Popular baby names in Missouri, 1975

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,333 babies) and Michael for boys (1,602). Social Security records list 62,011 babies born in Missouri in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1975

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

Girls

Jason: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lawanda: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lora: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terra: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carey: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cara: 48 babies, 2× the national rate
Lesley: 29 babies, 2× the national rate
Angelia: 27 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Virgil: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Scotty: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rusty: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darrin: 25 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,333	–	1
2	Amy	972	–	2
3	Angela	850	–	5
4	Heather	595	↑3	3
5	Melissa	578	↑1	4
6	Michelle	564	↓2	6
7	Kimberly	561	↓2	7
8	Stephanie	446	–	9
9	Christina	417	↑2	12
10	Rebecca	405	–	11
11	Lisa	385	↓2	8
12	Julie	349	–	18
13	Sarah	343	–	17
14	Amanda	324	↑21	14
15	Kelly	300	↓1	16
16	Mary	295	↓1	19
17	Elizabeth	292	↓1	15
18	Nicole	268	–	10
19	Carrie	262	↑8	29
20	Laura	259	–	20
21	Dawn	247	↓2	23
22	Jessica	244	↑11	13
23	Rachel	226	↑14	26
24	Christine	220	↓1	22
25	Tracy	214	↓8	24
26	Stacy	212	↓2	34
27	Andrea	194	↑9	28
28	Tina	194	↓7	35
29	Shannon	191	↓3	21
30	Lori	190	↓5	39
31	Karen	186	↑1	27
32	Susan	180	↓4	32
33	Tammy	176	↓11	31
34	Tiffany	173	↓4	37
35	Tonya	172	↓6	45
36	Stacey	170	↓5	44
37	Jill	168	↑13	46
38	April	163	–	25
39	Crystal	161	↑2	43
40	Erin	160	↑6	38
41	Wendy	156	↑2	33
42	Dana	155	↓8	62
43	Misty	153	↑5	47
44	Christy	152	–	53
45	Cynthia	152	↓6	40
46	Holly	144	new	55
47	Sara	143	↓2	54
48	Brandy	137	new	57
49	Tara	137	↓7	41
50	Melanie	136	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,602	–	1
2	Jason	1,403	–	2
3	Christopher	1,205	–	3
4	James	969	–	4
5	Matthew	927	↑3	9
6	David	862	↑1	5
7	Brian	855	↓2	8
8	John	824	↓2	7
9	Robert	735	–	6
10	William	558	–	10
11	Daniel	551	↑1	11
12	Jeffrey	503	↓1	14
13	Timothy	498	↑3	22
14	Eric	459	↓1	13
15	Joseph	453	↑3	12
16	Scott	446	↓1	17
17	Jeremy	427	↑6	24
18	Mark	427	↓1	19
19	Kevin	422	↓5	15
20	Steven	379	↓1	18
21	Richard	374	↓1	16
22	Anthony	356	↑3	21
23	Chad	353	↑1	27
24	Charles	353	↓3	25
25	Ryan	352	↑2	23
26	Thomas	341	↓4	20
27	Joshua	322	↑6	26
28	Andrew	303	↑1	28
29	Aaron	299	↓1	32
30	Shawn	279	↓4	31
31	Paul	258	↑1	29
32	Gregory	248	↓2	33
33	Stephen	247	↑1	34
34	Justin	246	↑12	37
35	Bradley	243	↑4	52
36	Kenneth	229	↓1	35
37	Travis	229	↑1	51
38	Benjamin	213	new	36
39	Bryan	208	↓8	47
40	Adam	207	↑1	38
41	Jonathan	207	↑3	30
42	Brandon	200	new	44
43	Todd	198	↑5	43
44	Donald	195	↓8	42
45	Patrick	193	↓8	39
46	Nathan	187	↑3	45
47	Gary	178	↓7	50
48	Sean	178	↓3	40
49	Ronald	167	↓7	46
50	Larry	166	↓7	56

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