Popular baby names in Missouri, 1967

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1967 were Lisa for girls (1,223 babies) and Michael for boys (1,852). Social Security records list 70,107 babies born in Missouri in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1967

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: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lawanda: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lesa: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christy: 64 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darla: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deana: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerri: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tamera: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lynnette: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Lamont: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Curt: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jimmie: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shannon: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Doug: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Garry: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Virgil: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	1,223	–	1
2	Kimberly	892	–	2
3	Michelle	718	↑1	3
4	Mary	627	↓1	4
5	Angela	601	–	7
6	Karen	494	–	6
7	Julie	460	↑1	16
8	Tammy	441	↑1	8
9	Susan	436	↓2	5
10	Melissa	424	↑11	9
11	Laura	419	↑3	15
12	Jennifer	403	↑4	10
13	Tina	394	↑2	21
14	Kelly	392	↓3	23
15	Cynthia	389	↓5	18
16	Amy	383	↑12	12
17	Christine	371	↑9	14
18	Elizabeth	357	↑7	13
19	Pamela	356	↓7	17
20	Patricia	354	↓2	11
21	Tracy	352	↓1	29
22	Lori	348	↓5	24
23	Stephanie	344	↑11	25
24	Donna	337	↓11	19
25	Teresa	332	↓2	28
26	Sandra	329	↓2	20
27	Deborah	314	↓5	22
28	Linda	289	↓9	26
29	Rhonda	279	↓2	41
30	Rebecca	269	↑1	39
31	Cheryl	268	↓2	35
32	Dawn	257	↑1	27
33	Brenda	252	↓3	31
34	Nancy	244	↑2	37
35	Sharon	241	–	30
36	Barbara	228	↓4	33
37	Christina	218	new	53
38	Robin	216	↓1	45
39	Denise	210	↑1	34
40	Sheila	204	↑3	56
41	Debra	202	↓3	38
42	Sherry	198	↓1	51
43	Theresa	191	↑7	43
44	Jill	184	↑3	50
45	Paula	181	↓6	46
46	Dana	177	↓4	71
47	Michele	175	↑1	36
48	Carol	173	↓4	47
49	Kathleen	170	↓3	40
50	Carla	164	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	1,852	–	1
2	David	1,412	↑1	2
3	James	1,377	↓1	3
4	John	1,328	–	4
5	Robert	1,130	–	5
6	Mark	869	↑2	7
7	Jeffrey	792	↓1	13
8	William	790	↑2	6
9	Timothy	780	↓2	11
10	Richard	747	↑1	8
11	Kevin	707	↓2	17
12	Steven	704	–	14
13	Brian	693	–	10
14	Christopher	651	↑1	9
15	Thomas	542	↑1	12
16	Scott	540	↓2	16
17	Charles	520	↑1	20
18	Joseph	487	↑3	15
19	Paul	473	↓2	18
20	Daniel	468	↓1	19
21	Kenneth	429	↓1	22
22	Anthony	404	↑5	21
23	Ronald	395	↑3	24
24	Gary	364	↓1	32
25	Eric	352	↑4	23
26	Gregory	341	↓4	25
27	Keith	339	↑1	34
28	Donald	323	↓3	27
29	Douglas	320	↑1	33
30	Matthew	319	↑3	28
31	Stephen	319	↓7	26
32	Patrick	294	↑3	30
33	Larry	278	↓2	38
34	Todd	278	↓2	29
35	Jerry	252	↑1	41
36	Terry	242	↓2	42
37	Edward	227	↑1	31
38	Dennis	208	↑1	43
39	Jeffery	204	↑3	47
40	Bryan	199	↑3	52
41	Randy	190	↓1	49
42	Rodney	190	↓5	37
43	Craig	186	↓2	46
44	Troy	181	new	40
45	Roger	167	new	53
46	Darren	160	↓1	63
47	Tony	156	↑1	50
48	Andrew	154	↓4	35
49	Bradley	152	new	66
50	George	146	–	36

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