Popular baby names in Missouri, 1957

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,609 babies) and Michael for boys (2,223). Social Security records list 93,843 babies born in Missouri in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1957

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: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christy: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lesa: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dana: 120 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeanie: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ronda: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chris: 46 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Glennon: 25 babies, 33.6× the national rate
Dewayne: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Virgil: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darrel: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,609	–	1
2	Linda	1,160	↑1	3
3	Karen	1,123	↑4	5
4	Deborah	1,051	↓2	6
5	Debra	1,043	↓1	4
6	Susan	970	–	2
7	Patricia	969	↓2	8
8	Cynthia	938	↑2	7
9	Donna	806	↓1	10
10	Brenda	784	↑4	13
11	Pamela	745	↓2	12
12	Barbara	684	↓1	9
13	Sharon	653	↓1	14
14	Nancy	633	↓1	11
15	Carol	561	↑2	18
16	Cheryl	560	↑2	16
17	Kathy	541	↑2	20
18	Janet	533	↓3	23
19	Sandra	523	↓3	15
20	Diane	445	–	17
21	Cindy	444	new	19
22	Debbie	436	↑12	27
23	Teresa	425	↓1	24
24	Kathleen	402	↓3	21
25	Rebecca	390	↓1	34
26	Lisa	387	↑13	26
27	Denise	346	–	25
28	Carolyn	328	↑10	33
29	Janice	316	↓4	32
30	Joyce	313	↓4	40
31	Elizabeth	310	↓3	22
32	Diana	307	↑9	43
33	Rhonda	305	↓3	52
34	Julie	296	new	28
35	Kim	296	↑13	35
36	Connie	292	↓13	47
37	Theresa	291	↑3	36
38	Robin	289	↑5	30
39	Paula	287	↓8	49
40	Christine	277	↑6	41
41	Vicki	277	↓9	51
42	Sherry	274	↓9	55
43	Vickie	262	new	70
44	Margaret	258	↓15	29
45	Beverly	257	↓9	48
46	Judy	255	↓2	38
47	Catherine	249	↓12	37
48	Cathy	248	↓11	39
49	Laura	247	↓7	31
50	Peggy	230	–	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	2,223	–	1
2	James	2,015	–	2
3	David	2,003	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,788	↓1	4
5	John	1,731	–	5
6	Mark	1,599	–	7
7	William	1,211	–	6
8	Richard	1,136	–	8
9	Steven	1,115	–	10
10	Thomas	908	–	9
11	Charles	853	↑1	11
12	Gary	782	↓1	13
13	Kevin	732	↑4	20
14	Donald	704	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	704	↑4	14
16	Ronald	690	–	17
17	Larry	662	↓3	22
18	Daniel	654	–	16
19	Dennis	628	↓4	28
20	Terry	611	↑5	33
21	Gregory	609	↑3	23
22	Joseph	600	↑1	12
23	Timothy	573	↓1	19
24	Paul	550	↓3	18
25	Stephen	547	↓5	24
26	Randy	524	–	31
27	Jeffrey	437	–	21
28	Keith	373	↑2	36
29	Douglas	368	–	30
30	Jerry	366	↓2	35
31	Edward	355	↑1	25
32	Ricky	355	↑2	40
33	Anthony	336	↑3	27
34	Roger	321	↑1	42
35	Brian	306	↑3	26
36	Bruce	292	↓5	34
37	George	292	↓4	29
38	Steve	292	new	44
39	Danny	290	↓2	45
40	Scott	273	↑3	32
41	Carl	271	–	49
42	Mike	257	new	53
43	Randall	236	↓3	59
44	Raymond	225	↑5	39
45	Dale	222	↑2	50
46	Patrick	222	↓7	41
47	Christopher	214	↓3	43
48	Alan	198	↑2	48
49	Lawrence	197	↓4	46
50	Gerald	192	↓4	51

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