State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,051 Missouri births in 1970 across 1,176 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Missouri more than they say America.

#77Kelly#135 nationally
#81Mike#136 nationally
#78Shannon#128 nationally
#57Shelly#103 nationally
#74Jeff#116 nationally
#64Christy#105 nationally
#87Micheal#126 nationally
#67Darrell#102 nationally
#75Dale#110 nationally
#60Carla#94 nationally
#99Ronnie#133 nationally
#92Sherri#122 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly961US #3
#2Michelle930US #4
#3Jennifer912US #1
#4Lisa883US #2
#5Angela839US #6
#6Amy641US #5
#7Melissa617US #7
#8Julie550US #11
#9Tammy494US #8
#10Tracy489US #10
#11Mary468US #9
#12Laura443US #13
#13Stephanie420US #17
#14Tina410US #21
#15Susan395US #15
#16Kelly385US #20
#17Karen383US #12
#18Lori369US #23
#19Dawn364US #16
#20Christine362US #14
#21Christina347US #35
#22Heather332US #19
#23Cynthia325US #25
#24Shannon322US #22
#25Elizabeth310US #18
#26Pamela297US #26
#27Rebecca287US #29
#28Patricia286US #24
#29Teresa265US #34
#30Dana252US #54
#31Stacy250US #42
#32Deborah228US #33
#33Donna218US #32
#34Stacey216US #48
#35Nicole215US #30
#36Rhonda211US #46
#37Sandra198US #27
#38Tonya195US #49
#39Cheryl190US #44
#40Jill189US #52
#41Robin186US #51
#42Linda184US #38
#43Paula176US #57
#44Michele175US #31
#45Kathleen173US #45
#46Wendy172US #28
#47Sherry170US #60
#48Denise169US #36
#49Sheila167US #75
#50Sharon166US #37
#51Sarah165US #65
#52Brenda157US #40
#53Andrea150US #43
#54Catherine148US #59
#55Gina148US #61
#56Leslie145US #64
#57Shelly143US #103
#58Barbara142US #41
#59Debra139US #47
#60Carla132US #94
#61Carrie132US #73
#62Nancy132US #50
#63Rachel131US #58
#64Christy130US #105
#65Kathy130US #77
#66Ann129US #62
#67Cindy126US #72
#68Theresa124US #53
#69Tracey124US #55
#70Beth123US #92
#71Melinda119US #93
#72Carol118US #71
#73Monica117US #56
#74Holly116US #74
#75Katherine112US #67
#76Jacqueline110US #66
#77Kristin107US #63
#78Victoria107US #85
#79Carolyn106US #84
#80Margaret105US #80
#81Regina105US #86
#82Tamara105US #79
#83Deanna98US #90
#84Diane98US #70
#85Kathryn98US #104
#86Renee97US #68
#87Terri97US #113
#88Melanie96US #91
#89Connie94US #116
#90Kim94US #78
#91Janet93US #96
#92Sherri93US #122
#93Traci92US #100
#94Diana91US #89
#95Tanya91US #76
#96Valerie90US #97
#97Julia88US #121
#98Kristi88US #123
#99Suzanne88US #87
#100Tricia88US #124

Boys

#1Michael1,960US #1
#2James1,540US #2
#3David1,350US #3
#4John1,320US #4
#5Robert1,171US #5
#6Christopher1,040US #6
#7Jeffrey836US #11
#8William822US #7
#9Mark813US #9
#10Brian782US #8
#11Scott735US #12
#12Steven734US #15
#13Kevin697US #14
#14Richard651US #10
#15Timothy651US #20
#16Charles604US #21
#17Matthew555US #24
#18Jason541US #13
#19Eric528US #18
#20Thomas519US #17
#21Daniel512US #19
#22Joseph506US #16
#23Anthony442US #22
#24Paul440US #23
#25Kenneth406US #25
#26Stephen392US #27
#27Gregory378US #26
#28Donald347US #30
#29Douglas313US #36
#30Gary313US #35
#31Todd308US #28
#32Ronald304US #29
#33Larry274US #43
#34Craig264US #39
#35Patrick263US #33
#36Keith262US #38
#37Shawn260US #34
#38Bradley255US #47
#39Edward234US #31
#40Andrew233US #32
#41Terry232US #54
#42Jerry230US #45
#43Sean227US #37
#44Bryan213US #53
#45Jeffery178US #50
#46Aaron175US #52
#47Troy171US #41
#48Darren170US #75
#49Russell170US #58
#50Dennis161US #46
#51Rodney151US #55
#52Tony150US #57
#53Chad146US #51
#54Jonathan144US #42
#55Travis144US #69
#56George143US #40
#57Randy143US #59
#58Danny129US #85
#59Phillip128US #73
#60Brent124US #74
#61Chris123US #63
#62Roger120US #61
#63Carl114US #66
#64Billy113US #78
#65Shane110US #64
#66Bobby107US #87
#67Darrell107US #102
#68Lance105US #76
#69Raymond104US #49
#70Frank103US #48
#71Randall103US #100
#72Curtis99US #88
#73Jimmy97US #86
#74Jeff95US #116
#75Dale94US #110
#76Jon93US #68
#77Kelly93US #135
#78Shannon92US #128
#79Derek91US #77
#80Lawrence91US #83
#81Mike90US #136
#82Gerald89US #67
#83Jeremy88US #70
#84Peter86US #44
#85Steve84US #114
#86Marc81US #60
#87Micheal81US #126
#88Vincent81US #79
#89Johnny79US #65
#90Benjamin77US #81
#91Kyle77US #120
#92Roy77US #108
#93Brett76US #99
#94Samuel76US #62
#95Ricky75US #105
#96Jay74US #97
#97Corey72US #84
#98Joe71US #90
#99Ronnie71US #133
#100Bruce70US #94

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑29Chad#53
↑28Shane#65
↑26Nicole#35
↑25Holly#74
↑25Travis#55
↑23Bobby#66
↑22Christy#64
↑21Beth#70

Falling

↓29Sherri#92
↓27Corey#97
↓25Bruce#100
↓21Terri#87
↓21Kim#90
↓21Janet#91
↓19Diane#84
↓18Samuel#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.