State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,618 Missouri births in 1964 across 1,158 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#86Kent#146 nationally
#85Becky#131 nationally
#97Don#141 nationally
#47Tim#82 nationally
#44Carla#78 nationally
#72Peggy#106 nationally
#92Brent#125 nationally
#38Dana#70 nationally
#75Tom#107 nationally
#70Jim#101 nationally
#95Stacey#126 nationally
#91Rick#121 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,328US #1
#2Mary1,043US #2
#3Karen710US #4
#4Susan652US #3
#5Kimberly640US #6
#6Donna574US #7
#7Linda559US #8
#8Tammy554US #10
#9Laura517US #14
#10Julie515US #17
#11Patricia515US #5
#12Cynthia500US #9
#13Pamela487US #11
#14Angela472US #22
#15Brenda438US #18
#16Lori432US #15
#17Deborah418US #12
#18Sandra417US #13
#19Kelly404US #35
#20Michelle402US #23
#21Teresa397US #21
#22Barbara372US #19
#23Sharon360US #20
#24Tina357US #34
#25Robin355US #27
#26Elizabeth354US #16
#27Cheryl351US #29
#28Nancy337US #26
#29Christine323US #28
#30Rhonda317US #43
#31Debra297US #24
#32Denise293US #25
#33Jennifer293US #31
#34Kathy281US #39
#35Diane279US #32
#36Paula279US #45
#37Tracy278US #40
#38Dana273US #70
#39Carol271US #36
#40Rebecca267US #46
#41Sheila267US #51
#42Janet264US #48
#43Cindy250US #47
#44Carla237US #78
#45Sherry237US #50
#46Theresa236US #38
#47Kathleen231US #30
#48Debbie228US #52
#49Melissa215US #53
#50Kim211US #42
#51Dawn210US #33
#52Jacqueline209US #37
#53Terri208US #62
#54Connie202US #64
#55Amy198US #44
#56Stephanie197US #57
#57Margaret187US #49
#58Diana182US #63
#59Jill182US #61
#60Carolyn176US #56
#61Catherine170US #54
#62Sherri169US #86
#63Gina161US #79
#64Ann160US #60
#65Michele154US #58
#66Beth149US #65
#67Cathy147US #75
#68Regina147US #83
#69Judy146US #74
#70Janice140US #69
#71Laurie133US #59
#72Peggy132US #106
#73Christina131US #88
#74Suzanne131US #67
#75Joyce127US #87
#76Shelly126US #101
#77Valerie125US #66
#78Annette119US #68
#79Maria118US #41
#80Katherine117US #82
#81Anita116US #85
#82Penny116US #96
#83Vicki116US #112
#84Kathryn114US #84
#85Becky113US #131
#86Beverly113US #91
#87Jane111US #93
#88Julia110US #117
#89Leslie110US #73
#90Renee109US #71
#91Sarah109US #92
#92Deanna108US #115
#93Melinda107US #113
#94Anne106US #76
#95Stacey105US #126
#96Lynn104US #72
#97Monica103US #90
#98Stacy100US #123
#99Martha96US #95
#100Wendy96US #55

Boys

#1John1,855US #2
#2Michael1,848US #1
#3James1,639US #4
#4David1,623US #3
#5Robert1,450US #5
#6Mark1,169US #6
#7William956US #7
#8Kevin936US #13
#9Richard844US #8
#10Steven796US #12
#11Jeffrey778US #10
#12Timothy732US #15
#13Thomas659US #9
#14Scott642US #14
#15Charles641US #17
#16Brian569US #20
#17Kenneth564US #18
#18Joseph562US #11
#19Daniel549US #19
#20Paul543US #16
#21Gregory487US #22
#22Christopher463US #23
#23Gary455US #26
#24Donald442US #25
#25Ronald437US #24
#26Douglas393US #31
#27Anthony382US #21
#28Stephen368US #29
#29Keith363US #34
#30Terry359US #35
#31Larry333US #36
#32Patrick318US #30
#33Randy309US #38
#34Jerry304US #40
#35Todd288US #28
#36Dennis285US #42
#37Edward283US #27
#38Mike267US #47
#39Eric261US #32
#40Jeff255US #52
#41Danny235US #56
#42Matthew235US #43
#43Roger232US #49
#44Jeffery213US #45
#45Steve209US #51
#46Andrew206US #37
#47Tim196US #82
#48Curtis185US #75
#49Craig183US #48
#50Tony180US #50
#51George179US #33
#52Chris178US #65
#53Bradley174US #77
#54Rodney173US #59
#55Bryan170US #70
#56Ricky170US #54
#57Carl165US #55
#58Bruce164US #46
#59Phillip160US #67
#60Billy159US #71
#61Joe157US #62
#62Russell157US #58
#63Raymond155US #44
#64Dale150US #72
#65Alan145US #53
#66Bobby141US #73
#67Randall135US #66
#68Frank132US #41
#69Greg125US #95
#70Jim123US #101
#71Gerald121US #60
#72Troy121US #57
#73Lawrence112US #68
#74Vincent111US #64
#75Tom109US #107
#76Barry108US #69
#77Harold108US #98
#78Jimmy107US #78
#79Johnny107US #74
#80Allen104US #93
#81Martin102US #63
#82Jon101US #79
#83Shawn101US #88
#84Darrell96US #96
#85Wayne96US #61
#86Kent93US #146
#87Darryl91US #87
#88Ronnie91US #104
#89Stanley91US #111
#90Walter91US #80
#91Rick90US #121
#92Brent89US #125
#93Kurt89US #109
#94Jay88US #84
#95Roy88US #89
#96Samuel88US #86
#97Don86US #141
#98Micheal85US #112
#99Glenn84US #81
#100Philip84US #76

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑24Suzanne#74
↑19Dawn#51
↑17Katherine#80
↑15Jill#59
↑14Rodney#54
↑13Dana#38
↑13Amy#55
↑13Andrew#46

Falling

↓26Jane#87
↓17Joyce#75
↓15Anita#81
↓15Penny#82
↓15Bruce#58
↓15Randall#67
↓15Darryl#87
↓13Janice#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.