Popular baby names in Missouri, 1961

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1961 were Mary for girls (1,280 babies) and David for boys (2,057). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 92,701 babies born in Missouri in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1961

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

Girls

Lesa: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Ladonna: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gayla: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lana: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Deana: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marsha: 104 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Karla: 88 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ronda: 70 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jana: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rosalind: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bart: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rusty: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	1,280	–	1
2	Lisa	1,142	↑2	2
3	Karen	901	↓1	5
4	Linda	896	↓1	4
5	Susan	836	–	3
6	Donna	739	–	7
7	Brenda	663	↑1	11
8	Patricia	599	↓1	6
9	Deborah	567	↑3	10
10	Sandra	566	↑5	9
11	Tammy	562	↑12	28
12	Cynthia	560	↓1	8
13	Pamela	549	↓4	15
14	Teresa	546	↓4	18
15	Debra	512	↓2	13
16	Barbara	510	↓2	12
17	Sharon	503	↑1	17
18	Laura	501	↑7	21
19	Kimberly	491	↑1	22
20	Kathy	478	↓4	25
21	Carol	456	↑1	24
22	Janet	450	↑2	32
23	Cheryl	448	↓2	20
24	Julie	445	↑2	23
25	Lori	436	↑7	14
26	Nancy	429	↓9	16
27	Debbie	416	↓8	31
28	Cindy	397	↓1	33
29	Elizabeth	396	–	19
30	Robin	362	↑1	27
31	Rhonda	356	↑3	46
32	Tina	333	↑9	41
33	Kim	326	–	36
34	Diane	321	↓6	26
35	Connie	320	↑1	50
36	Angela	317	↑14	38
37	Michelle	314	↑9	34
38	Denise	301	↓8	30
39	Sherry	299	↓4	53
40	Kelly	298	↓2	45
41	Kathleen	280	↓2	29
42	Theresa	278	↓2	35
43	Carolyn	275	new	42
44	Rebecca	267	↓7	44
45	Diana	260	new	56
46	Carla	257	new	77
47	Terri	256	↓2	51
48	Sheila	241	–	59
49	Paula	235	↓2	60
50	Janice	231	↓6	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	2,057	–	2
2	Michael	2,033	–	1
3	John	1,848	↑1	3
4	James	1,758	↓1	4
5	Mark	1,640	–	6
6	Robert	1,601	–	5
7	William	982	–	7
8	Steven	933	–	10
9	Richard	912	↑1	8
10	Kevin	864	↓1	14
11	Jeffrey	831	↑5	11
12	Charles	790	↓1	13
13	Thomas	709	↓1	9
14	Timothy	672	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	659	↓1	16
16	Paul	603	↑4	18
17	Daniel	587	↑1	17
18	Donald	587	↓1	22
19	Gary	577	↓4	21
20	Gregory	573	↑1	23
21	Scott	544	↑9	19
22	Terry	536	↑1	32
23	Joseph	512	↑1	12
24	Larry	488	↓5	30
25	Ronald	482	↓3	24
26	Brian	460	↑1	20
27	Douglas	434	↑4	28
28	Dennis	409	↓3	34
29	Keith	406	–	35
30	Christopher	404	↑4	26
31	Randy	400	↓5	33
32	Stephen	393	–	27
33	Mike	392	↓5	36
34	Jerry	389	↑2	37
35	Steve	380	–	45
36	Anthony	371	↓3	25
37	Ricky	320	–	44
38	Craig	318	↑1	43
39	Jeff	312	↑4	49
40	Danny	311	↓2	54
41	Roger	281	↓1	47
42	Edward	278	–	29
43	George	257	↑4	31
44	Bruce	232	↓3	40
45	Chris	226	new	57
46	Randall	226	↑3	63
47	Tim	221	↓2	65
48	Eric	220	new	38
49	Jim	219	↓3	78
50	Patrick	219	↓6	39

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