Popular baby names in Missouri, 1958

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,535 babies) and Michael for boys (2,153). Social Security records list 93,128 babies born in Missouri in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1958

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: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lea: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ronda: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kristy: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carla: 164 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marsha: 117 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Robyn: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marla: 54 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Darren: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darrel: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Byron: 56 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,535	–	1
2	Linda	1,112	–	3
3	Karen	1,043	–	4
4	Susan	946	↑2	2
5	Patricia	909	↑2	5
6	Debra	878	↓1	6
7	Deborah	819	↓3	7
8	Pamela	764	↑3	11
9	Donna	733	–	10
10	Cynthia	731	↓2	8
11	Brenda	713	↓1	16
12	Kathy	647	↑5	14
13	Cheryl	641	↑3	13
14	Barbara	638	↓2	9
15	Carol	581	–	20
16	Nancy	556	↓2	12
17	Sharon	535	↓4	17
18	Debbie	532	↑4	24
19	Sandra	532	–	15
20	Janet	488	↓2	28
21	Lisa	471	↑5	19
22	Diane	449	↓2	18
23	Julie	448	↑11	23
24	Cindy	441	↓3	25
25	Teresa	425	↓2	26
26	Kathleen	386	↓2	21
27	Elizabeth	363	↑4	22
28	Denise	349	↓1	27
29	Cathy	338	↑19	34
30	Tammy	334	new	44
31	Laura	329	↑18	29
32	Rebecca	305	↓7	41
33	Rhonda	297	–	48
34	Janice	294	↓5	35
35	Connie	292	↑1	50
36	Carolyn	290	↓8	37
37	Peggy	290	↑13	42
38	Kimberly	264	new	39
39	Paula	263	–	53
40	Kim	259	↓5	40
41	Judy	257	↑5	36
42	Joyce	254	↓12	46
43	Terri	252	new	51
44	Theresa	252	↓7	33
45	Christine	251	↓5	43
46	Diana	250	↓14	45
47	Sherry	250	↓5	67
48	Margaret	241	↓4	31
49	Robin	236	↓11	32
50	Catherine	233	↓3	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	2,153	–	1
2	David	1,977	↑1	2
3	James	1,938	↓1	3
4	John	1,743	↑1	5
5	Robert	1,711	↓1	4
6	Mark	1,521	–	7
7	William	1,187	–	6
8	Richard	1,141	–	8
9	Steven	956	–	10
10	Thomas	882	–	9
11	Charles	782	–	11
12	Kevin	736	↑1	20
13	Kenneth	713	↑2	14
14	Donald	685	–	18
15	Ronald	664	↑1	19
16	Larry	662	↑1	22
17	Gary	658	↓5	17
18	Timothy	652	↑5	13
19	Dennis	623	–	29
20	Daniel	618	↓2	16
21	Gregory	586	–	23
22	Joseph	568	–	12
23	Terry	557	↓3	33
24	Randy	546	↑2	32
25	Paul	535	↓1	15
26	Stephen	485	↓1	26
27	Jeffrey	460	–	21
28	Mike	399	↑14	40
29	Ricky	396	↑3	34
30	Keith	389	↓2	37
31	Steve	365	↑7	44
32	Douglas	362	↓3	30
33	Scott	361	↑7	25
34	Jerry	353	↓4	35
35	Edward	347	↓4	28
36	Brian	328	↓1	24
37	Danny	327	↑2	45
38	Anthony	313	↓5	27
39	George	292	↓2	31
40	Bruce	248	↓4	36
41	Patrick	245	↑5	42
42	Roger	245	↓8	47
43	Dale	244	↑2	46
44	Christopher	240	↑3	39
45	Randall	230	↓2	62
46	Russell	218	new	54
47	Carl	214	↓6	51
48	Billy	203	new	64
49	Rick	202	new	77
50	Eric	188	new	50

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