Popular baby names in Missouri, 1952

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,837 babies) and James for boys (2,236). Social Security records list 85,736 babies born in Missouri in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1952

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: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deanna: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sondra: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Saundra: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ronda: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rosalyn: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Christy: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Connie: 403 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lana: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Virgil: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darrel: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rodger: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lonnie: 90 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rickie: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,837	–	1
2	Mary	1,794	–	2
3	Deborah	1,439	↑1	4
4	Patricia	1,333	↓1	3
5	Barbara	1,001	–	6
6	Karen	830	↑2	8
7	Nancy	812	–	7
8	Sharon	803	↓2	14
9	Susan	801	–	5
10	Donna	718	–	13
11	Brenda	693	↑2	15
12	Debra	678	↑9	9
13	Carol	659	↓1	12
14	Janet	636	–	19
15	Pamela	628	↑1	17
16	Sandra	621	↓5	10
17	Kathleen	533	↓2	11
18	Joyce	492	↓1	27
19	Carolyn	424	↑1	24
20	Cynthia	424	↑8	18
21	Connie	403	↑1	44
22	Judy	402	↑3	26
23	Janice	394	↓5	23
24	Judith	386	↓5	25
25	Diane	380	↓1	16
26	Margaret	366	↓3	21
27	Shirley	337	–	28
28	Elizabeth	326	↑6	22
29	Beverly	325	↓3	35
30	Christine	302	↑6	20
31	Cheryl	301	–	31
32	Rebecca	301	↑1	30
33	Kathy	296	↓3	29
34	Marilyn	291	↓5	38
35	Peggy	271	–	43
36	Betty	261	↓4	32
37	Catherine	260	↑5	34
38	Kathryn	256	↑1	48
39	Denise	250	new	33
40	Diana	250	↓2	51
41	Paula	246	↑5	47
42	Joan	236	↑2	37
43	Martha	227	–	40
44	Marsha	217	new	75
45	Jane	213	↓5	42
46	Sherry	213	↓1	68
47	Vicki	210	↓10	61
48	Ruth	204	–	57
49	Cathy	202	new	56
50	Bonnie	195	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	2,236	–	1
2	Michael	2,182	–	4
3	Robert	1,947	–	2
4	John	1,938	–	3
5	David	1,710	–	5
6	William	1,486	–	6
7	Richard	1,316	↑1	7
8	Gary	1,241	↓1	10
9	Thomas	1,055	↑2	8
10	Dennis	975	↑3	18
11	Charles	942	↓1	9
12	Steven	921	↑2	11
13	Larry	903	↓4	14
14	Ronald	792	↓2	15
15	Donald	757	–	13
16	Stephen	727	–	21
17	Mark	726	↑1	17
18	Kenneth	699	↓1	16
19	Daniel	570	–	20
20	Joseph	513	–	12
21	Paul	504	↑2	19
22	Jerry	475	↓1	26
23	Terry	475	↓1	29
24	Roger	378	↑2	30
25	Gregory	374	↑2	24
26	George	371	↓1	22
27	Timothy	354	↑2	27
28	Edward	348	↓4	23
29	Danny	305	↓1	40
30	Douglas	288	↑5	28
31	Bruce	271	↑1	25
32	Randy	270	↑9	41
33	Lawrence	240	↓2	35
34	Gerald	222	↓4	39
35	Patrick	220	↑2	37
36	Dale	218	–	46
37	Stanley	215	↑1	58
38	Carl	211	↓4	45
39	Raymond	211	↓6	33
40	Anthony	207	↑9	34
41	Randall	206	↓1	63
42	Harold	202	↓3	51
43	Keith	199	new	49
44	Jack	197	↓2	52
45	Billy	195	↑3	65
46	Kevin	193	new	43
47	Roy	187	–	55
48	Alan	180	↑2	42
49	Wayne	178	↓5	38
50	Ricky	173	new	81

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