Popular baby names in Missouri, 1964

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,328 babies) and John for boys (1,854). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,617 babies born in Missouri in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1964

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

Girls

Lawanda: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lesa: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marsha: 91 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dana: 275 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jana: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tiffany: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carla: 237 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ronda: 74 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christy: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jimmie: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Robbie: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,328	–	1
2	Mary	1,043	–	2
3	Karen	710	–	4
4	Susan	652	–	3
5	Kimberly	640	↑4	6
6	Donna	574	–	7
7	Linda	559	↓2	8
8	Tammy	553	↓1	10
9	Laura	517	↑3	14
10	Julie	515	↑7	17
11	Patricia	515	↓1	5
12	Cynthia	500	↑3	9
13	Pamela	487	–	11
14	Angela	472	↑8	22
15	Brenda	438	↓1	18
16	Lori	432	↓8	15
17	Deborah	418	↓1	12
18	Sandra	416	–	13
19	Kelly	404	–	35
20	Michelle	402	↑8	23
21	Teresa	397	↓10	21
22	Barbara	372	↓2	19
23	Sharon	360	↓2	20
24	Tina	357	↑3	34
25	Robin	355	↑4	27
26	Elizabeth	354	↑4	16
27	Cheryl	351	↓4	29
28	Nancy	338	↓3	26
29	Christine	323	↑7	28
30	Rhonda	317	↑1	43
31	Debra	297	↓7	24
32	Denise	293	↑6	25
33	Jennifer	293	↑11	31
34	Kathy	281	↓8	39
35	Diane	279	↑7	32
36	Paula	279	↓1	45
37	Tracy	278	↑4	40
38	Dana	275	new	70
39	Carol	271	↓2	36
40	Rebecca	267	↑9	46
41	Sheila	267	↑6	51
42	Janet	264	↓10	48
43	Cindy	250	↓10	47
44	Carla	237	↑4	78
45	Sherry	237	↓11	50
46	Theresa	236	↓1	38
47	Kathleen	231	↓1	30
48	Debbie	228	↓8	52
49	Melissa	215	new	53
50	Kim	211	↓11	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	1,854	↑2	2
2	Michael	1,848	–	1
3	James	1,639	↑1	4
4	David	1,623	↓3	3
5	Robert	1,451	–	5
6	Mark	1,169	–	6
7	William	956	↑1	7
8	Kevin	936	↓1	13
9	Richard	844	↑1	8
10	Steven	796	↑1	12
11	Jeffrey	778	↓2	10
12	Timothy	732	–	15
13	Thomas	658	–	9
14	Scott	642	–	14
15	Charles	641	–	17
16	Brian	570	–	20
17	Kenneth	564	–	18
18	Joseph	562	↑1	11
19	Daniel	549	↑1	19
20	Paul	543	↓2	16
21	Gregory	487	↑2	22
22	Christopher	463	↑5	23
23	Gary	456	↓2	26
24	Donald	441	–	25
25	Ronald	437	↓3	24
26	Douglas	393	–	31
27	Anthony	382	↑5	21
28	Stephen	368	↑3	29
29	Keith	364	↓1	34
30	Terry	359	↓5	35
31	Larry	333	↓2	36
32	Patrick	318	↑10	30
33	Randy	309	↓3	38
34	Jerry	304	↓1	40
35	Todd	288	↑4	28
36	Dennis	285	↓1	42
37	Edward	283	–	27
38	Mike	267	↓4	47
39	Eric	261	↓1	32
40	Jeff	255	↓4	52
41	Danny	235	–	56
42	Matthew	235	↑6	43
43	Roger	232	↑6	49
44	Jeffery	212	↑2	45
45	Steve	209	↓5	51
46	Andrew	206	new	37
47	Tim	196	↑3	82
48	Curtis	185	new	75
49	Craig	183	↓4	48
50	Tony	180	new	50

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