State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,619 Missouri births in 1978 across 1,221 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#97Trisha#171 nationally
#91Shawna#161 nationally
#85Clinton#148 nationally
#77Tabitha#126 nationally
#86Regina#129 nationally
#100Shannon#143 nationally
#92Lance#134 nationally
#78Anne#119 nationally
#91Damon#132 nationally
#99Deanna#136 nationally
#76Brett#112 nationally
#94Kara#127 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,395US #1
#2Amy745US #4
#3Angela716US #7
#4Melissa671US #2
#5Sarah631US #8
#6Amanda625US #6
#7Heather550US #5
#8Jessica524US #3
#9Christina489US #15
#10Kelly430US #12
#11Stephanie427US #16
#12Elizabeth421US #14
#13Kimberly414US #13
#14Michelle410US #9
#15Rebecca389US #17
#16Lisa370US #11
#17Crystal369US #18
#18Jamie355US #20
#19Julie316US #26
#20Nicole316US #10
#21Laura300US #19
#22Andrea280US #23
#23Rachel275US #25
#24Erin268US #21
#25Sara263US #28
#26Mary243US #24
#27Carrie230US #35
#28Shannon224US #22
#29Amber214US #30
#30Emily213US #33
#31Brandy206US #37
#32April205US #27
#33Misty195US #43
#34Jill186US #46
#35Stacy183US #44
#36Tiffany183US #32
#37Katherine168US #38
#38Tracy168US #47
#39Erica164US #34
#40Christine148US #29
#41Susan145US #49
#42Karen143US #39
#43Kathryn139US #57
#44Tara139US #40
#45Dawn136US #52
#46Stacey135US #53
#47Danielle131US #31
#48Christy130US #59
#49Holly127US #55
#50Megan127US #41
#51Melanie127US #54
#52Melinda123US #84
#53Tina123US #45
#54Lori119US #60
#55Dana118US #71
#56Cynthia115US #50
#57Tonya114US #77
#58Leslie112US #63
#59Brandi111US #61
#60Courtney109US #68
#61Kristy108US #51
#62Alicia106US #58
#63Jaime106US #70
#64Patricia104US #48
#65Robin104US #89
#66Kristina101US #64
#67Catherine97US #72
#68Natalie97US #66
#69Katie95US #90
#70Anna93US #65
#71Wendy93US #56
#72Kathleen91US #79
#73Monica91US #42
#74Ashley88US #87
#75Kristen87US #62
#76Tammy87US #67
#77Tabitha84US #126
#78Anne83US #119
#79Margaret82US #110
#80Teresa82US #88
#81Mandy81US #96
#82Julia76US #112
#83Jacqueline75US #81
#84Samantha74US #74
#85Theresa74US #101
#86Regina73US #129
#87Tamara72US #105
#88Brooke70US #115
#89Denise70US #85
#90Michele70US #86
#91Shawna70US #161
#92Lindsay69US #95
#93Beth67US #107
#94Kara67US #127
#95Allison66US #75
#96Lauren65US #80
#97Trisha64US #171
#98Cheryl63US #94
#99Deanna63US #136
#100Tanya63US #82

Boys

#1Michael1,488US #1
#2Jason1,351US #2
#3Christopher1,177US #3
#4Matthew1,029US #6
#5James943US #5
#6David928US #4
#7John816US #7
#8Robert729US #8
#9Joshua713US #12
#10Brian710US #9
#11Timothy602US #17
#12Daniel588US #11
#13Joseph584US #10
#14Jeremy583US #18
#15Ryan554US #14
#16William550US #13
#17Jeffrey522US #19
#18Eric490US #16
#19Kevin465US #15
#20Andrew461US #22
#21Justin434US #28
#22Nicholas416US #25
#23Steven414US #24
#24Aaron377US #32
#25Mark376US #26
#26Scott375US #30
#27Anthony348US #20
#28Thomas346US #23
#29Charles341US #27
#30Nathan327US #36
#31Adam326US #29
#32Richard324US #21
#33Chad300US #35
#34Benjamin294US #34
#35Shawn284US #39
#36Brandon278US #40
#37Jonathan258US #31
#38Travis256US #46
#39Bradley233US #53
#40Patrick231US #42
#41Paul222US #33
#42Bryan213US #43
#43Stephen213US #37
#44Kenneth212US #41
#45Gregory206US #38
#46Shaun203US #52
#47Jacob170US #50
#48Donald162US #48
#49Keith155US #49
#50Corey152US #61
#51Douglas151US #59
#52Todd150US #56
#53Dustin149US #68
#54Sean148US #45
#55Kyle147US #63
#56Ronald147US #55
#57Gary143US #60
#58Larry126US #64
#59Craig119US #66
#60Dennis118US #71
#61Edward114US #47
#62Jeffery113US #80
#63Jerry112US #82
#64Phillip112US #67
#65Jesse110US #51
#66Derek109US #75
#67Jared104US #72
#68Shane103US #65
#69Jeremiah98US #81
#70Curtis97US #96
#71George97US #58
#72Samuel95US #57
#73Zachary94US #89
#74Cory91US #73
#75Terry90US #91
#76Brett89US #112
#77Peter88US #54
#78Raymond87US #69
#79Brent84US #87
#80Russell84US #93
#81Nathaniel81US #94
#82Marcus75US #70
#83Troy75US #88
#84Wesley74US #83
#85Clinton73US #148
#86Derrick72US #76
#87Randy72US #86
#88Billy69US #99
#89Bobby68US #109
#90Philip67US #84
#91Damon65US #132
#92Lance65US #134
#93Carl63US #100
#94Jamie63US #95
#95Lawrence63US #113
#96Frank61US #77
#97Gabriel61US #90
#98Rodney61US #102
#99Seth60US #106
#100Shannon60US #143

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑43Shaun#46
↑36Nicholas#22
↑26Kathryn#43
↑22Katie#69
↑18Julia#82
↑17Peter#77
↑15Melinda#52
↑15Jeffery#62

Falling

↓24Tammy#76
↓19Denise#89
↓19Damon#91
↓18Wesley#84
↓16Jeremiah#69
↓16Shannon#100
↓15Rodney#98
↓14Patricia#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.