Popular baby names in Missouri, 1950

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1950 were Linda for girls (2,308 babies) and James for boys (2,196). Social Security records list 81,044 babies born in Missouri in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1950

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

Girls

Melba: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christy: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dixie: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sondra: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deanna: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Saundra: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Orville: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Virgil: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kenny: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ervin: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Randal: 23 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	2,308	–	1
2	Mary	1,817	–	2
3	Patricia	1,253	–	3
4	Barbara	1,056	–	4
5	Sharon	910	–	11
6	Deborah	862	↑11	7
7	Carol	751	↑2	9
8	Donna	750	–	13
9	Susan	739	↓2	5
10	Sandra	728	↓4	8
11	Nancy	717	↓1	6
12	Karen	683	↓1	12
13	Brenda	673	–	14
14	Kathleen	585	–	10
15	Janet	556	–	18
16	Carolyn	501	↓4	20
17	Pamela	496	↑3	17
18	Judith	473	↓2	21
19	Janice	472	↑3	22
20	Shirley	436	↑3	19
21	Joyce	433	↓2	27
22	Margaret	419	↓1	15
23	Judy	393	↓5	25
24	Betty	378	–	26
25	Connie	372	–	44
26	Diane	342	↑3	16
27	Beverly	338	↑1	31
28	Marilyn	331	↓2	37
29	Cynthia	323	↑1	23
30	Cheryl	322	↓3	29
31	Elizabeth	293	–	24
32	Rebecca	267	↑4	36
33	Peggy	261	↑1	41
34	Diana	252	↑1	47
35	Kathy	251	↑5	38
36	Martha	243	↓3	32
37	Catherine	240	↑4	34
38	Phyllis	238	↑1	53
39	Christine	234	new	28
40	Kathryn	229	↑8	46
41	Dorothy	228	↑3	35
42	Jane	228	↑3	39
43	Ruth	227	↓11	49
44	Vicki	219	↑5	61
45	Wanda	203	new	52
46	Paula	197	–	54
47	Bonnie	195	↓10	33
48	Joan	192	↓5	40
49	Sherry	192	new	62
50	Virginia	188	↓8	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	2,196	–	1
2	Robert	2,023	↑2	2
3	Michael	2,001	–	4
4	John	1,923	↓2	3
5	David	1,557	–	5
6	William	1,401	–	6
7	Gary	1,248	↑2	10
8	Richard	1,199	–	7
9	Larry	1,087	↓2	11
10	Thomas	1,003	↑1	8
11	Charles	997	↓1	9
12	Ronald	853	–	12
13	Donald	784	–	14
14	Dennis	767	–	17
15	Steven	694	↑3	16
16	Stephen	687	↓1	19
17	Kenneth	674	↓1	15
18	Joseph	514	↑1	13
19	Jerry	491	↓2	24
20	Terry	474	↑1	30
21	Daniel	473	↑1	21
22	Mark	457	↑4	23
23	Paul	441	↓3	18
24	Roger	380	↑1	27
25	Edward	367	↓2	22
26	George	341	↓2	20
27	Danny	293	–	39
28	Gregory	290	↑1	25
29	Gerald	254	↑1	34
30	Bruce	248	↑12	26
31	Carl	240	↑1	44
32	Lawrence	236	↓4	33
33	Timothy	233	↑1	32
34	Raymond	227	↓1	31
35	Harold	226	↓4	45
36	Douglas	222	↑3	28
37	Frank	212	↑3	29
38	Dale	206	–	49
39	Patrick	202	↑6	38
40	Roy	196	↑4	51
41	Stanley	188	–	60
42	Billy	183	↓6	57
43	Wayne	180	–	35
44	Ronnie	177	↓7	76
45	Jack	173	↓10	48
46	Walter	155	–	40
47	Randall	153	new	70
48	Ralph	151	–	52
49	Jimmy	150	new	55
50	Phillip	149	–	64

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