Popular baby names in Missouri, 1969

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,071 babies) and Michael for boys (1,986). Social Security records list 72,832 babies born in Missouri in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1969

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: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ronda: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chris: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shelly: 156 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dianna: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Glenda: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Janelle: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jana: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Clay: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chuck: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tim: 75 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shannon: 112 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jimmie: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Matt: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Clint: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cecil: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,071	–	1
2	Michelle	893	↑1	2
3	Kimberly	882	↓1	4
4	Angela	726	–	7
5	Jennifer	661	↑1	3
6	Melissa	595	↓1	5
7	Julie	587	↑4	12
8	Amy	532	↑7	6
9	Mary	520	–	8
10	Laura	504	↓3	10
11	Tammy	501	↓1	9
12	Kelly	445	↓4	15
13	Susan	424	↓1	11
14	Stephanie	405	↑6	19
15	Christine	390	↑1	14
16	Tina	389	↓3	22
17	Tracy	385	–	17
18	Karen	367	↓4	13
19	Lori	346	↑4	20
20	Cynthia	341	↓2	23
21	Elizabeth	338	↑5	16
22	Rebecca	329	–	28
23	Dawn	328	↑2	21
24	Pamela	306	↓5	24
25	Christina	297	↑5	37
26	Patricia	297	↓5	18
27	Sandra	270	↑6	25
28	Teresa	266	–	32
29	Donna	239	↓2	26
30	Deborah	238	↓6	27
31	Rhonda	224	↓2	44
32	Cheryl	219	↑3	41
33	Dana	211	↑5	60
34	Linda	210	↓2	33
35	Shannon	208	new	31
36	Stacey	207	↑12	52
37	Sherry	202	↑8	55
38	Stacy	201	new	53
39	Heather	199	new	34
40	Michele	194	↓4	30
41	Paula	192	↓7	50
42	Barbara	189	↓5	39
43	Denise	188	↑7	35
44	Brenda	185	↓13	38
45	Sharon	183	↓6	36
46	Robin	182	↓6	46
47	Wendy	178	new	29
48	Sheila	169	↓1	68
49	Jill	166	↓5	51
50	Leslie	166	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,986	–	1
2	James	1,453	–	3
3	David	1,395	↑1	2
4	John	1,350	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,318	–	5
6	Christopher	885	↑5	7
7	Brian	881	–	9
8	Mark	843	↓2	8
9	William	809	↓1	6
10	Jeffrey	798	↓1	11
11	Kevin	719	↑1	16
12	Steven	699	↑2	14
13	Scott	696	↑2	12
14	Timothy	676	↓4	17
15	Richard	658	↓2	10
16	Charles	544	↑1	19
17	Joseph	517	↑3	15
18	Daniel	505	↑1	18
19	Thomas	503	↓3	13
20	Paul	460	↓2	22
21	Matthew	427	↑3	24
22	Anthony	419	–	20
23	Kenneth	403	↓2	23
24	Stephen	399	↑3	27
25	Eric	386	↓2	21
26	Ronald	370	↓1	29
27	Gregory	362	↑2	26
28	Jason	341	new	25
29	Douglas	323	↓1	34
30	Donald	316	↓4	30
31	Todd	316	–	28
32	Gary	314	↓2	35
33	Patrick	291	–	31
34	Larry	278	↓2	40
35	Bradley	251	↑14	53
36	Craig	250	↑2	39
37	Terry	246	–	52
38	Shawn	240	↑4	41
39	Andrew	235	↑1	33
40	Keith	225	↓6	36
41	Jerry	221	↓5	45
42	Edward	211	↓3	32
43	Bryan	202	↓8	51
44	Dennis	199	↓1	44
45	Jeffery	193	↓4	48
46	Sean	183	↓1	37
47	Darren	182	↓1	60
48	Randy	171	↑2	55
49	Troy	165	↓1	42
50	Tony	159	new	54

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