Popular baby names in Missouri, 1953

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,667 babies) and Michael for boys (2,207). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 87,225 babies born in Missouri in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1953

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

Girls

Jana: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Christy: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gayla: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeanie: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Glenda: 170 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dixie: 43 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kenny: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rickie: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darrel: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Virgil: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,667	↑1	1
2	Linda	1,664	↓1	2
3	Deborah	1,539	–	3
4	Patricia	1,397	–	4
5	Barbara	948	–	6
6	Debra	888	↑6	7
7	Susan	873	↑2	5
8	Karen	822	↓2	9
9	Nancy	802	↓2	8
10	Sharon	718	↓2	15
11	Pamela	709	↑4	10
12	Donna	700	↓2	13
13	Brenda	683	↓2	18
14	Sandra	679	↑2	11
15	Janet	589	↓1	19
16	Carol	556	↓3	16
17	Cynthia	530	↑3	12
18	Kathleen	492	↓1	14
19	Diane	454	↑6	17
20	Janice	437	↑3	22
21	Joyce	403	↓3	26
22	Carolyn	385	↓3	25
23	Marilyn	371	↑11	36
24	Connie	366	↓3	47
25	Rebecca	362	↑7	24
26	Kathy	357	↑7	23
27	Margaret	337	↓1	20
28	Judy	332	↓6	27
29	Judith	329	↓5	30
30	Beverly	325	↓1	34
31	Betty	320	↑5	33
32	Paula	317	↑9	40
33	Cheryl	307	↓2	28
34	Christine	305	↓4	32
35	Shirley	299	↓8	29
36	Diana	291	↑4	55
37	Elizabeth	264	↓9	21
38	Denise	259	↑1	31
39	Catherine	255	↓2	35
40	Peggy	246	↓5	44
41	Jane	242	↑4	43
42	Teresa	234	new	42
43	Martha	226	–	41
44	Joan	215	↓2	37
45	Vicki	214	↑2	61
46	Marsha	211	↓2	83
47	Kathryn	208	↓9	48
48	Rita	204	new	64
49	Vickie	192	new	79
50	Cathy	187	↓1	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	2,207	↑1	3
2	James	2,115	↓1	2
3	Robert	1,953	–	1
4	David	1,873	↑1	5
5	John	1,800	↓1	4
6	Richard	1,469	↑1	7
7	William	1,405	↓1	6
8	Gary	1,114	–	10
9	Thomas	1,041	–	8
10	Steven	1,025	↑2	11
11	Charles	1,006	–	9
12	Dennis	949	↓2	19
13	Larry	842	–	18
14	Mark	834	↑3	12
15	Donald	796	–	14
16	Ronald	786	↓2	15
17	Stephen	696	↓1	21
18	Kenneth	659	–	17
19	Daniel	582	–	20
20	Terry	567	↑3	30
21	Paul	565	–	16
22	Joseph	564	↓2	13
23	Jerry	465	↓1	29
24	Gregory	417	↑1	24
25	Edward	407	↑3	23
26	Roger	398	↓2	31
27	Timothy	371	–	26
28	George	362	↓2	22
29	Danny	323	–	41
30	Randy	313	↑2	35
31	Douglas	293	↓1	27
32	Ricky	283	↑18	51
33	Bruce	281	↓2	28
34	Kevin	261	↑12	36
35	Patrick	251	–	39
36	Raymond	237	↑3	34
37	Lawrence	232	↓4	37
38	Dale	227	↓2	48
39	Carl	226	↓1	44
40	Jeffrey	222	new	25
41	Harold	220	↑1	56
42	Keith	213	↑1	47
43	Gerald	207	↓9	42
44	Stanley	195	↓7	62
45	Frank	194	new	33
46	Randall	194	↓5	64
47	Alan	182	↑1	43
48	Roy	173	↓1	55
49	Phillip	170	new	76
50	Rodney	170	new	58

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