Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,308
2	Mary	1,817
3	Patricia	1,253
4	Barbara	1,056
5	Sharon	910
6	Deborah	862
7	Carol	751
8	Donna	750
9	Susan	739
10	Sandra	728
11	Nancy	717
12	Karen	683
13	Brenda	673
14	Kathleen	585
15	Janet	556
16	Carolyn	501
17	Pamela	496
18	Judith	473
19	Janice	472
20	Shirley	436
21	Joyce	433
22	Margaret	419
23	Judy	393
24	Betty	378
25	Connie	372
26	Diane	342
27	Beverly	338
28	Marilyn	331
29	Cynthia	323
30	Cheryl	322
31	Elizabeth	293
32	Rebecca	267
33	Peggy	261
34	Diana	252
35	Kathy	251
36	Martha	243
37	Catherine	240
38	Phyllis	238
39	Christine	234
40	Kathryn	229
41	Dorothy	228
41	Jane	228
43	Ruth	227
44	Vicki	219
45	Wanda	203
46	Paula	197
47	Bonnie	195
48	Joan	192
48	Sherry	192
50	Virginia	188

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,196
2	Robert	2,023
3	Michael	2,001
4	John	1,923
5	David	1,557
6	William	1,401
7	Gary	1,248
8	Richard	1,199
9	Larry	1,087
10	Thomas	1,003
11	Charles	997
12	Ronald	853
13	Donald	784
14	Dennis	767
15	Steven	694
16	Stephen	687
17	Kenneth	674
18	Joseph	514
19	Jerry	491
20	Terry	474
21	Daniel	473
22	Mark	457
23	Paul	441
24	Roger	380
25	Edward	367
26	George	341
27	Danny	293
28	Gregory	290
29	Gerald	254
30	Bruce	248
31	Carl	240
32	Lawrence	236
33	Timothy	233
34	Raymond	227
35	Harold	226
36	Douglas	222
37	Frank	212
38	Dale	206
39	Patrick	202
40	Roy	196
41	Stanley	188
42	Billy	183
43	Wayne	180
44	Ronnie	177
45	Jack	173
46	Walter	155
47	Randall	153
48	Ralph	151
49	Jimmy	150
50	Phillip	149