State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,420 Missouri births in 1972 across 1,193 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#80Damon#137 nationally
#99Wesley#154 nationally
#86Sherri#129 nationally
#88Dale#131 nationally
#65Darren#106 nationally
#83Terri#124 nationally
#54Shannon#94 nationally
#56Shelly#94 nationally
#75Kyle#113 nationally
#87Misty#125 nationally
#69Carla#106 nationally
#90Shelley#126 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,438US #1
#2Michelle829US #2
#3Angela822US #6
#4Amy710US #5
#5Kimberly677US #4
#6Lisa670US #3
#7Melissa541US #7
#8Stephanie447US #8
#9Julie420US #12
#10Rebecca404US #14
#11Tammy388US #11
#12Heather376US #9
#13Christina358US #26
#14Mary357US #13
#15Tina344US #18
#16Nicole317US #10
#17Kelly315US #23
#18Dawn307US #20
#19Tracy302US #19
#20Laura293US #17
#21Christine287US #16
#22Elizabeth275US #15
#23Cynthia263US #25
#24Shannon262US #22
#25Susan261US #24
#26Stacy247US #33
#27Lori246US #28
#28Karen238US #21
#29Patricia204US #27
#30Sarah192US #49
#31Andrea184US #30
#32Dana182US #52
#33Stacey181US #41
#34Teresa175US #39
#35Sandra172US #31
#36Rachel163US #40
#37Tonya163US #37
#38Carrie159US #53
#39Deborah156US #43
#40Pamela155US #34
#41Jill153US #62
#42Robin152US #55
#43Denise142US #35
#44Tiffany140US #61
#45Melanie139US #42
#46Linda137US #51
#47Donna132US #45
#48Tara130US #38
#49Wendy130US #29
#50Cheryl129US #56
#51Rhonda129US #60
#52Michele128US #36
#53Christy127US #74
#54April124US #48
#55Leslie124US #75
#56Shelly124US #94
#57Barbara123US #58
#58Sharon120US #50
#59Nancy119US #63
#60Sherry119US #70
#61Katherine116US #69
#62Melinda116US #81
#63Crystal115US #59
#64Monica110US #47
#65Paula110US #72
#66Theresa110US #68
#67Brenda105US #44
#68Jacqueline105US #79
#69Carla104US #106
#70Jessica101US #46
#71Gina98US #78
#72Sara98US #101
#73Holly97US #71
#74Sheila97US #90
#75Debra96US #66
#76Catherine93US #65
#77Regina93US #104
#78Kathleen89US #57
#79Kristin88US #67
#80Tamara88US #84
#81Kathy87US #108
#82Ann86US #91
#83Terri84US #124
#84Kathryn83US #103
#85Deanna82US #107
#86Sherri82US #129
#87Misty81US #125
#88Renee81US #77
#89Cindy80US #80
#90Shelley80US #126
#91Tanya79US #54
#92Erica77US #87
#93Margaret77US #95
#94Amanda76US #76
#95Carol75US #109
#96Jamie75US #114
#97Kristina75US #112
#98Tricia75US #120
#99Anna72US #86
#100Anita71US #136

Boys

#1Michael1,656US #1
#2Christopher1,323US #2
#3James1,181US #3
#4David1,059US #4
#5Brian1,029US #8
#6Robert1,004US #6
#7John988US #5
#8Jason868US #7
#9Matthew713US #10
#10William709US #9
#11Jeffrey635US #17
#12Scott620US #11
#13Daniel558US #15
#14Kevin556US #13
#15Mark554US #18
#16Eric531US #16
#17Steven507US #19
#18Timothy504US #21
#19Richard470US #14
#20Joseph452US #12
#21Charles422US #23
#22Thomas410US #20
#23Chad328US #25
#24Anthony321US #22
#25Shawn316US #28
#26Paul306US #24
#27Gregory299US #26
#28Stephen293US #29
#29Donald284US #36
#30Kenneth276US #27
#31Ronald261US #32
#32Aaron254US #40
#33Bryan235US #45
#34Gary235US #41
#35Douglas232US #43
#36Patrick227US #35
#37Todd216US #31
#38Ryan215US #39
#39Travis212US #57
#40Larry205US #47
#41Sean205US #33
#42Andrew196US #30
#43Bradley187US #61
#44Keith181US #38
#45Jonathan179US #37
#46Jerry176US #53
#47Craig175US #46
#48Terry156US #62
#49Jeremy150US #42
#50Jeffery145US #58
#51Dennis137US #52
#52Troy136US #49
#53Edward135US #34
#54Shannon134US #94
#55Raymond121US #54
#56Shane118US #55
#57Billy113US #81
#58Tony113US #68
#59Justin112US #60
#60George111US #44
#61Rodney111US #65
#62Danny109US #87
#63Derek106US #67
#64Brent105US #77
#65Darren104US #106
#66Chris102US #82
#67Roger100US #76
#68Russell98US #69
#69Nathan97US #79
#70Phillip97US #75
#71Brandon95US #63
#72Randy94US #70
#73Adam90US #51
#74Jamie90US #72
#75Kyle88US #113
#76Micheal87US #108
#77Benjamin86US #64
#78Jon85US #89
#79Bobby84US #90
#80Damon84US #137
#81Frank83US #56
#82Samuel83US #66
#83Carl82US #85
#84Curtis80US #92
#85Johnny80US #74
#86Joshua79US #59
#87Peter77US #48
#88Dale75US #131
#89Brett74US #80
#90Nicholas74US #99
#91Lawrence70US #101
#92Marcus69US #71
#93Alan68US #110
#94Derrick67US #91
#95Darrell65US #122
#96Jimmy65US #97
#97Bruce64US #121
#98Lance64US #126
#99Wesley64US #154
#100Roy63US #114

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑38Justin#59
↑34Tara#48
↑29Crystal#63
↑25Melanie#45
↑21Nathan#69
↑21Benjamin#77
↑19April#54
↑18Sharon#58

Falling

↓27Roy#100
↓26Kathleen#78
↓23Paula#65
↓22Lance#98
↓19Debra#75
↓19Catherine#76
↓17Tamara#80
↓17Cindy#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.