Popular baby names in Missouri, 1966

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,358 babies) and Michael for boys (1,702). Social Security records list 72,894 babies born in Missouri in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1966

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: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lesa: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sondra: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosalind: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Christy: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rachelle: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shelly: 164 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lora: 58 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lesley: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christi: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Doug: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dewayne: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Scotty: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tim: 135 babies, 2× the national rate
Wendell: 31 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,358	–	1
2	Kimberly	813	↑1	2
3	Mary	710	↓1	3
4	Michelle	655	↑12	4
5	Angela	607	↑1	9
6	Karen	549	↓2	5
7	Susan	493	↓2	6
8	Julie	483	↑1	13
9	Tammy	473	↓1	8
10	Cynthia	455	↑2	11
11	Kelly	431	↑6	26
12	Pamela	430	↓2	15
13	Donna	428	↑1	12
14	Laura	426	↓1	19
15	Tina	424	↑8	23
16	Jennifer	403	↑12	10
17	Lori	395	↑3	21
18	Patricia	388	↓11	7
19	Linda	366	↓8	18
20	Tracy	366	↑4	31
21	Melissa	364	↑14	22
22	Deborah	359	–	14
23	Teresa	346	↓8	29
24	Sandra	336	↑1	17
25	Elizabeth	327	↑1	16
26	Christine	320	↓5	20
27	Rhonda	320	↓9	39
28	Amy	304	↑12	30
29	Cheryl	282	–	34
30	Brenda	278	↓11	25
31	Rebecca	276	–	40
32	Barbara	275	–	27
33	Dawn	275	↑5	24
34	Stephanie	268	–	38
35	Sharon	257	↓5	28
36	Nancy	255	↓3	33
37	Robin	242	↓10	42
38	Debra	224	↓1	35
39	Paula	220	–	50
40	Denise	219	↑1	32
41	Sherry	216	↑1	53
42	Dana	215	↑3	68
43	Sheila	214	↑1	51
44	Carol	210	↓8	48
45	Kim	199	↓2	43
46	Kathleen	197	↑2	37
47	Jill	194	–	49
48	Michele	190	new	36
49	Cindy	184	↓3	56
50	Theresa	184	↓1	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,702	–	1
2	James	1,595	↑2	3
3	David	1,518	–	2
4	John	1,499	↓2	4
5	Robert	1,139	–	5
6	Jeffrey	881	↑3	9
7	Timothy	833	↑3	11
8	Mark	831	↓2	7
9	Kevin	804	↓2	17
10	William	760	↓2	6
11	Richard	722	–	8
12	Steven	690	–	13
13	Brian	655	↑3	14
14	Scott	639	–	16
15	Christopher	573	↑4	12
16	Thomas	553	↓3	10
17	Paul	536	↑3	18
18	Charles	526	↓3	20
19	Daniel	521	↑2	19
20	Kenneth	458	↓3	21
21	Joseph	450	↓3	15
22	Gregory	414	–	23
23	Gary	390	↑2	28
24	Stephen	378	↑4	26
25	Donald	374	↓2	27
26	Ronald	368	↓2	24
27	Anthony	363	↓1	22
28	Keith	340	↑2	32
29	Eric	330	–	25
30	Douglas	320	↓3	33
31	Larry	307	–	38
32	Todd	289	↑8	29
33	Matthew	288	↑4	34
34	Terry	287	↓2	40
35	Patrick	277	↓2	31
36	Jerry	268	↓2	41
37	Rodney	258	↓1	35
38	Edward	234	↑1	30
39	Dennis	232	↓1	44
40	Randy	224	↓5	45
41	Craig	222	↑3	46
42	Jeffery	219	↓1	42
43	Bryan	183	↑2	52
44	Andrew	182	new	36
45	Darren	171	↓2	63
46	Mike	170	↓4	69
47	Randall	169	new	70
48	Tony	167	new	49
49	Chris	163	↓3	55
50	George	163	↓1	37

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