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Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,085 Missouri births in 1962 across 1,173 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#82Kent#136 nationally
#69Dana#117 nationally
#78Christina#124 nationally
#99Sandy#140 nationally
#87Kelly#125 nationally
#41Carla#78 nationally
#68Ronnie#100 nationally
#80Terry#112 nationally
#79Bill#108 nationally
#93Becky#122 nationally
#98Jackie#126 nationally
#58Jim#85 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,132US #2
#2Lisa1,120US #1
#3Karen896US #4
#4Linda811US #5
#5Susan774US #3
#6Donna675US #7
#7Cynthia610US #8
#8Patricia572US #6
#9Tammy557US #23
#10Brenda551US #12
#11Kimberly545US #16
#12Teresa535US #18
#13Pamela524US #13
#14Sandra520US #10
#15Deborah504US #9
#16Laura469US #21
#17Barbara466US #14
#18Debra462US #15
#19Sharon456US #17
#20Lori438US #11
#21Tina438US #33
#22Nancy428US #19
#23Cheryl426US #24
#24Julie409US #22
#25Kathy401US #27
#26Debbie387US #32
#27Robin386US #25
#28Rhonda378US #45
#29Kelly375US #38
#30Cindy358US #34
#31Angela352US #36
#32Janet351US #35
#33Elizabeth349US #20
#34Sherry331US #48
#35Carol329US #28
#36Michelle322US #31
#37Kim298US #37
#38Connie297US #51
#39Diane296US #26
#40Denise295US #30
#41Carla294US #78
#42Theresa284US #40
#43Kathleen283US #29
#44Rebecca280US #47
#45Sheila247US #52
#46Christine244US #39
#47Carolyn242US #46
#48Tracy240US #55
#49Terri239US #54
#50Janice219US #58
#51Paula218US #60
#52Jennifer217US #41
#53Diana211US #57
#54Margaret203US #43
#55Laurie199US #42
#56Jacqueline192US #44
#57Joyce187US #74
#58Catherine181US #53
#59Melissa176US #68
#60Judy175US #63
#61Anita173US #81
#62Ann167US #56
#63Cathy161US #62
#64Sherri160US #82
#65Stephanie160US #70
#66Peggy158US #93
#67Vicki155US #85
#68Beverly153US #69
#69Dana149US #117
#70Regina147US #91
#71Michele144US #59
#72Amy139US #61
#73Valerie138US #67
#74Beth134US #66
#75Jane134US #73
#76Penny134US #92
#77Betty130US #97
#78Christina130US #124
#79Renee130US #76
#80Terry130US #112
#81Jill129US #72
#82Dawn126US #50
#83Joan126US #94
#84Leslie125US #80
#85Sarah124US #98
#86Martha122US #87
#87Gail121US #103
#88Vickie120US #107
#89Judith119US #86
#90Rita119US #110
#91Annette117US #75
#92Kathryn117US #89
#93Becky115US #122
#94Julia113US #120
#95Tamara113US #119
#96Suzanne110US #65
#97Anne109US #83
#98Jackie109US #126
#99Sandy108US #140
#100Melinda107US #118

Boys

#1David1,942US #2
#2Michael1,878US #1
#3John1,760US #3
#4James1,662US #4
#5Robert1,517US #5
#6Mark1,464US #6
#7William967US #7
#8Steven878US #12
#9Jeffrey873US #10
#10Kevin853US #14
#11Richard821US #8
#12Thomas723US #9
#13Charles676US #15
#14Timothy651US #16
#15Scott637US #11
#16Daniel617US #17
#17Kenneth597US #18
#18Joseph595US #13
#19Gary583US #22
#20Donald552US #23
#21Gregory529US #21
#22Paul493US #19
#23Brian488US #20
#24Ronald486US #25
#25Douglas451US #27
#26Terry426US #34
#27Larry420US #31
#28Christopher414US #26
#29Randy395US #35
#30Anthony392US #24
#31Stephen381US #28
#32Dennis368US #37
#33Jerry367US #38
#34Keith364US #36
#35Mike364US #39
#36Jeff322US #44
#37Roger306US #47
#38Edward300US #29
#39Steve283US #46
#40Ricky258US #50
#41Danny257US #54
#42Jeffery256US #45
#43Craig231US #51
#44Bruce225US #41
#45Patrick224US #40
#46Chris220US #60
#47Russell218US #57
#48Todd218US #30
#49Alan215US #53
#50Eric213US #33
#51Tim209US #72
#52Carl208US #58
#53George208US #32
#54Randall196US #64
#55Matthew193US #56
#56Dale192US #62
#57Tony187US #52
#58Jim182US #85
#59Billy181US #71
#60Curtis178US #73
#61Darryl172US #83
#62Phillip170US #68
#63Joe168US #59
#64Rodney168US #76
#65Raymond166US #48
#66Greg158US #77
#67Bryan156US #82
#68Ronnie154US #100
#69Jimmy148US #75
#70Martin146US #74
#71Andrew145US #49
#72Bradley142US #87
#73Frank140US #42
#74Bobby138US #78
#75Gerald138US #65
#76Darrell135US #102
#77Johnny131US #69
#78Lawrence130US #70
#79Bill126US #108
#80Barry121US #61
#81Harold121US #95
#82Kent120US #136
#83Troy117US #67
#84Tom115US #98
#85Allen114US #93
#86Jack109US #99
#87Kelly107US #125
#88Rick107US #110
#89Wayne107US #63
#90Jay103US #80
#91Roy103US #90
#92Vincent101US #66
#93Eddie100US #105
#94Dwayne96US #119
#95Glenn95US #55
#96Walter95US #79
#97Micheal93US #104
#98Philip90US #81
#99Samuel87US #88
#100Peter86US #43

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑20Melissa#59
↑16Todd#48
↑14Martin#70
↑12Johnny#77
↑11Tina#21
↑11Kelly#29
↑11Andrew#71
↑10Sherri#64

Falling

↓22Becky#93
↓22Tom#84
↓20Vickie#88
↓16Sandy#99
↓14Carol#35
↓14Roy#91
↓13Jane#75
↓13Rick#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.