State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,241 Missouri births in 1959 across 1,185 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#78Marsha#163 nationally
#90Vicky#164 nationally
#81Dana#143 nationally
#94Glenda#148 nationally
#67Carla#118 nationally
#85Sandy#133 nationally
#59Becky#102 nationally
#82Pam#125 nationally
#99Patty#140 nationally
#92Darryl#130 nationally
#88Marvin#123 nationally
#100Earl#135 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,412US #1
#2Linda1,050US #3
#3Karen961US #4
#4Donna909US #5
#5Susan880US #2
#6Patricia769US #6
#7Cynthia727US #8
#8Pamela727US #12
#9Debra715US #7
#10Deborah701US #9
#11Brenda663US #16
#12Kathy655US #15
#13Lisa654US #10
#14Debbie633US #20
#15Cheryl591US #18
#16Barbara580US #11
#17Sharon558US #17
#18Nancy530US #14
#19Teresa498US #24
#20Sandra496US #13
#21Carol492US #22
#22Cindy476US #25
#23Tammy464US #31
#24Janet445US #28
#25Diane407US #19
#26Julie402US #26
#27Kimberly383US #33
#28Laura359US #30
#29Denise337US #29
#30Elizabeth336US #21
#31Janice335US #37
#32Kathleen331US #23
#33Rhonda329US #45
#34Theresa299US #34
#35Rebecca291US #38
#36Kim290US #35
#37Sherry283US #58
#38Connie281US #48
#39Robin275US #32
#40Cathy273US #39
#41Sheila265US #52
#42Terri261US #46
#43Judy260US #41
#44Lori245US #27
#45Peggy243US #57
#46Michelle240US #47
#47Tina240US #53
#48Carolyn239US #42
#49Catherine236US #40
#50Christine236US #43
#51Joyce236US #50
#52Margaret222US #36
#53Diana220US #49
#54Paula220US #51
#55Beverly214US #55
#56Vickie205US #90
#57Vicki193US #73
#58Ann190US #44
#59Becky178US #102
#60Kelly178US #74
#61Angela175US #68
#62Kathryn170US #69
#63Valerie170US #60
#64Judith164US #70
#65Shirley164US #61
#66Betty161US #59
#67Carla161US #118
#68Jane160US #67
#69Terry159US #95
#70Rita158US #98
#71Anita155US #87
#72Katherine150US #79
#73Joan148US #76
#74Jennifer146US #78
#75Martha146US #72
#76Jean144US #77
#77Marilyn141US #109
#78Marsha136US #163
#79Stephanie136US #101
#80Annette134US #64
#81Dana132US #143
#82Pam132US #125
#83Phyllis132US #103
#84Ellen130US #91
#85Sandy126US #133
#86Gail123US #75
#87Ruth123US #97
#88Tamara123US #121
#89Rose121US #88
#90Vicky120US #164
#91Jill119US #86
#92Laurie118US #56
#93Lynn117US #63
#94Glenda114US #148
#95Julia114US #116
#96Beth111US #80
#97Wanda111US #65
#98Dawn110US #54
#99Patty109US #140
#100Bonnie108US #71

Boys

#1Michael2,087US #1
#2David2,049US #2
#3James1,781US #3
#4Mark1,708US #6
#5Robert1,706US #5
#6John1,681US #4
#7Richard1,095US #8
#8William987US #7
#9Steven957US #10
#10Kevin845US #14
#11Thomas821US #9
#12Charles812US #11
#13Timothy751US #12
#14Donald692US #19
#15Kenneth667US #15
#16Gary652US #20
#17Larry611US #25
#18Ronald594US #21
#19Dennis593US #29
#20Daniel588US #18
#21Terry584US #33
#22Paul568US #17
#23Randy546US #31
#24Jeffrey542US #16
#25Gregory530US #23
#26Joseph524US #13
#27Mike496US #37
#28Stephen420US #28
#29Jerry402US #36
#30Keith388US #39
#31Ricky385US #34
#32Scott380US #24
#33Steve378US #41
#34Brian376US #22
#35Douglas374US #30
#36Anthony313US #26
#37Danny297US #48
#38Edward295US #27
#39Bruce272US #38
#40Roger270US #47
#41Christopher267US #35
#42Tim265US #60
#43Carl258US #54
#44Dale258US #49
#45Craig254US #44
#46George236US #32
#47Jeff232US #52
#48Randall227US #59
#49Jim224US #70
#50Eric212US #46
#51Tony211US #53
#52Russell203US #56
#53Billy202US #65
#54Patrick195US #43
#55Tom195US #82
#56Joe185US #57
#57Chris184US #72
#58Raymond181US #45
#59Alan176US #50
#60Matthew176US #63
#61Phillip176US #74
#62Darrell175US #90
#63Rick172US #89
#64Rodney170US #67
#65Curtis167US #75
#66Bill166US #93
#67Ronnie164US #77
#68Frank159US #42
#69Gerald153US #61
#70Jeffery148US #55
#71Jimmy146US #69
#72Harold143US #87
#73Bobby139US #71
#74Bryan137US #94
#75Greg137US #91
#76Lawrence136US #62
#77Jack131US #85
#78Johnny129US #64
#79Dan127US #110
#80Stanley126US #98
#81Wayne125US #51
#82Roy124US #81
#83Micheal121US #96
#84Ralph120US #84
#85Martin119US #79
#86Don115US #111
#87Barry109US #73
#88Marvin107US #123
#89Andrew106US #58
#90Peter106US #40
#91Walter104US #66
#92Darryl103US #130
#93Allen102US #97
#94Samuel102US #86
#95Eddie101US #101
#96Bob100US #128
#97Melvin98US #122
#98Jay96US #88
#99Tommy94US #108
#100Earl91US #135

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑26Tom#55
↑24Kelly#60
↑21Tony#51
↑20Lori#44
↑18Jeff#47
↑16Craig#45
↑16Chris#57
↑15Michelle#46

Falling

↓28Stanley#80
↓18Wayne#81
↓16Terry#69
↓15Paula#54
↓14Lynn#93
↓14Rick#63
↓13Patrick#54
↓12Carolyn#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.