Popular baby names in Missouri, 1968

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,142 babies) and Michael for boys (1,879). Social Security records list 69,434 babies born in Missouri in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1968

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: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Saundra: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marsha: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Malinda: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rosalind: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jerri: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marla: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dana: 202 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jimmie: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tim: 98 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Randal: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lamont: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darin: 84 babies, 2× the national rate
Doug: 25 babies, 2× the national rate
Virgil: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,142	–	1
2	Kimberly	837	–	3
3	Michelle	804	–	2
4	Angela	672	↑1	7
5	Melissa	546	↑5	5
6	Jennifer	544	↑6	4
7	Laura	532	↑4	11
8	Kelly	492	↑6	12
9	Mary	492	↓5	6
10	Tammy	483	↓2	8
11	Julie	463	↓4	16
12	Susan	446	↓3	10
13	Tina	444	–	18
14	Karen	436	↓8	9
15	Amy	419	↑1	13
16	Christine	392	↑1	14
17	Tracy	369	↑4	25
18	Cynthia	356	↓3	19
19	Pamela	356	–	20
20	Stephanie	355	↑3	23
21	Patricia	326	↓1	15
22	Rebecca	301	↑8	33
23	Lori	295	↓1	22
24	Deborah	288	↑3	27
25	Dawn	287	↑7	21
26	Elizabeth	287	↓8	17
27	Donna	276	↓3	24
28	Teresa	275	↓3	30
29	Rhonda	260	–	42
30	Christina	259	↑7	44
31	Brenda	247	↑2	34
32	Linda	244	↓4	28
33	Sandra	239	↓7	26
34	Paula	231	↑11	45
35	Cheryl	222	↓4	37
36	Michele	213	↑11	29
37	Barbara	203	↓1	36
38	Dana	202	↑8	70
39	Sharon	196	↓4	32
40	Robin	189	↓2	43
41	Debra	188	–	38
42	Nancy	186	↓8	39
43	Kathleen	185	↑6	40
44	Jill	177	–	46
45	Sherry	175	↓3	52
46	Theresa	167	↓3	47
47	Sheila	164	↓7	59
48	Stacey	162	new	55
49	Gina	155	new	58
50	Denise	153	↓11	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,879	–	1
2	James	1,405	↑1	4
3	John	1,332	↑1	3
4	David	1,325	↓2	2
5	Robert	1,177	–	5
6	Mark	883	–	7
7	Brian	831	↑6	10
8	William	791	–	6
9	Jeffrey	763	↓2	11
10	Timothy	729	↓1	13
11	Christopher	721	↑3	9
12	Kevin	705	↓1	17
13	Richard	661	↓3	8
14	Steven	652	↓2	15
15	Scott	557	↑1	14
16	Thomas	545	↓1	12
17	Charles	504	–	20
18	Paul	496	↑1	19
19	Daniel	450	↑1	18
20	Joseph	437	↓2	16
21	Kenneth	427	–	23
22	Anthony	389	–	21
23	Eric	376	↑2	22
24	Matthew	369	↑6	24
25	Ronald	350	↓2	25
26	Donald	341	↑2	29
27	Stephen	341	↑4	27
28	Douglas	338	↑1	33
29	Gregory	338	↓3	26
30	Gary	324	↓6	32
31	Todd	301	↑3	28
32	Larry	295	↑1	38
33	Patrick	279	↓1	30
34	Keith	268	↓7	35
35	Bryan	241	↑5	51
36	Jerry	227	↓1	44
37	Terry	220	↓1	48
38	Craig	208	↑5	41
39	Edward	205	↓2	31
40	Andrew	202	↑8	34
41	Jeffery	202	↓2	46
42	Shawn	199	new	43
43	Dennis	194	↓5	45
44	Rodney	185	↓2	42
45	Sean	182	new	37
46	Darren	180	–	60
47	George	171	↑3	36
48	Troy	171	↓4	40
49	Bradley	153	–	57
50	Randy	148	↓9	54

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