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Baby names in Missouri, 1960s

1960–1969 · 805,205 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Missouri across the 1960s, with 18,787 births in the decade. The state recorded 805,205 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Missouri in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Glennon10324×
Lindell56
Cortez48
Gayla236
Synetta6
Ladonna317
Marnice5
Lavonda65

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael18,787
#2David16,847
#3John16,072
#4James15,875
#5Robert13,707
#6Lisa12,140
#7Mark11,721
#8Mary9,149
#9William8,886
#10Kevin8,386
#11Jeffrey8,022
#12Richard7,890
#13Steven7,803
#14Timothy7,241
#15Kimberly6,961
#16Karen6,835
#17Thomas6,326
#18Charles6,204
#19Susan6,197
#20Brian6,190
#21Scott5,944
#22Linda5,441
#23Christopher5,428
#24Daniel5,337
#25Kenneth5,288

Other decades in Missouri

All Missouri names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org