Popular baby names in Missouri, 1947

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,797 babies) and James for boys (2,429). Social Security records list 84,742 babies born in Missouri in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1947

Names given at least 15 times in Missouri that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Leta: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Sondra: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lana: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dixie: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patty: 65 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Freda: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Glenna: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dannie: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Virgil: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Orville: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Kenny: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Junior: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Delbert: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Garry: 73 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Everett: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Denny: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eldon: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,797	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,061	↓1	2
3	Patricia	1,258	–	3
4	Barbara	1,249	↑1	4
5	Sharon	1,175	↓1	9
6	Carol	930	–	6
7	Sandra	861	–	5
8	Donna	823	↑1	10
9	Nancy	784	↑3	7
10	Carolyn	674	↓2	15
11	Judy	674	–	14
12	Karen	661	↑3	13
13	Susan	658	–	8
14	Judith	656	↓4	12
15	Janet	562	↑2	23
16	Joyce	545	↑2	20
17	Shirley	525	↓3	19
18	Janice	511	↑1	22
19	Betty	491	↓3	17
20	Kathleen	466	–	11
21	Margaret	464	–	16
22	Marilyn	440	–	29
23	Beverly	403	↑1	31
24	Connie	395	↑3	43
25	Brenda	390	–	21
26	Pamela	351	↑6	28
27	Cheryl	337	↓4	24
28	Phyllis	299	↑3	37
29	Peggy	290	↑10	42
30	Gloria	286	↑11	27
31	Diane	284	↑3	18
32	Martha	266	↓2	32
33	Virginia	260	↓4	34
34	Ruth	255	↓6	44
35	Dorothy	254	↓9	26
36	Elizabeth	247	↑2	25
37	Jane	243	↓4	36
38	Joan	227	↑4	30
39	Bonnie	226	↓4	35
40	Alice	217	↑7	47
41	Helen	217	↓1	38
42	Cynthia	216	new	33
43	Wanda	214	↓7	66
44	Diana	212	↓7	48
45	Rita	188	new	60
46	Doris	181	↑2	58
47	Jo	181	↓1	51
48	Glenda	177	↓5	96
49	Jean	174	↓5	40
50	Frances	172	–	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	2,429	–	1
2	Robert	2,162	–	2
3	John	2,105	–	3
4	William	1,619	↑1	4
5	Larry	1,506	↑1	10
6	Michael	1,454	↑1	7
7	David	1,411	↑1	6
8	Richard	1,366	↓4	5
9	Gary	1,275	–	12
10	Charles	1,133	–	9
11	Ronald	1,051	–	11
12	Thomas	947	↑1	8
13	Donald	855	↓1	13
14	Kenneth	735	↑1	15
15	Jerry	727	↓1	20
16	Dennis	723	–	17
17	Terry	516	↑3	26
18	Joseph	483	↓1	14
19	Paul	483	↓1	18
20	George	458	↓1	16
21	Stephen	431	↑1	21
22	Edward	397	↓1	19
23	Roger	360	↑1	25
24	Daniel	355	↓1	22
25	Gerald	316	↑2	28
26	Danny	307	–	39
27	Harold	303	↓2	35
28	Raymond	300	–	27
29	Steven	299	↑2	24
30	Billy	289	–	51
31	Frank	265	↑5	23
32	Carl	248	–	40
33	Jack	244	↑2	37
34	Ronnie	239	↓5	61
35	Lawrence	226	↓2	32
36	Bill	225	↑3	76
37	Wayne	225	–	30
38	Roy	217	↓4	48
39	Dale	204	↑3	63
40	Mike	199	↑4	65
41	Walter	197	↓3	34
42	Joe	196	↓2	43
43	Steve	195	new	58
44	Gregory	190	new	33
45	Bruce	185	↑5	29
46	Jimmy	182	↓3	44
47	Mark	180	new	47
48	Jim	177	↓7	77
49	Stanley	171	new	67
50	Ralph	166	↓5	50

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