Popular baby names in Missouri, 1959

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,412 babies) and Michael for boys (2,086). Social Security records list 94,234 babies born in Missouri in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1959

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

Girls

Robyn: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gayla: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marsha: 136 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lesa: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jana: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Pat: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dena: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Vicky: 120 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dianna: 78 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Darren: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Delbert: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cedric: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kenny: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rickie: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,412	–	1
2	Linda	1,050	–	3
3	Karen	961	–	4
4	Donna	909	↑5	5
5	Susan	880	↓1	2
6	Patricia	769	↓1	6
7	Cynthia	727	↑3	8
8	Pamela	727	–	12
9	Debra	715	↓3	7
10	Deborah	701	↓3	9
11	Brenda	664	–	16
12	Kathy	655	–	15
13	Lisa	654	↑8	10
14	Debbie	633	↑4	20
15	Cheryl	591	↓2	18
16	Barbara	580	↓2	11
17	Sharon	558	–	17
18	Nancy	530	↓2	14
19	Teresa	498	↑6	24
20	Sandra	496	↓1	13
21	Carol	493	↓6	22
22	Cindy	476	↑2	25
23	Tammy	464	↑7	31
24	Janet	445	↓4	28
25	Diane	407	↓3	19
26	Julie	402	↓3	26
27	Kimberly	383	↑11	33
28	Laura	359	↑3	30
29	Denise	337	↓1	29
30	Elizabeth	336	↓3	21
31	Janice	335	↑3	37
32	Kathleen	331	↓6	23
33	Rhonda	329	–	45
34	Theresa	299	↑10	34
35	Rebecca	291	↓3	38
36	Kim	290	↑4	35
37	Sherry	283	↑10	58
38	Connie	281	↓3	48
39	Robin	275	↑10	32
40	Cathy	273	↓11	39
41	Sheila	265	new	52
42	Terri	261	↑1	46
43	Judy	260	↓2	41
44	Lori	245	new	27
45	Peggy	243	↓8	57
46	Michelle	240	new	47
47	Tina	240	new	53
48	Carolyn	239	↓12	42
49	Catherine	236	↑1	40
50	Christine	236	↓5	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	2,086	–	1
2	David	2,050	–	2
3	James	1,781	–	3
4	Mark	1,707	↑2	6
5	Robert	1,705	–	5
6	John	1,680	↓2	4
7	Richard	1,094	↑1	8
8	William	987	↓1	7
9	Steven	957	–	10
10	Kevin	844	↑2	14
11	Thomas	821	↓1	9
12	Charles	811	↓1	11
13	Timothy	751	↑5	12
14	Donald	692	–	19
15	Kenneth	667	↓2	15
16	Gary	652	↑1	20
17	Larry	611	↓1	25
18	Dennis	594	↑1	29
19	Ronald	594	↓4	21
20	Daniel	588	–	18
21	Terry	584	↑2	33
22	Paul	568	↑3	17
23	Randy	546	↑1	31
24	Jeffrey	542	↑3	16
25	Gregory	530	↓4	23
26	Joseph	524	↓4	13
27	Mike	496	↑1	37
28	Stephen	420	↓2	28
29	Jerry	402	↑5	36
30	Keith	388	–	39
31	Ricky	386	↓2	34
32	Scott	380	↑1	24
33	Steve	378	↓2	41
34	Brian	376	↑2	22
35	Douglas	374	↓3	30
36	Anthony	313	↑2	26
37	Danny	296	–	48
38	Edward	295	↓3	27
39	Bruce	272	↑1	38
40	Roger	270	↑2	47
41	Christopher	267	↑3	35
42	Tim	265	new	60
43	Carl	258	↑4	54
44	Dale	258	↓1	49
45	Craig	253	new	44
46	George	236	↓7	32
47	Jeff	232	new	52
48	Randall	227	↓3	59
49	Jim	224	new	70
50	Eric	212	–	46

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