Popular baby names in Missouri, 1962

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1962 were Mary for girls (1,133 babies) and David for boys (1,944). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 89,085 babies born in Missouri in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1962

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: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gayla: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carla: 294 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sondra: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marsha: 90 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kent: 120 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	1,133	–	2
2	Lisa	1,120	–	1
3	Karen	896	–	4
4	Linda	811	–	5
5	Susan	774	–	3
6	Donna	675	–	7
7	Cynthia	610	↑5	8
8	Patricia	572	–	6
9	Tammy	557	↑2	23
10	Brenda	551	↓3	12
11	Kimberly	545	↑8	16
12	Teresa	535	↑2	18
13	Pamela	524	–	13
14	Sandra	520	↓4	10
15	Deborah	504	↓6	9
16	Laura	469	↑2	21
17	Barbara	466	↓1	14
18	Debra	462	↓3	15
19	Sharon	456	↓2	17
20	Lori	438	↑5	11
21	Tina	438	↑11	33
22	Nancy	428	↑4	19
23	Cheryl	426	–	24
24	Julie	409	–	22
25	Kathy	401	↓5	27
26	Debbie	386	↑1	32
27	Robin	386	↑3	25
28	Rhonda	378	↑3	45
29	Kelly	375	↑11	38
30	Cindy	358	↓2	34
31	Angela	352	↑5	36
32	Janet	351	↓10	35
33	Elizabeth	349	↓4	20
34	Sherry	331	↑5	48
35	Carol	329	↓14	28
36	Michelle	322	↑1	31
37	Kim	298	↓4	37
38	Connie	297	↓3	51
39	Diane	296	↓5	26
40	Denise	295	↓2	30
41	Carla	294	↑5	78
42	Theresa	284	–	40
43	Kathleen	283	↓2	29
44	Rebecca	280	–	47
45	Sheila	247	↑3	52
46	Christine	244	new	39
47	Carolyn	242	↓4	46
48	Tracy	240	new	55
49	Terri	239	↓2	54
50	Janice	219	–	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	1,944	–	2
2	Michael	1,878	–	1
3	John	1,760	–	3
4	James	1,662	–	4
5	Robert	1,519	↑1	5
6	Mark	1,465	↓1	6
7	William	968	–	7
8	Steven	877	–	12
9	Jeffrey	873	↑2	10
10	Kevin	853	–	14
11	Richard	821	↓2	8
12	Thomas	723	↑1	9
13	Charles	676	↓1	15
14	Timothy	650	–	16
15	Scott	637	↑6	11
16	Daniel	618	↑1	17
17	Kenneth	597	↓2	18
18	Joseph	595	↑5	13
19	Gary	583	–	22
20	Donald	552	↓2	23
21	Gregory	529	↓1	21
22	Paul	493	↓6	19
23	Brian	488	↑3	20
24	Ronald	487	↑1	25
25	Douglas	450	↑2	27
26	Terry	426	↓4	34
27	Larry	420	↓3	31
28	Christopher	415	↑2	26
29	Randy	395	↑2	35
30	Anthony	393	↑6	24
31	Stephen	381	↑1	28
32	Dennis	368	↓4	37
33	Jerry	367	↑1	38
34	Keith	364	↓5	36
35	Mike	364	↓2	39
36	Jeff	322	↑3	44
37	Roger	306	↑4	47
38	Edward	300	↑4	29
39	Steve	283	↓4	46
40	Ricky	258	↓3	50
41	Danny	257	↓1	54
42	Jeffery	256	new	45
43	Craig	231	↓5	51
44	Bruce	225	–	41
45	Patrick	224	↑5	40
46	Chris	220	↓1	60
47	Todd	218	new	30
48	Russell	217	new	57
49	Alan	215	new	53
50	Eric	213	↓2	33

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