Popular baby names in Missouri, 1954

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1954 were Mary for girls (1,819 babies) and Michael for boys (2,350). Social Security records list 90,210 babies born in Missouri in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1954

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, 3.2× the national rate
Christy: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gayla: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeanie: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vicky: 102 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jana: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ronda: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Glenna: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sondra: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Glenda: 175 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Virgil: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delbert: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenny: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rickie: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Doyle: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jackie: 92 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	1,819	–	1
2	Deborah	1,582	↑1	3
3	Linda	1,534	↓1	2
4	Patricia	1,215	–	4
5	Debra	1,126	↑1	6
6	Susan	940	↑1	5
7	Barbara	895	↓2	7
8	Karen	859	–	8
9	Pamela	802	↑2	12
10	Nancy	746	↓1	9
11	Donna	737	↑1	11
12	Sharon	706	↓2	16
13	Sandra	691	↑1	13
14	Cynthia	629	↑3	10
15	Carol	615	↑1	15
16	Janet	608	↓1	19
17	Brenda	592	↓4	18
18	Kathleen	503	–	14
19	Diane	452	–	17
20	Cheryl	406	↑13	22
21	Connie	380	↑3	39
22	Janice	380	↓2	25
23	Marilyn	378	–	35
24	Joyce	372	↓3	28
25	Kathy	370	↑1	23
26	Rebecca	342	↓1	26
27	Margaret	340	–	21
28	Elizabeth	321	↑9	20
29	Carolyn	315	↓7	27
30	Beverly	314	–	31
31	Denise	311	↑7	24
32	Judy	294	↓4	29
33	Teresa	294	↑9	34
34	Judith	287	↓5	30
35	Catherine	276	↑4	32
36	Paula	275	↓4	38
37	Vicki	273	↑8	50
38	Diana	263	↓2	57
39	Betty	259	↓8	36
40	Shirley	250	↓5	33
41	Peggy	249	↓1	48
42	Vickie	246	↑7	69
43	Kathryn	245	↑4	51
44	Christine	243	↓10	43
45	Sherry	236	new	62
46	Rita	219	↑2	67
47	Rhonda	207	new	71
48	Jane	203	↓7	49
49	Cathy	202	↑1	59
50	Ruth	201	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	2,350	–	1
2	James	2,136	–	3
3	David	1,945	↑1	5
4	John	1,936	↑1	4
5	Robert	1,862	↓2	2
6	William	1,441	↑1	6
7	Richard	1,302	↓1	7
8	Gary	1,081	–	9
9	Steven	1,064	↑1	11
10	Mark	1,044	↑4	12
11	Thomas	1,027	↓2	8
12	Charles	913	↓1	10
13	Dennis	834	↓1	21
14	Donald	828	↑1	14
15	Larry	814	↓2	19
16	Ronald	794	–	15
17	Kenneth	702	↑1	17
18	Stephen	661	↓1	20
19	Terry	641	↑1	27
20	Daniel	594	↓1	18
21	Paul	561	–	16
22	Joseph	555	–	13
23	Jerry	435	–	31
24	Timothy	430	↑3	26
25	Gregory	428	↓1	25
26	Kevin	402	↑8	28
27	Edward	400	↓2	22
28	Randy	393	↑2	33
29	Roger	336	↓3	34
30	George	322	↓2	24
31	Ricky	316	↑1	46
32	Douglas	314	↓1	29
33	Danny	310	↓4	42
34	Bruce	289	↓1	30
35	Jeffrey	288	↑5	23
36	Keith	279	↑6	45
37	Carl	254	↑2	47
38	Lawrence	236	↓1	39
39	Patrick	235	↓4	38
40	Anthony	233	new	32
41	Raymond	230	↓5	35
42	Stanley	229	↑2	58
43	Dale	212	↓5	50
44	Gerald	208	↓1	44
45	Randall	208	↑1	55
46	Roy	189	↑2	56
47	Frank	183	↓2	36
48	Billy	180	new	65
49	Alan	176	↓2	43
50	Rodney	175	–	66

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