State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,148 Missouri births in 1973 across 1,145 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#92Kelly#147 nationally
#65Carla#114 nationally
#57Shelly#104 nationally
#82Damon#125 nationally
#59Shannon#100 nationally
#70Deanna#111 nationally
#73Darren#113 nationally
#93Darrell#131 nationally
#99Julia#136 nationally
#75Regina#110 nationally
#99Andre#132 nationally
#56Paula#87 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,437US #1
#2Amy794US #2
#3Angela718US #7
#4Michelle684US #3
#5Kimberly621US #4
#6Lisa529US #5
#7Melissa510US #6
#8Heather503US #8
#9Stephanie459US #9
#10Rebecca442US #10
#11Julie411US #12
#12Christina372US #16
#13Tammy319US #15
#14Mary295US #14
#15Kelly281US #18
#16Dawn280US #21
#17Nicole278US #11
#18Laura275US #19
#19Tina270US #24
#20Tracy268US #20
#21Elizabeth266US #13
#22Christine253US #17
#23Lori252US #28
#24Stacy241US #32
#25Sarah216US #35
#26Shannon211US #22
#27Cynthia210US #26
#28Susan207US #25
#29Karen205US #23
#30Tonya204US #36
#31Patricia184US #27
#32Carrie180US #46
#33Stacey179US #41
#34Tiffany177US #52
#35Andrea173US #30
#36Dana158US #59
#37Melanie153US #43
#38April148US #33
#39Crystal146US #48
#40Teresa145US #45
#41Tara141US #37
#42Jill137US #62
#43Denise134US #38
#44Wendy134US #29
#45Christy131US #73
#46Melinda130US #72
#47Pamela127US #47
#48Rachel127US #42
#49Amanda126US #51
#50Monica126US #40
#51Rhonda126US #70
#52Holly124US #54
#53Deborah123US #56
#54Katherine123US #64
#55Robin123US #60
#56Paula120US #87
#57Shelly109US #104
#58Tanya109US #50
#59Theresa108US #69
#60Michele107US #44
#61Sandra106US #39
#62Tamara106US #66
#63Jessica105US #34
#64Catherine102US #67
#65Carla101US #114
#66Brenda100US #53
#67Barbara99US #63
#68Donna99US #55
#69Sherry98US #76
#70Deanna97US #111
#71Sara97US #89
#72Leslie95US #75
#73Brandy94US #82
#74Misty91US #90
#75Regina87US #110
#76Sharon87US #57
#77Kathleen86US #68
#78Anna85US #86
#79Kristen85US #58
#80Cheryl84US #74
#81Danielle84US #49
#82Gina84US #83
#83Linda84US #61
#84Sheila84US #101
#85Cindy83US #92
#86Jacqueline82US #88
#87Emily80US #99
#88Erica80US #81
#89Brandi79US #109
#90Debra79US #84
#91Kristina79US #97
#92Erin77US #79
#93Jamie76US #103
#94Victoria75US #95
#95Bridget72US #112
#96Janet71US #119
#97Kathryn71US #107
#98Ann69US #93
#99Julia69US #136
#100Margaret69US #94

Boys

#1Michael1,486US #1
#2Christopher1,271US #2
#3Jason1,235US #3
#4James1,023US #4
#5John957US #6
#6David950US #5
#7Brian933US #8
#8Robert841US #7
#9Matthew712US #10
#10William657US #9
#11Kevin555US #14
#12Jeffrey538US #17
#13Mark516US #15
#14Scott511US #18
#15Daniel507US #11
#16Steven455US #20
#17Richard444US #16
#18Timothy435US #22
#19Eric414US #13
#20Joseph402US #12
#21Charles397US #23
#22Chad352US #25
#23Thomas351US #19
#24Anthony320US #21
#25Shawn316US #27
#26Aaron302US #34
#27Paul284US #24
#28Gregory276US #26
#29Ryan274US #30
#30Kenneth252US #28
#31Travis237US #53
#32Ronald236US #40
#33Stephen231US #32
#34Bryan223US #43
#35Andrew221US #29
#36Todd216US #35
#37Donald213US #38
#38Gary213US #44
#39Larry206US #50
#40Jeremy205US #33
#41Douglas203US #47
#42Sean200US #36
#43Patrick182US #37
#44Bradley179US #62
#45Terry174US #65
#46Keith172US #41
#47Craig170US #48
#48Jonathan170US #31
#49Jerry164US #57
#50Edward162US #39
#51Joshua157US #42
#52Justin151US #51
#53Dennis142US #56
#54Shane134US #54
#55Nathan128US #63
#56Adam127US #45
#57Brandon125US #58
#58Jeffery120US #64
#59Shannon118US #100
#60Benjamin106US #55
#61Billy104US #76
#62Carl98US #90
#63Randy97US #79
#64Rodney97US #68
#65Brent95US #80
#66Phillip94US #71
#67Russell92US #77
#68George91US #46
#69Derek89US #69
#70Tony88US #78
#71Troy88US #59
#72Danny85US #83
#73Darren84US #113
#74Bobby82US #93
#75Johnny82US #82
#76Peter82US #52
#77Micheal81US #106
#78Jesse80US #75
#79Curtis78US #98
#80Samuel77US #66
#81Brett76US #88
#82Damon74US #125
#83Corey73US #89
#84Jamie73US #70
#85Raymond73US #60
#86Roger72US #84
#87Chris70US #96
#88Frank70US #61
#89Marcus70US #72
#90Kyle69US #110
#91Nicholas69US #85
#92Kelly67US #147
#93Darrell62US #131
#94Jon60US #94
#95Philip60US #91
#96Randall60US #121
#97Derrick58US #87
#98Jimmy57US #95
#99Andre56US #132
#100Gerald55US #102

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑45Amanda#49
↑35Joshua#51
↑33Tanya#58
↑24Crystal#39
↑21Holly#52
↑21Anna#78
↑21Carl#62
↑18Tamara#62

Falling

↓37Linda#83
↓30Cheryl#80
↓30Raymond#85
↓26Sandra#61
↓21Donna#68
↓21Chris#87
↓19Troy#71
↓19Roger#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.