Popular baby names in Missouri, 1970

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (961 babies) and Michael for boys (1,960). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 75,053 babies born in Missouri in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1970

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

Girls

Lesa: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marla: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Demetrius: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Garry: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tim: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Grant: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Monte: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jimmie: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Everett: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	961	↑2	3
2	Michelle	930	–	4
3	Jennifer	911	↑2	1
4	Lisa	883	↓3	2
5	Angela	839	↓1	6
6	Amy	641	↑2	5
7	Melissa	617	↓1	7
8	Julie	550	↓1	11
9	Tammy	494	↑2	8
10	Tracy	489	↑7	10
11	Mary	468	↓2	9
12	Laura	443	↓2	13
13	Stephanie	420	↑1	17
14	Tina	410	↑2	21
15	Susan	395	↓2	15
16	Kelly	385	↓4	20
17	Karen	383	↑1	12
18	Lori	369	↑1	23
19	Dawn	364	↑4	16
20	Christine	362	↓5	14
21	Christina	347	↑4	35
22	Heather	332	↑17	19
23	Cynthia	325	↓3	25
24	Shannon	322	↑11	22
25	Elizabeth	310	↓4	18
26	Pamela	297	↓2	26
27	Rebecca	287	↓5	29
28	Patricia	286	↓2	24
29	Teresa	265	↓1	34
30	Dana	252	↑3	54
31	Stacy	250	↑7	42
32	Deborah	228	↓2	33
33	Donna	218	↓4	32
34	Stacey	216	↑2	48
35	Nicole	215	new	30
36	Rhonda	211	↓5	46
37	Sandra	198	↓10	27
38	Tonya	195	new	49
39	Cheryl	190	↓7	44
40	Jill	189	↑9	52
41	Robin	186	↑5	51
42	Linda	184	↓8	38
43	Paula	176	↓2	57
44	Michele	175	↓4	31
45	Kathleen	173	new	45
46	Wendy	172	↑1	28
47	Sherry	170	↓10	60
48	Denise	169	↓5	36
49	Sheila	167	↓1	75
50	Sharon	166	↓5	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,960	–	1
2	James	1,540	–	2
3	David	1,350	–	3
4	John	1,320	–	4
5	Robert	1,171	–	5
6	Christopher	1,040	–	6
7	Jeffrey	836	↑3	11
8	William	823	↑1	7
9	Mark	813	↓1	9
10	Brian	783	↓3	8
11	Scott	735	↑2	12
12	Steven	734	–	15
13	Kevin	696	↓2	14
14	Richard	651	↑1	10
15	Timothy	651	↓1	20
16	Charles	604	–	21
17	Matthew	555	↑4	24
18	Jason	541	↑10	13
19	Eric	528	↑6	18
20	Thomas	519	↓1	17
21	Daniel	512	↓3	19
22	Joseph	506	↓5	16
23	Anthony	442	↓1	22
24	Paul	440	↓4	23
25	Kenneth	407	↓2	25
26	Stephen	392	↓2	27
27	Gregory	378	–	26
28	Donald	347	↑2	30
29	Douglas	313	–	36
30	Gary	313	↑2	35
31	Todd	308	–	28
32	Ronald	304	↓6	29
33	Larry	274	↑1	43
34	Craig	264	↑2	39
35	Patrick	263	↓2	33
36	Keith	262	↑4	38
37	Shawn	260	↑1	34
38	Bradley	255	↓3	47
39	Edward	234	↑3	31
40	Andrew	233	↓1	32
41	Terry	232	↓4	54
42	Jerry	230	↓1	45
43	Sean	227	↑3	37
44	Bryan	213	↓1	53
45	Jeffery	178	–	50
46	Aaron	175	new	52
47	Troy	171	↑2	41
48	Darren	170	↓1	75
49	Russell	170	new	58
50	Dennis	161	↓6	46

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