Popular baby names in Missouri, 1949

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,638 babies) and James for boys (2,158). Social Security records list 80,190 babies born in Missouri in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1949

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

Girls

Christy: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeanie: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dixie: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Saundra: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sharron: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patty: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dianna: 72 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Orville: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gale: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Kenny: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Forrest: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Virgil: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jim: 132 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,638	–	1
2	Mary	1,862	–	2
3	Patricia	1,178	↑1	3
4	Barbara	1,059	↓1	4
5	Sharon	954	–	10
6	Sandra	804	↑2	6
7	Susan	783	↑2	5
8	Donna	771	↓1	12
9	Carol	699	↓3	8
10	Nancy	699	–	7
11	Karen	677	–	11
12	Carolyn	597	–	17
13	Brenda	579	↑2	13
14	Kathleen	554	↑5	9
15	Janet	534	↑2	23
16	Judith	515	–	16
17	Deborah	501	↑11	15
18	Judy	481	↓5	20
19	Joyce	473	↓5	26
20	Pamela	466	–	21
21	Margaret	452	↑2	14
22	Janice	449	↓4	24
23	Shirley	445	↓2	18
24	Betty	381	↓2	22
25	Connie	350	↑2	43
26	Marilyn	347	–	33
27	Cheryl	346	↓2	28
28	Beverly	322	↓4	31
29	Diane	292	–	19
30	Cynthia	277	↑9	27
31	Elizabeth	266	–	25
32	Ruth	265	↑1	47
33	Martha	256	↑3	34
34	Peggy	256	↓4	38
35	Diana	245	–	48
36	Rebecca	226	↑9	40
37	Bonnie	220	↑7	35
38	Gloria	220	↓4	29
39	Phyllis	219	↓1	50
40	Kathy	218	new	42
41	Catherine	211	↑8	37
42	Virginia	207	↓2	39
43	Joan	202	↓1	36
44	Dorothy	200	↓12	32
45	Jane	199	↓8	41
46	Paula	199	–	55
47	Rita	195	–	54
48	Kathryn	194	new	52
49	Vicki	189	↑1	70
50	Helen	182	↓9	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,158	–	1
2	John	1,917	–	3
3	Michael	1,890	↑1	5
4	Robert	1,890	↓1	2
5	David	1,476	↑1	6
6	William	1,402	↓1	4
7	Larry	1,263	–	10
8	Richard	1,174	–	7
9	Gary	1,149	–	12
10	Charles	1,048	–	9
11	Thomas	989	↑1	8
12	Ronald	938	↓1	11
13	Donald	798	–	13
14	Dennis	729	–	16
15	Stephen	708	↑3	19
16	Kenneth	669	↓1	15
17	Jerry	542	↓1	23
18	Steven	534	↑4	20
19	Joseph	494	–	14
20	Paul	484	↑1	17
21	Terry	474	↓4	28
22	Daniel	447	↑2	22
23	Edward	390	–	21
24	George	386	↓4	18
25	Roger	364	–	25
26	Mark	335	↑5	24
27	Danny	308	↓1	40
28	Lawrence	255	↑1	32
29	Gregory	250	↑4	31
30	Gerald	249	↑6	33
31	Harold	245	↓1	42
32	Carl	244	↓4	43
33	Raymond	241	↓6	30
34	Timothy	237	new	34
35	Jack	223	↑3	47
36	Billy	208	↑1	57
37	Ronnie	205	↓5	65
38	Dale	204	↑4	54
39	Douglas	202	↑5	29
40	Frank	199	↓5	27
41	Stanley	198	new	60
42	Bruce	197	↓1	26
43	Wayne	192	↑5	35
44	Roy	186	↓10	51
45	Patrick	166	↓5	39
46	Walter	157	–	37
47	Steve	156	↓4	68
48	Ralph	153	↑2	50
49	Russell	153	new	69
50	Phillip	151	new	66

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