Popular baby names in Missouri, 1971

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,148 babies) and Michael for boys (1,814). Social Security records list 72,424 babies born in Missouri in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1971

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

Girls

Ladonna: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Tamra: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cathleen: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lawanda: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karrie: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angelia: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shanna: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rachelle: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kent: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jimmie: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Grant: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jackie: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tom: 38 babies, 2× the national rate
Demetrius: 24 babies, 2× the national rate
Kristopher: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,148	↑2	1
2	Angela	956	↑3	6
3	Michelle	849	↓1	2
4	Lisa	834	–	3
5	Kimberly	812	↓4	4
6	Amy	658	–	5
7	Melissa	562	–	7
8	Julie	498	–	10
9	Tammy	480	–	8
10	Stephanie	469	↑3	11
11	Mary	440	–	9
12	Tracy	403	↓2	13
13	Rebecca	402	↑14	23
14	Tina	384	–	20
15	Dawn	380	↑4	14
16	Laura	369	↓4	16
17	Lori	360	↑1	25
18	Kelly	349	↓2	22
19	Christina	343	↑2	30
20	Susan	343	↓5	17
21	Stacy	318	↑10	32
22	Heather	317	–	12
23	Karen	311	↓6	15
24	Christine	305	↓4	18
25	Elizabeth	288	–	19
26	Cynthia	282	↓3	24
27	Shannon	267	↓3	21
28	Pamela	247	↓2	28
29	Patricia	235	↓1	26
30	Dana	230	–	44
31	Nicole	227	↑4	27
32	Deborah	214	–	33
33	Stacey	214	↑1	41
34	Teresa	213	↓5	34
35	Rhonda	212	↑1	46
36	Jill	200	↑4	59
37	Sarah	194	new	58
38	Sandra	192	↓1	31
39	Denise	189	↑9	36
40	Carrie	188	new	55
41	Tonya	187	↓3	45
42	Paula	171	↑1	63
43	Linda	165	↓1	42
44	Rachel	165	new	54
45	Andrea	163	new	35
46	Donna	163	↓13	38
47	Robin	163	↓6	51
48	Wendy	159	↓2	29
49	Sherry	152	↓2	60
50	Cheryl	151	↓11	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,814	–	1
2	James	1,313	–	2
3	David	1,281	–	3
4	Christopher	1,196	↑2	6
5	John	1,182	↓1	4
6	Robert	1,115	↓1	5
7	Brian	908	↑3	9
8	William	842	–	7
9	Scott	808	↑2	10
10	Jeffrey	757	↓3	12
11	Jason	745	↑7	8
12	Steven	687	–	16
13	Mark	639	↓4	13
14	Kevin	637	↓1	14
15	Matthew	631	↑2	19
16	Timothy	560	↓1	21
17	Eric	533	↑2	18
18	Charles	532	↓2	22
19	Richard	525	↓5	11
20	Joseph	493	↑2	15
21	Daniel	482	–	20
22	Thomas	476	↓2	17
23	Anthony	430	–	23
24	Kenneth	375	↑1	25
25	Paul	362	↓1	24
26	Shawn	335	↑11	28
27	Gregory	329	–	26
28	Stephen	319	↓2	27
29	Larry	301	↑4	44
30	Chad	296	new	29
31	Ronald	283	↑1	31
32	Todd	280	↓1	30
33	Gary	278	↓3	38
34	Douglas	272	↓5	39
35	Aaron	262	↑11	41
36	Donald	261	↓8	34
37	Andrew	243	↑3	33
38	Keith	236	↓2	37
39	Terry	223	↑2	56
40	Jerry	220	↑2	50
41	Bradley	219	↓3	58
42	Patrick	213	↓7	35
43	Bryan	210	↑1	48
44	Craig	210	↓10	43
45	Sean	210	↓2	36
46	Dennis	185	↑4	49
47	Jeffery	183	↓2	53
48	Travis	179	new	61
49	Edward	178	↓10	32
50	Jonathan	174	new	40

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