State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,126 Missouri births in 1977 across 1,229 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#83Shelly#151 nationally
#95Molly#141 nationally
#99Clinton#142 nationally
#100Julia#143 nationally
#81Micheal#122 nationally
#99Sherry#140 nationally
#72Damon#112 nationally
#80Kara#120 nationally
#84Regina#124 nationally
#84Shannon#120 nationally
#96Rhonda#131 nationally
#90Anne#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,428US #1
#2Amy811US #3
#3Angela699US #6
#4Melissa642US #2
#5Sarah593US #11
#6Heather586US #5
#7Amanda551US #9
#8Kelly498US #10
#9Michelle480US #7
#10Kimberly467US #8
#11Jessica454US #4
#12Christina432US #16
#13Rebecca431US #17
#14Elizabeth399US #13
#15Jamie394US #18
#16Lisa382US #12
#17Stephanie368US #14
#18Nicole326US #15
#19Laura325US #20
#20Julie317US #22
#21Carrie314US #28
#22Andrea292US #24
#23Mary290US #21
#24Shannon271US #19
#25Crystal268US #25
#26Rachel257US #26
#27Sara255US #27
#28Erin226US #23
#29Misty217US #40
#30Emily202US #37
#31Amber195US #33
#32Jill192US #41
#33Dawn190US #43
#34Tara189US #35
#35Katherine178US #44
#36Stacy178US #42
#37Tiffany169US #34
#38April168US #29
#39Karen164US #32
#40Tracy160US #50
#41Brandy158US #51
#42Melanie153US #53
#43Susan151US #45
#44Stacey149US #56
#45Lori143US #57
#46Christine141US #30
#47Erica140US #38
#48Cynthia139US #48
#49Dana138US #62
#50Patricia138US #47
#51Tonya137US #64
#52Tammy136US #55
#53Holly132US #52
#54Danielle131US #31
#55Megan126US #54
#56Leslie125US #65
#57Tina122US #58
#58Christy119US #59
#59Brandi118US #71
#60Jaime117US #46
#61Wendy115US #49
#62Alicia106US #60
#63Monica102US #39
#64Kristina101US #83
#65Robin101US #84
#66Courtney100US #76
#67Melinda100US #96
#68Kathleen96US #80
#69Kathryn95US #70
#70Denise93US #78
#71Natalie93US #69
#72Teresa91US #79
#73Samantha84US #85
#74Kristy83US #68
#75Catherine81US #75
#76Mandy79US #94
#77Sabrina79US #63
#78Anna77US #74
#79Gina77US #88
#80Kara76US #120
#81Kristen76US #72
#82Michele76US #77
#83Shelly73US #151
#84Regina72US #124
#85Theresa72US #98
#86Jacqueline70US #92
#87Kristin70US #82
#88Tamara70US #93
#89Sandra69US #61
#90Anne68US #123
#91Katie68US #115
#92Beth65US #97
#93Lindsay65US #110
#94Barbara64US #101
#95Molly64US #141
#96Rhonda64US #131
#97Jodi63US #105
#98Tanya63US #67
#99Sherry62US #140
#100Julia61US #143

Boys

#1Michael1,493US #1
#2Jason1,436US #2
#3Christopher1,198US #3
#4Matthew1,004US #9
#5James972US #5
#6David914US #4
#7Brian851US #8
#8John835US #7
#9Robert804US #6
#10Joshua633US #14
#11Jeremy628US #15
#12Timothy596US #18
#13Joseph588US #10
#14Daniel583US #11
#15William574US #12
#16Kevin561US #13
#17Ryan557US #16
#18Eric525US #17
#19Jeffrey485US #19
#20Andrew466US #24
#21Steven441US #23
#22Scott408US #27
#23Justin384US #30
#24Mark376US #25
#25Aaron375US #32
#26Charles365US #26
#27Thomas337US #22
#28Richard336US #20
#29Anthony325US #21
#30Shawn304US #37
#31Chad303US #34
#32Nathan294US #36
#33Benjamin272US #29
#34Paul264US #31
#35Adam252US #33
#36Bradley246US #49
#37Gregory245US #35
#38Stephen245US #38
#39Travis242US #44
#40Kenneth237US #39
#41Brandon229US #41
#42Bryan220US #42
#43Jonathan220US #28
#44Patrick210US #40
#45Corey189US #52
#46Todd173US #50
#47Sean167US #43
#48Jacob165US #56
#49Douglas162US #59
#50Gary158US #58
#51Donald157US #46
#52Keith157US #48
#53Jeremiah141US #69
#54Larry131US #62
#55Edward129US #47
#56Ronald127US #53
#57Shane122US #61
#58Nicholas120US #51
#59Craig119US #64
#60Dennis116US #68
#61George116US #57
#62Dustin111US #81
#63Terry111US #83
#64Derek110US #84
#65Kyle110US #79
#66Wesley109US #66
#67Phillip107US #70
#68Samuel107US #60
#69Brent102US #85
#70Jared102US #76
#71Jerry101US #75
#72Damon94US #112
#73Raymond92US #65
#74Billy91US #91
#75Zachary91US #95
#76Curtis88US #100
#77Jeffery86US #78
#78Jesse86US #54
#79Randy85US #86
#80Cory84US #67
#81Micheal82US #122
#82Jamie81US #82
#83Rodney81US #97
#84Shannon78US #120
#85Carl76US #99
#86Brett75US #109
#87Russell72US #89
#88Derrick70US #80
#89Shaun70US #103
#90Tony70US #92
#91Frank69US #71
#92Bobby66US #105
#93Marcus66US #72
#94Peter66US #55
#95Troy66US #88
#96Joel65US #73
#97Kristopher64US #113
#98Brad63US #106
#99Clinton62US #142
#100Casey61US #102

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑27Amber#31
↑23Kristina#64
↑22Wesley#66
↑21Jeremiah#53
↑19Kara#80
↑18Nicholas#58
↑16Tara#34
↑16Samantha#73

Falling

↓45Tanya#98
↓25Jaime#60
↓22Sandra#89
↓20Jamie#82
↓20Shannon#84
↓18Jesse#78
↓16Kristin#87
↓15Tammy#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.