Popular baby names in Missouri, 1972

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,438 babies) and Michael for boys (1,656). Social Security records list 66,417 babies born in Missouri in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1972

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: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Rachelle: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Angelia: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Malinda: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karrie: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lorie: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lawanda: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marla: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dionne: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lea: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Demetrius: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Micah: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shannon: 134 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Byron: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jimmie: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Damon: 84 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,438	–	1
2	Michelle	829	↑1	2
3	Angela	822	↓1	6
4	Amy	711	↑2	5
5	Kimberly	677	–	4
6	Lisa	670	↓2	3
7	Melissa	541	–	7
8	Stephanie	446	↑2	8
9	Julie	420	↓1	12
10	Rebecca	404	↑3	14
11	Tammy	388	↓2	11
12	Heather	376	↑10	9
13	Christina	358	↑6	26
14	Mary	357	↓3	13
15	Tina	344	↓1	18
16	Nicole	317	↑15	10
17	Kelly	315	↑1	23
18	Dawn	307	↓3	20
19	Tracy	302	↓7	19
20	Laura	293	↓4	17
21	Christine	287	↑3	16
22	Elizabeth	275	↑3	15
23	Cynthia	263	↑3	25
24	Shannon	262	↑3	22
25	Susan	261	↓5	24
26	Stacy	247	↓5	33
27	Lori	246	↓10	28
28	Karen	238	↓5	21
29	Patricia	204	–	27
30	Sarah	192	↑7	49
31	Andrea	184	↑14	30
32	Dana	182	↓2	52
33	Stacey	181	–	41
34	Teresa	175	–	39
35	Sandra	172	↑3	31
36	Rachel	163	↑8	40
37	Tonya	163	↑4	37
38	Carrie	159	↑2	53
39	Deborah	156	↓7	43
40	Pamela	155	↓12	34
41	Jill	153	↓5	62
42	Robin	152	↑5	55
43	Denise	142	↓4	35
44	Tiffany	140	new	61
45	Melanie	139	new	42
46	Linda	137	↓3	51
47	Donna	132	↓1	45
48	Tara	130	new	38
49	Wendy	130	↓1	29
50	Cheryl	129	–	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,656	–	1
2	Christopher	1,323	↑2	2
3	James	1,181	↓1	3
4	David	1,059	↓1	4
5	Brian	1,029	↑2	8
6	Robert	1,004	–	6
7	John	988	↓2	5
8	Jason	868	↑3	7
9	Matthew	712	↑6	10
10	William	710	↓2	9
11	Jeffrey	635	↓1	17
12	Scott	620	↓3	11
13	Daniel	558	↑8	15
14	Kevin	556	–	13
15	Mark	554	↓2	18
16	Eric	531	↑1	16
17	Steven	507	↓5	19
18	Timothy	504	↓2	21
19	Richard	470	–	14
20	Joseph	452	–	12
21	Charles	422	↓3	23
22	Thomas	410	–	20
23	Chad	328	↑7	25
24	Anthony	321	↓1	22
25	Shawn	316	↑1	28
26	Paul	306	↓1	24
27	Gregory	299	–	26
28	Stephen	294	–	29
29	Donald	284	↑7	36
30	Kenneth	276	↓6	27
31	Ronald	261	–	32
32	Aaron	254	↑3	40
33	Bryan	235	↑10	45
34	Gary	235	↓1	41
35	Douglas	232	↓1	43
36	Patrick	227	↑6	35
37	Todd	216	↓5	31
38	Ryan	215	new	39
39	Travis	212	↑9	57
40	Larry	205	↓11	47
41	Sean	205	↑4	33
42	Andrew	196	↓5	30
43	Bradley	187	↓2	61
44	Keith	181	↓6	38
45	Jonathan	179	↑5	37
46	Jerry	176	↓6	53
47	Craig	175	↓3	46
48	Terry	156	↓9	62
49	Jeremy	150	new	42
50	Jeffery	145	↓3	58

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