Popular baby names in Missouri, 1960

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,349 babies) and David for boys (2,077). Social Security records list 93,651 babies born in Missouri in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1960

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

Girls

Lana: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristy: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Robyn: 63 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tamra: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Christy: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jana: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marsha: 102 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ronda: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dena: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dewayne: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rickie: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Delbert: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Myron: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,349	–	1
2	Karen	960	↑1	4
3	Linda	919	↓1	3
4	Lisa	872	↑9	6
5	Susan	844	–	2
6	Donna	789	↓2	5
7	Patricia	725	↓1	7
8	Brenda	709	↑3	13
9	Pamela	622	↓1	14
10	Teresa	614	↑9	19
11	Cynthia	606	↓4	9
12	Deborah	592	↓2	10
13	Debra	582	↓4	8
14	Barbara	577	↑2	12
15	Sandra	575	↑5	11
16	Kathy	566	↓4	21
17	Nancy	547	↑1	15
18	Sharon	531	↓1	16
19	Debbie	506	↓5	24
20	Kimberly	501	↑7	26
21	Cheryl	494	↓6	17
22	Carol	475	↓1	23
23	Tammy	472	–	31
24	Janet	465	–	32
25	Laura	447	↑3	25
26	Julie	424	–	28
27	Cindy	419	↓5	30
28	Diane	380	↓3	22
29	Elizabeth	379	↑1	18
30	Denise	369	↓1	29
31	Robin	354	↑8	33
32	Lori	350	↑12	20
33	Kim	336	↑3	34
34	Rhonda	321	↓1	44
35	Sherry	312	↑2	54
36	Connie	311	↑2	47
37	Rebecca	308	↓2	38
38	Kelly	299	new	52
39	Kathleen	295	↓7	27
40	Theresa	291	↓6	35
41	Tina	285	↑6	45
42	Christine	269	↑8	40
43	Margaret	264	new	36
44	Janice	255	↓13	41
45	Terri	251	↓3	49
46	Michelle	248	–	39
47	Paula	242	new	55
48	Sheila	237	↓7	56
49	Joyce	234	new	58
50	Angela	228	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	2,077	↑1	1
2	Michael	2,001	↓1	2
3	James	1,792	–	3
4	John	1,762	↑2	4
5	Mark	1,698	↓1	6
6	Robert	1,533	↓1	5
7	William	1,083	↑1	7
8	Steven	986	↑1	10
9	Kevin	939	↑1	15
10	Richard	937	↓3	8
11	Charles	762	↑1	13
12	Thomas	761	↓1	9
13	Timothy	683	–	11
14	Kenneth	660	↑1	16
15	Gary	633	↑1	22
16	Jeffrey	631	↑8	14
17	Donald	621	↓3	19
18	Daniel	608	↑2	17
19	Larry	562	↓2	28
20	Paul	562	↑2	18
21	Gregory	551	↑4	24
22	Ronald	533	↓3	21
23	Terry	517	↓2	34
24	Joseph	502	↑2	12
25	Dennis	498	↓7	31
26	Randy	495	↓3	32
27	Brian	483	↑7	20
28	Mike	430	↓1	36
29	Keith	426	↑1	35
30	Scott	422	↑2	23
31	Douglas	416	↑4	30
32	Stephen	408	↓4	27
33	Anthony	382	↑3	25
34	Christopher	382	↑7	29
35	Steve	378	↓2	43
36	Jerry	374	↓7	37
37	Ricky	341	↓6	38
38	Danny	321	↓1	48
39	Craig	293	↑6	41
40	Roger	284	–	47
41	Bruce	270	↓2	39
42	Edward	266	↓4	26
43	Jeff	259	↑4	49
44	Patrick	249	new	45
45	Tim	247	↓3	60
46	Jim	240	↑3	75
47	George	231	↓1	33
48	Dale	227	↓4	54
49	Randall	225	↓1	59
50	Carl	214	↓7	53

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