State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,231 Missouri births in 1965 across 1,112 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#97Ronda#181 nationally
#85Kent#161 nationally
#81Kelly#136 nationally
#76Jim#116 nationally
#86Darin#123 nationally
#61Tim#97 nationally
#62Shelly#98 nationally
#75Deanna#110 nationally
#89Peggy#124 nationally
#45Dana#78 nationally
#98Brent#131 nationally
#93Julia#123 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,524US #1
#2Mary913US #2
#3Kimberly800US #4
#4Karen748US #3
#5Susan593US #5
#6Angela591US #10
#7Patricia509US #6
#8Tammy496US #11
#9Julie478US #14
#10Pamela468US #12
#11Linda465US #8
#12Cynthia456US #9
#13Laura435US #17
#14Donna428US #7
#15Teresa381US #24
#16Michelle376US #18
#17Kelly373US #30
#18Rhonda367US #37
#19Brenda366US #23
#20Lori366US #19
#21Christine361US #21
#22Deborah358US #13
#23Tina356US #29
#24Tracy356US #36
#25Sandra351US #15
#26Elizabeth321US #16
#27Robin304US #33
#28Jennifer301US #20
#29Cheryl288US #31
#30Sharon277US #22
#31Rebecca269US #41
#32Barbara265US #25
#33Nancy264US #32
#34Stephanie258US #44
#35Melissa256US #38
#36Carol252US #42
#37Debra248US #27
#38Dawn247US #26
#39Paula242US #49
#40Amy237US #35
#41Denise235US #28
#42Sherry224US #56
#43Kim223US #43
#44Sheila212US #50
#45Dana211US #78
#46Cindy209US #53
#47Jill209US #51
#48Kathleen209US #34
#49Theresa205US #45
#50Janet202US #55
#51Diane196US #40
#52Kathy195US #54
#53Carla184US #76
#54Debbie177US #62
#55Michele169US #48
#56Connie165US #61
#57Jacqueline165US #47
#58Carolyn163US #58
#59Diana160US #64
#60Terri158US #69
#61Margaret157US #52
#62Shelly155US #98
#63Sherri151US #91
#64Christina146US #74
#65Wendy146US #39
#66Catherine142US #57
#67Gina137US #70
#68Beth131US #66
#69Ann127US #59
#70Penny123US #97
#71Regina120US #82
#72Joyce119US #90
#73Leslie119US #75
#74Renee117US #68
#75Deanna116US #110
#76Janice115US #73
#77Annette114US #71
#78Anita113US #94
#79Sarah112US #92
#80Katherine111US #79
#81Melinda109US #100
#82Andrea107US #63
#83Jane105US #95
#84Lynn105US #80
#85Stacey105US #84
#86Laurie103US #60
#87Judy101US #86
#88Monica100US #72
#89Peggy99US #124
#90Beverly98US #101
#91Vicki98US #114
#92Valerie97US #67
#93Julia96US #123
#94Suzanne96US #65
#95Stacy95US #119
#96Tracey95US #85
#97Ronda91US #181
#98Victoria90US #108
#99Tamara89US #104
#100Anne88US #77

Boys

#1Michael1,709US #1
#2John1,554US #2
#3David1,542US #3
#4James1,525US #4
#5Robert1,329US #5
#6Mark1,003US #7
#7Kevin833US #13
#8William807US #6
#9Jeffrey800US #10
#10Timothy755US #12
#11Richard753US #8
#12Steven679US #14
#13Thomas624US #9
#14Scott583US #15
#15Charles567US #20
#16Brian562US #19
#17Kenneth535US #21
#18Joseph524US #11
#19Christopher517US #18
#20Paul511US #16
#21Daniel496US #17
#22Gregory440US #23
#23Donald429US #26
#24Ronald420US #24
#25Gary383US #27
#26Anthony365US #22
#27Douglas357US #32
#28Stephen348US #28
#29Eric344US #25
#30Keith325US #35
#31Larry322US #38
#32Terry311US #40
#33Patrick284US #31
#34Jerry279US #41
#35Randy279US #42
#36Rodney267US #33
#37Matthew254US #36
#38Dennis249US #44
#39Edward247US #29
#40Todd242US #30
#41Jeffery212US #47
#42Mike211US #51
#43Darren208US #52
#44Craig198US #46
#45Bryan193US #63
#46Chris182US #60
#47Jeff182US #62
#48Roger180US #49
#49George175US #34
#50Russell170US #58
#51Steve170US #55
#52Carl169US #54
#53Ricky166US #57
#54Bradley158US #72
#55Danny158US #56
#56Andrew154US #37
#57Tony154US #48
#58Raymond151US #45
#59Randall142US #73
#60Bruce140US #50
#61Tim140US #97
#62Curtis136US #75
#63Gerald136US #64
#64Phillip136US #70
#65Joe134US #71
#66Billy131US #77
#67Dale130US #83
#68Alan119US #59
#69Shawn119US #69
#70Frank118US #43
#71Troy117US #53
#72Bobby113US #80
#73Darryl111US #68
#74Darrell110US #91
#75Vincent107US #61
#76Jim103US #116
#77Lawrence103US #66
#78Harold102US #99
#79Jimmy102US #81
#80Martin102US #67
#81Kelly99US #136
#82Johnny96US #76
#83Tracy95US #110
#84Ronnie93US #107
#85Kent92US #161
#86Darin90US #123
#87Peter90US #39
#88Wayne88US #65
#89Kurt86US #112
#90Micheal86US #118
#91Roy86US #95
#92Allen85US #92
#93Greg85US #105
#94Philip84US #87
#95Marvin83US #109
#96Jon81US #78
#97Barry80US #86
#98Brent78US #131
#99Jay78US #90
#100Darrin75US #102

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑35Wendy#65
↑22Stephanie#34
↑18Rodney#36
↑17Deanna#75
↑16Leslie#73
↑16Renee#74
↑15Amy#40
↑14Melissa#35

Falling

↓24Greg#93
↓21Barry#97
↓20Suzanne#94
↓18Kathy#52
↓18Judy#87
↓17Peggy#89
↓16Diane#51
↓15Laurie#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.