Popular baby names in Missouri, 1951

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1951 were Linda for girls (2,157 babies) and James for boys (2,222). Social Security records list 85,410 babies born in Missouri in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1951

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

Girls

Ladonna: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Christy: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeanie: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Glenda: 210 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vicky: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dixie: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Melba: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wilma: 78 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Connie: 399 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Virgil: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rickie: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delbert: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darrell: 142 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Doyle: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rickey: 73 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	2,157	–	1
2	Mary	1,783	–	2
3	Patricia	1,479	–	3
4	Deborah	1,314	↑2	4
5	Barbara	1,070	↓1	5
6	Sharon	806	↓1	13
7	Nancy	790	↑4	7
8	Karen	789	↑4	8
9	Susan	780	–	6
10	Donna	764	↓2	12
11	Sandra	719	↓1	9
12	Carol	680	↓5	11
13	Brenda	649	–	14
14	Janet	635	↑1	19
15	Kathleen	570	↓1	10
16	Pamela	559	↑1	16
17	Joyce	479	↑4	28
18	Janice	437	↑1	21
19	Judith	432	↓1	25
20	Carolyn	422	↓4	22
21	Debra	409	new	18
22	Connie	399	↑3	44
23	Margaret	386	↓1	17
24	Diane	379	↑2	15
25	Judy	367	↓2	26
26	Beverly	351	↑1	33
27	Shirley	350	↓7	27
28	Cynthia	323	↑1	20
29	Marilyn	317	↓1	41
30	Kathy	313	↑5	35
31	Cheryl	311	↓1	30
32	Betty	295	↓8	29
33	Rebecca	295	↓1	32
34	Elizabeth	291	↓3	23
35	Peggy	283	↓2	40
36	Christine	278	↑3	24
37	Vicki	263	↑7	58
38	Diana	256	↓4	50
39	Kathryn	239	↑1	45
40	Jane	237	↑2	43
41	Phyllis	234	↓3	57
42	Catherine	228	↓5	34
43	Martha	225	↓7	38
44	Joan	218	↑4	39
45	Sherry	218	↑4	70
46	Paula	215	–	51
47	Glenda	210	new	89
48	Ruth	210	↓5	53
49	Wanda	204	↓4	52
50	Virginia	198	–	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	2,222	–	1
2	Michael	2,190	↑1	4
3	Robert	1,971	↓1	2
4	John	1,909	–	3
5	David	1,687	–	5
6	William	1,456	–	6
7	Gary	1,316	–	10
8	Richard	1,306	–	7
9	Larry	1,060	–	11
10	Charles	1,055	↑1	9
11	Thomas	1,041	↓1	8
12	Ronald	868	–	12
13	Dennis	861	↑1	17
14	Steven	852	↑1	13
15	Donald	792	↓2	15
16	Stephen	727	–	19
17	Kenneth	726	–	16
18	Mark	602	↑4	20
19	Daniel	557	↑2	21
20	Joseph	522	↓2	14
21	Jerry	510	↓2	24
22	Terry	497	↓2	30
23	Paul	492	–	18
24	Edward	411	↑1	23
25	George	394	↑1	22
26	Roger	373	↓2	29
27	Gregory	361	↑1	25
28	Danny	323	↓1	41
29	Timothy	301	↑4	28
30	Gerald	299	↓1	36
31	Lawrence	297	↑1	33
32	Bruce	290	↓2	26
33	Raymond	244	↑1	32
34	Carl	234	↓3	43
35	Douglas	233	↑1	27
36	Dale	230	↑2	49
37	Patrick	230	↑2	39
38	Stanley	223	↑3	54
39	Harold	206	↓4	46
40	Randall	203	↑7	66
41	Randy	195	new	56
42	Jack	193	↑3	48
43	Frank	179	↓6	31
44	Wayne	176	↓1	37
45	Ralph	174	↑3	51
46	Walter	172	–	42
47	Roy	171	↓7	52
48	Billy	169	↓6	64
49	Anthony	168	new	34
50	Alan	164	new	40

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