Popular baby names in Missouri, 1948

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,763 babies) and James for boys (2,232). Social Security records list 79,808 babies born in Missouri in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1948

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

Girls

Sondra: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Melba: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dixie: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Freda: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marla: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeanie: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sharron: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cheri: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wilma: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Glenda: 176 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Virgil: 55 babies, 3× the national rate
Darrel: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Garry: 79 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lonnie: 102 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darrell: 110 babies, 2× the national rate
Jackie: 86 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,763	–	1
2	Mary	1,934	–	2
3	Barbara	1,207	↑1	3
4	Patricia	1,122	↓1	4
5	Sharon	1,070	–	9
6	Carol	847	–	8
7	Donna	783	↑1	11
8	Sandra	774	↓1	6
9	Susan	716	↑4	5
10	Nancy	712	↓1	7
11	Karen	626	↑1	12
12	Carolyn	614	↓2	14
13	Judy	550	↓2	16
14	Joyce	521	↑2	21
15	Brenda	512	↑10	17
16	Judith	512	↓2	15
17	Janet	505	↓2	24
18	Janice	487	–	23
19	Kathleen	478	↑1	10
20	Pamela	451	↑6	22
21	Shirley	448	↓4	20
22	Betty	409	↓3	18
23	Margaret	381	↓2	13
24	Beverly	351	↓1	31
25	Cheryl	348	↑2	25
26	Marilyn	348	↓4	33
27	Connie	345	↓3	43
28	Deborah	298	new	30
29	Diane	280	↑2	19
30	Peggy	272	↓1	38
31	Elizabeth	258	↑5	26
32	Dorothy	254	↑3	29
33	Ruth	246	↑1	45
34	Gloria	243	↓4	28
35	Diana	240	↑9	48
36	Martha	238	↓4	32
37	Jane	232	–	39
38	Phyllis	228	↓10	46
39	Cynthia	224	↑3	27
40	Virginia	215	↓7	36
41	Helen	209	–	40
42	Joan	201	↓4	37
43	Wanda	199	–	57
44	Bonnie	193	↓5	34
45	Rebecca	192	new	50
46	Paula	184	new	52
47	Rita	179	↓2	59
48	Glenda	176	–	92
49	Catherine	175	new	41
50	Vicki	175	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,232	–	1
2	John	1,960	↑1	3
3	Robert	1,884	↓1	2
4	Michael	1,609	↑2	6
5	William	1,450	↓1	4
6	David	1,430	↑1	5
7	Larry	1,325	↓2	11
8	Richard	1,163	–	7
9	Gary	1,116	–	12
10	Charles	1,096	–	9
11	Ronald	1,003	–	10
12	Thomas	944	–	8
13	Donald	779	–	14
14	Dennis	732	↑2	17
15	Kenneth	683	↓1	15
16	Jerry	610	↓1	21
17	Terry	523	–	26
18	Stephen	521	↑3	20
19	Joseph	479	↓1	13
20	George	434	–	16
21	Paul	420	↓2	18
22	Steven	406	↑7	23
23	Edward	359	↓1	19
24	Daniel	340	–	22
25	Roger	325	↓2	24
26	Danny	323	–	39
27	Raymond	264	↑1	27
28	Carl	258	↑4	42
29	Lawrence	253	↑6	31
30	Harold	240	↓3	36
31	Mark	240	↑16	29
32	Ronnie	240	↑2	59
33	Gregory	226	↑11	32
34	Roy	224	↑4	49
35	Frank	223	↓4	25
36	Gerald	214	↓11	30
37	Billy	213	↓7	53
38	Jack	213	↓5	43
39	Joe	196	↑3	47
40	Patrick	196	new	48
41	Bruce	192	↑4	28
42	Dale	191	↓3	56
43	Steve	177	–	60
44	Douglas	173	new	33
45	Mike	169	↓5	68
46	Walter	169	↓5	35
47	Jimmy	167	↓1	50
48	Wayne	163	↓11	34
49	Jim	162	↓1	86
50	Ralph	159	–	51

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