354US #35
#35Edward347US #28
#36Brian328US #24
#37Danny327US #45
#38Anthony313US #27
#39George292US #31
#40Bruce248US #36
#41Patrick245US #42
#42Roger245US #47
#43Dale244US #46
#44Christopher241US #39
#45Randall230US #62
#46Russell218US #54
#47Carl214US #51
#48Billy203US #64
#49Rick202US #77
#50Eric188US #50
#51Jim186US #87
#52Stanley185US #88
#53Darrell180US #90
#54Raymond179US #43
#55Alan176US #49
#56Frank175US #38
#57Tim170US #74
#58Ronnie169US #66
#59Matthew168US #60
#60Joe166US #56
#61Craig163US #53
#62Phillip158US #81
#63Wayne156US #48
#64Rodney155US #65
#65Jeff154US #68
#66Jeffery152US #59
#67Gerald150US #58
#68Lawrence148US #52
#69Bobby147US #69
#70Bill146US #99
#71Curtis146US #82
#72Tony146US #57
#73Chris144US #93
#74Harold142US #84
#75Micheal142US #91
#76Roy140US #75
#77Bryan139US #101
#78Greg133US #105
#79Jack130US #80
#80Jimmy128US #73
#81Tom124US #96
#82Arthur121US #72
#83Walter121US #63
#84Martin119US #71
#85Ralph116US #78
#86Don115US #112
#87Rickey113US #106
#88Allen112US #92
#89Andrew109US #55
#90Johnny109US #61
#91Barry105US #79
#92Dan99US #109
#93Peter97US #41
#94Philip96US #67
#95Glen95US #131
#96Willie95US #70
#97Bob94US #139
#98Jay93US #86
#99Glenn91US #76
#100Marvin90US #119

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑43Tammy#30
↑37Tim#57
↑34Jeff#65
↑29Lori#64
↑23Darlene#74
↑22Eric#50
↑22Jim#51
↑20Tina#60

Falling

↓24Victoria#88
↓23Wanda#94
↓22Rose#90
↓19Gail#80
↓19Lawrence#68
↓19Harold#74
↓17Gerald#67
↓15Roy#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.