Popular baby names in Missouri, 1974

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,553 babies) and Michael for boys (1,574). Social Security records list 63,395 babies born in Missouri in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1974

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

Girls

Johnna: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lawanda: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shanna: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jami: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Billie: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Amie: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chasity: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marla: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chrystal: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Quentin: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terrell: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clay: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Courtney: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dustin: 99 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Demetrius: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,553	–	1
2	Amy	925	–	2
3	Angela	781	–	5
4	Michelle	674	–	3
5	Kimberly	583	–	6
6	Melissa	527	↑1	7
7	Heather	526	↑1	4
8	Stephanie	507	↑1	9
9	Lisa	425	↓3	8
10	Rebecca	421	–	10
11	Christina	375	↑1	16
12	Julie	336	↓1	14
13	Sarah	299	↑12	20
14	Kelly	298	↑1	15
15	Mary	290	↓1	13
16	Elizabeth	287	↑5	12
17	Tracy	282	↑3	23
18	Nicole	263	↓1	11
19	Dawn	259	↓3	22
20	Laura	259	↓2	21
21	Tina	239	↓2	25
22	Tammy	237	↓9	24
23	Christine	231	↓1	19
24	Stacy	224	–	38
25	Lori	220	↓2	30
26	Shannon	213	–	18
27	Carrie	208	↑5	42
28	Susan	200	–	27
29	Tonya	198	↑1	37
30	Tiffany	186	↑4	41
31	Stacey	179	↑2	48
32	Karen	173	↓3	26
33	Jessica	172	new	17
34	Dana	171	↑2	55
35	Amanda	166	↑14	34
36	Andrea	165	↓1	35
37	Rachel	162	↑11	36
38	April	160	–	28
39	Cynthia	158	↓12	33
40	Patricia	156	↓9	29
41	Crystal	155	↓2	49
42	Tara	155	↓1	39
43	Wendy	149	↑1	32
44	Christy	147	↑1	57
45	Sara	139	new	61
46	Erin	134	new	47
47	Tanya	133	new	46
48	Misty	131	new	66
49	Deborah	130	new	68
50	Jill	130	↓8	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,574	–	1
2	Jason	1,522	↑1	2
3	Christopher	1,256	↓1	3
4	James	1,005	–	5
5	Brian	941	↑2	8
6	John	902	↓1	6
7	David	867	↓1	4
8	Matthew	847	↑1	9
9	Robert	820	↓1	7
10	William	655	–	10
11	Jeffrey	528	↑1	15
12	Daniel	526	↑3	11
13	Eric	511	↑6	13
14	Kevin	509	↓3	14
15	Scott	496	↓1	18
16	Timothy	489	↑2	22
17	Mark	468	↓4	16
18	Joseph	458	↑2	12
19	Steven	418	↓3	19
20	Richard	396	↓3	17
21	Charles	394	–	23
22	Thomas	375	↑1	20
23	Jeremy	360	↑17	24
24	Chad	327	↓2	26
25	Anthony	322	↓1	21
26	Shawn	312	↓1	30
27	Ryan	301	↑2	25
28	Aaron	289	↓2	32
29	Andrew	280	↑6	28
30	Gregory	260	↓2	31
31	Bryan	257	↑3	45
32	Paul	257	↓5	27
33	Joshua	239	new	29
34	Stephen	237	↓1	35
35	Kenneth	227	↓5	34
36	Donald	225	↑1	41
37	Patrick	212	↑6	38
38	Travis	207	↓7	54
39	Bradley	206	↑5	58
40	Gary	200	↓2	48
41	Adam	197	new	36
42	Ronald	190	↓10	42
43	Larry	179	↓4	55
44	Jonathan	178	↑4	33
45	Sean	178	↓3	37
46	Justin	176	new	43
47	Douglas	175	↓6	53
48	Todd	171	↓12	39
49	Nathan	169	new	52
50	Keith	164	↓4	44

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