Popular baby names in Missouri, 1973

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,437 babies) and Michael for boys (1,486). Social Security records list 62,145 babies born in Missouri in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1973

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

Girls

Kristal: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Lashonda: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Christal: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dena: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darla: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lawanda: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maggie: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Amie: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lora: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ronda: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darrin: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrell: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jimmie: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shannon: 118 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marlon: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Orlando: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Scotty: 30 babies, 2× the national rate
Floyd: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,437	–	1
2	Amy	794	↑2	2
3	Angela	718	–	7
4	Michelle	684	↓2	3
5	Kimberly	621	–	4
6	Lisa	529	–	5
7	Melissa	510	–	6
8	Heather	503	↑4	8
9	Stephanie	459	↓1	9
10	Rebecca	442	–	10
11	Julie	411	↓2	12
12	Christina	372	↑1	16
13	Tammy	319	↓2	15
14	Mary	295	–	14
15	Kelly	281	↑2	18
16	Dawn	280	↑2	21
17	Nicole	278	↓1	11
18	Laura	275	↑2	19
19	Tina	270	↓4	24
20	Tracy	268	↓1	20
21	Elizabeth	266	↑1	13
22	Christine	253	↓1	17
23	Lori	252	↑4	28
24	Stacy	241	↑2	32
25	Sarah	216	↑5	35
26	Shannon	211	↓2	22
27	Cynthia	210	↓4	26
28	Susan	207	↓3	25
29	Karen	205	↓1	23
30	Tonya	204	↑7	36
31	Patricia	184	↓2	27
32	Carrie	180	↑6	46
33	Stacey	179	–	41
34	Tiffany	177	↑10	52
35	Andrea	173	↓4	30
36	Dana	158	↓4	59
37	Melanie	153	↑8	43
38	April	148	new	33
39	Crystal	146	new	48
40	Teresa	145	↓6	45
41	Tara	141	↑7	37
42	Jill	137	↓1	62
43	Denise	134	–	38
44	Wendy	134	↑5	29
45	Christy	131	new	73
46	Melinda	130	new	72
47	Pamela	127	↓7	47
48	Rachel	127	↓12	42
49	Amanda	126	new	51
50	Monica	126	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,486	–	1
2	Christopher	1,271	–	2
3	Jason	1,235	↑5	3
4	James	1,023	↓1	4
5	John	957	↑2	6
6	David	950	↓2	5
7	Brian	933	↓2	8
8	Robert	841	↓2	7
9	Matthew	712	–	10
10	William	657	–	9
11	Kevin	555	↑3	14
12	Jeffrey	538	↓1	17
13	Mark	516	↑2	15
14	Scott	511	↓2	18
15	Daniel	507	↓2	11
16	Steven	454	↑1	20
17	Richard	444	↑2	16
18	Timothy	435	–	22
19	Eric	414	↓3	13
20	Joseph	402	–	12
21	Charles	397	–	23
22	Chad	352	↑1	25
23	Thomas	351	↓1	19
24	Anthony	320	–	21
25	Shawn	316	–	27
26	Aaron	302	↑6	34
27	Paul	284	↓1	24
28	Gregory	276	↓1	26
29	Ryan	274	↑9	30
30	Kenneth	252	–	28
31	Travis	237	↑8	53
32	Ronald	236	↓1	40
33	Stephen	230	↓5	32
34	Bryan	223	↓1	43
35	Andrew	221	↑7	29
36	Todd	216	↑1	35
37	Donald	213	↓8	38
38	Gary	213	↓4	44
39	Larry	206	↑1	50
40	Jeremy	205	↑9	33
41	Douglas	203	↓6	47
42	Sean	200	↓1	36
43	Patrick	182	↓7	37
44	Bradley	179	↓1	62
45	Terry	174	↑3	65
46	Keith	172	↓2	41
47	Craig	170	–	48
48	Jonathan	170	↓3	31
49	Jerry	164	↓3	57
50	Edward	162	new	39

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