State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,500 Missouri births in 1976 across 1,166 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#81Shelly#145 nationally
#90Chris#154 nationally
#91Darren#147 nationally
#99Clinton#151 nationally
#94Lance#144 nationally
#92Randall#133 nationally
#83Carla#122 nationally
#99Kara#138 nationally
#64Mandy#100 nationally
#64Shannon#98 nationally
#70Damon#104 nationally
#91Aimee#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,446US #1
#2Amy1,022US #2
#3Angela779US #5
#4Heather610US #4
#5Melissa592US #3
#6Kimberly508US #7
#7Michelle501US #6
#8Amanda441US #10
#9Stephanie437US #11
#10Sarah426US #15
#11Rebecca416US #12
#12Christina409US #14
#13Lisa407US #9
#14Julie337US #21
#15Elizabeth331US #16
#16Jessica326US #8
#17Jamie317US #18
#18Kelly307US #19
#19Laura298US #20
#20Shannon291US #17
#21Carrie282US #28
#22Mary277US #22
#23Nicole265US #13
#24Sara232US #27
#25Rachel220US #23
#26Andrea211US #25
#27Dawn205US #35
#28Stacy203US #38
#29Erin202US #24
#30April201US #30
#31Tiffany200US #32
#32Crystal192US #36
#33Susan188US #40
#34Jill179US #52
#35Jaime178US #29
#36Misty170US #46
#37Tammy156US #41
#38Tonya155US #58
#39Dana154US #64
#40Tracy154US #37
#41Christine153US #26
#42Lori148US #47
#43Stacey148US #51
#44Christy147US #60
#45Emily146US #50
#46Karen143US #31
#47Tina140US #48
#48Wendy140US #39
#49Katherine139US #57
#50Tara139US #42
#51Brandy137US #55
#52Holly134US #56
#53Tanya124US #61
#54Patricia122US #43
#55Leslie121US #65
#56Melanie116US #53
#57Cynthia115US #44
#58Amber114US #49
#59Erica114US #54
#60Brandi100US #79
#61Megan99US #62
#62Danielle98US #33
#63Monica97US #45
#64Mandy93US #100
#65Robin93US #75
#66Melinda90US #95
#67Sandra89US #59
#68Kathryn88US #88
#69Natalie88US #80
#70Teresa88US #66
#71Kristin83US #74
#72Kathleen81US #82
#73Kristen80US #73
#74Alicia79US #71
#75Denise79US #69
#76Victoria79US #92
#77Catherine77US #72
#78Courtney77US #76
#79Donna77US #93
#80Michele77US #63
#81Shelly77US #145
#82Tamara76US #91
#83Carla75US #122
#84Linda74US #90
#85Pamela74US #84
#86Anna72US #78
#87Kristina71US #97
#88Rhonda71US #107
#89Samantha71US #85
#90Valerie71US #83
#91Aimee70US #123
#92Allison70US #67
#93Gina70US #94
#94Kristi70US #104
#95Ann68US #108
#96Deborah68US #96
#97Theresa67US #89
#98Regina66US #116
#99Kara62US #138
#100Paula61US #121

Boys

#1Michael1,510US #1
#2Jason1,351US #2
#3Christopher1,127US #3
#4James967US #5
#5Matthew909US #9
#6David852US #4
#7John852US #6
#8Brian737US #8
#9Robert723US #7
#10Daniel592US #10
#11Jeremy564US #14
#12William557US #11
#13Timothy516US #21
#14Eric513US #13
#15Joseph508US #12
#16Jeffrey470US #17
#17Kevin457US #15
#18Scott449US #24
#19Ryan447US #16
#20Joshua430US #18
#21Mark415US #25
#22Steven408US #20
#23Richard366US #19
#24Aaron358US #30
#25Andrew349US #27
#26Thomas340US #23
#27Anthony330US #22
#28Charles330US #26
#29Shawn299US #34
#30Chad288US #29
#31Travis284US #46
#32Justin279US #33
#33Gregory251US #35
#34Nathan239US #39
#35Bradley238US #51
#36Stephen237US #37
#37Bryan235US #43
#38Paul226US #28
#39Benjamin215US #32
#40Kenneth211US #38
#41Jonathan208US #31
#42Brandon206US #40
#43Donald203US #47
#44Adam196US #36
#45Patrick176US #41
#46Gary165US #52
#47Todd164US #50
#48Keith163US #48
#49Sean163US #42
#50Larry156US #60
#51Ronald154US #49
#52Douglas148US #56
#53Dustin140US #82
#54Craig134US #61
#55Corey128US #64
#56Jacob122US #63
#57Shane121US #57
#58Terry119US #75
#59Dennis111US #66
#60Jesse109US #55
#61Edward106US #45
#62Jamie106US #62
#63Jeffery102US #76
#64Shannon101US #98
#65Jerry99US #67
#66Phillip98US #69
#67Kyle97US #80
#68Samuel94US #59
#69Derek93US #84
#70Damon91US #104
#71Randy91US #79
#72Brent90US #78
#73Billy88US #85
#74Jeremiah88US #93
#75Zachary87US #97
#76Nicholas84US #77
#77George83US #53
#78Raymond82US #65
#79Rodney77US #88
#80Cory75US #83
#81Jared75US #90
#82Peter75US #54
#83Troy74US #73
#84Curtis72US #105
#85Micheal72US #116
#86Carl66US #95
#87Russell66US #87
#88Wesley66US #119
#89Marcus65US #74
#90Chris63US #154
#91Darren63US #147
#92Randall62US #133
#93Joel61US #72
#94Lance61US #144
#95Philip61US #89
#96Bobby60US #96
#97Frank59US #68
#98Brett58US #109
#99Clinton58US #151
#100Derrick58US #91

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑41Jamie#17
↑23Sara#24
↑23Alicia#74
↑23Jacob#56
↑22Mandy#64
↑20Dustin#53
↑18Cory#80
↑16Tanya#53

Falling

↓24Rhonda#88
↓21Gina#93
↓20Theresa#97
↓19Tina#47
↓19Tamara#82
↓19Ann#95
↓18Teresa#70
↓18Micheal#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.