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Names of Missouri

7,456,004 births across 7,064 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Missouri more than Leta.

Most concentrated in Missouri

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Leta 694 5.2×
Cletus 448 4.7×
Leota 598 4.4×
Cortez 745 4.2×
Reta 446 4.1×
Truman 919 4.1×
Pansy 602 4.1×
Velda 376 3.9×
Berniece 598 3.9×
Orval 424 3.8×
Herschel 522 3.7×
Delmar 790 3.7×
Dortha 388 3.7×
Lyman 266 3.6×
Alpha 286 3.5×
Jewell 1,905 3.5×
Vesta 250 3.5×
Kolten 305 3.4×
Johnna 467 3.4×
Oren 285 3.3×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary106,159
2Linda38,301
3Patricia38,008
4Barbara34,965
5Betty34,816
6Elizabeth32,619
7Dorothy32,458
8Jennifer30,995
9Margaret26,565
10Helen25,159
11Sarah24,452
12Karen24,219
13Donna23,909
14Susan23,820
15Carol22,472

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1James126,319
2John113,137
3Robert111,945
4Michael97,065
5William96,433
6David80,315
7Charles67,298
8Richard56,348
9Joseph48,829
10Thomas48,237
11Donald43,104
12Christopher43,017
13Daniel37,677
14Matthew36,229
15Kenneth36,083

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.