Popular baby names in Missouri, 1965

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,524 babies) and Michael for boys (1,709). Social Security records list 76,233 babies born in Missouri in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1965

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

Girls

Gayla: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Latonya: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lesa: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marsha: 81 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marla: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ronda: 91 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dana: 210 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Christy: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrie: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kent: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Curt: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marty: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Virgil: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kelly: 99 babies, 2× the national rate
Clinton: 40 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,524	–	1
2	Mary	913	–	2
3	Kimberly	800	↑2	4
4	Karen	748	↓1	3
5	Susan	593	↓1	5
6	Angela	591	↑8	10
7	Patricia	509	↑4	6
8	Tammy	497	–	11
9	Julie	478	↑1	14
10	Pamela	468	↑3	12
11	Linda	465	↓4	8
12	Cynthia	456	–	9
13	Laura	435	↓4	17
14	Donna	428	↓8	7
15	Teresa	381	↑6	24
16	Michelle	376	↑4	18
17	Kelly	373	↑2	30
18	Rhonda	367	↑12	37
19	Brenda	366	↓4	23
20	Lori	366	↓4	19
21	Christine	361	↑8	21
22	Deborah	358	↓5	13
23	Tina	356	↑1	29
24	Tracy	356	↑13	36
25	Sandra	351	↓7	15
26	Elizabeth	322	–	16
27	Robin	304	↓2	33
28	Jennifer	301	↑5	20
29	Cheryl	288	↓2	31
30	Sharon	277	↓7	22
31	Rebecca	269	↑9	41
32	Barbara	265	↓10	25
33	Nancy	263	↓5	32
34	Stephanie	258	new	44
35	Melissa	256	↑14	38
36	Carol	252	↑3	42
37	Debra	248	↓6	27
38	Dawn	247	new	26
39	Paula	242	↓3	49
40	Amy	237	new	35
41	Denise	235	↓9	28
42	Sherry	224	↑3	56
43	Kim	223	↑7	43
44	Sheila	212	↓3	50
45	Dana	210	↓7	78
46	Cindy	209	↓3	53
47	Jill	209	new	51
48	Kathleen	209	↓1	34
49	Theresa	205	↓3	45
50	Janet	202	↓8	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,709	↑1	1
2	John	1,554	↓1	2
3	David	1,543	↑1	3
4	James	1,525	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,328	–	5
6	Mark	1,004	–	7
7	Kevin	833	↑1	13
8	William	807	↓1	6
9	Jeffrey	800	↑2	10
10	Timothy	756	↑2	12
11	Richard	753	↓2	8
12	Steven	679	↓2	14
13	Thomas	624	–	9
14	Scott	583	–	15
15	Charles	567	–	20
16	Brian	562	–	19
17	Kenneth	535	–	21
18	Joseph	524	–	11
19	Christopher	517	↑3	18
20	Paul	511	–	16
21	Daniel	496	↓2	17
22	Gregory	440	↓1	23
23	Donald	430	↑1	26
24	Ronald	420	↑1	24
25	Gary	383	↓2	27
26	Anthony	365	↑1	22
27	Douglas	357	↓1	32
28	Stephen	348	–	28
29	Eric	344	↑10	25
30	Keith	324	↓1	35
31	Larry	322	–	38
32	Terry	311	↓2	40
33	Patrick	284	↓1	31
34	Jerry	279	–	41
35	Randy	279	↓2	42
36	Rodney	267	new	33
37	Matthew	254	↑5	36
38	Dennis	249	↓2	44
39	Edward	247	↓2	29
40	Todd	242	↓5	30
41	Jeffery	212	↑3	47
42	Mike	211	↓4	51
43	Darren	208	new	52
44	Craig	198	↑5	46
45	Bryan	193	new	63
46	Chris	182	new	60
47	Jeff	182	↓7	62
48	Roger	180	↓5	49
49	George	175	new	34
50	Russell	170	new	58

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