Popular baby names in Missouri, 1955

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,693 babies) and Michael for boys (2,327). Social Security records list 90,573 babies born in Missouri in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1955

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

Girls

Gayla: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Christie: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jana: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ronda: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dena: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kenny: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dwayne: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Forrest: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,693	–	1
2	Deborah	1,536	–	2
3	Linda	1,360	–	3
4	Debra	1,234	↑1	4
5	Patricia	1,197	↓1	6
6	Susan	943	–	5
7	Donna	841	↑4	10
8	Karen	837	–	8
9	Barbara	820	↓2	7
10	Pamela	812	↓1	12
11	Nancy	733	↓1	9
12	Sharon	685	–	16
13	Carol	658	↑2	15
14	Cynthia	645	–	11
15	Sandra	628	↓2	13
16	Brenda	581	↑1	18
17	Janet	573	↓1	20
18	Cheryl	445	↑2	19
19	Diane	441	–	14
20	Kathleen	425	↓2	17
21	Kathy	417	↑4	22
22	Teresa	382	↑11	26
23	Connie	381	↓2	35
24	Joyce	365	–	29
25	Denise	362	↑6	23
26	Rebecca	356	–	27
27	Janice	347	↓5	25
28	Elizabeth	325	–	21
29	Beverly	312	↑1	34
30	Margaret	307	↓3	24
31	Paula	305	↑5	39
32	Diana	294	↑6	55
33	Carolyn	289	↓4	30
34	Sherry	276	↑11	56
35	Marilyn	275	↓12	49
36	Catherine	267	↓1	28
37	Vicki	266	–	52
38	Judy	260	↓6	32
39	Judith	256	↓5	31
40	Peggy	255	↑1	51
41	Cathy	248	↑8	44
42	Betty	247	↓3	36
43	Vickie	233	↓1	68
44	Sheila	229	new	57
45	Theresa	228	new	38
46	Jane	223	↑2	50
47	Shirley	221	↓7	37
48	Christine	213	↓4	40
49	Joan	211	new	46
50	Kathryn	208	↓7	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	2,327	–	1
2	David	2,123	↑1	2
3	James	2,048	↓1	3
4	Robert	1,847	↑1	4
5	John	1,828	↓1	5
6	William	1,354	–	6
7	Richard	1,280	–	7
8	Mark	1,232	↑2	9
9	Steven	1,181	–	10
10	Gary	1,028	↓2	12
11	Thomas	988	–	8
12	Charles	906	–	11
13	Donald	799	↑1	14
14	Dennis	762	↓1	23
15	Larry	739	–	19
16	Ronald	730	–	18
17	Kenneth	671	–	15
18	Daniel	640	↑2	17
19	Stephen	624	↓1	21
20	Terry	620	↓1	28
21	Joseph	584	↑1	13
22	Paul	572	↓1	16
23	Gregory	541	↑2	24
24	Timothy	529	–	22
25	Kevin	501	↑1	27
26	Randy	498	↑2	30
27	Jerry	424	↓4	33
28	Jeffrey	394	↑7	20
29	Edward	369	↓2	25
30	Roger	340	↓1	37
31	Douglas	330	↑1	29
32	Bruce	320	↑2	32
33	Ricky	315	↓2	46
34	George	310	↓4	26
35	Danny	309	↓2	45
36	Keith	293	–	39
37	Carl	271	–	47
38	Patrick	244	↑1	41
39	Anthony	229	↑1	31
40	Dale	228	↑3	52
41	Lawrence	219	↓3	42
42	Stanley	213	–	64
43	Randall	211	↑2	53
44	Raymond	203	↓3	36
45	Harold	200	new	63
46	Alan	192	↑3	43
47	Billy	192	↑1	69
48	Gerald	192	↓4	48
49	Christopher	189	new	49
50	Scott	181	new	38

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