State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,773 Missouri births in 1980 across 1,241 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#99Tabitha#155 nationally
#89Mindy#131 nationally
#72Anne#112 nationally
#91Kara#127 nationally
#63Brett#96 nationally
#99Clinton#131 nationally
#96Bethany#124 nationally
#50Lori#76 nationally
#73Lucas#98 nationally
#97Ricky#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,419US #1
#2Amanda1,151US #2
#3Sarah853US #5
#4Jessica733US #3
#5Melissa720US #4
#6Amy635US #8
#7Angela622US #12
#8Heather507US #6
#9Kimberly464US #11
#10Michelle463US #10
#11Stephanie458US #13
#12Elizabeth450US #9
#13Rebecca443US #17
#14Christina411US #15
#15Tiffany409US #14
#16Crystal406US #18
#17Jamie386US #24
#18Nicole379US #7
#19Rachel365US #23
#20Sara353US #27
#21Laura348US #21
#22Lisa345US #16
#23Erin331US #20
#24Kelly331US #19
#25Amber303US #22
#26Andrea284US #28
#27Mary278US #25
#28April271US #26
#29Julie271US #32
#30Emily261US #31
#31Katherine245US #35
#32Megan232US #30
#33Shannon228US #29
#34Misty217US #49
#35Ashley211US #40
#36Erica190US #34
#37Brandy182US #42
#38Kristen177US #39
#39Carrie174US #46
#40Tara173US #43
#41Kristin171US #37
#42Jill163US #66
#43Christine162US #41
#44Lauren158US #38
#45Brandi152US #63
#46Kathryn152US #50
#47Holly149US #52
#48Danielle142US #33
#49Katie140US #44
#50Lori138US #76
#51Tracy137US #56
#52Courtney134US #48
#53Brooke130US #57
#54Susan130US #62
#55Stacy128US #53
#56Dawn126US #67
#57Leslie121US #61
#58Alicia120US #47
#59Melanie119US #60
#60Anna117US #55
#61Patricia113US #51
#62Natalie111US #65
#63Catherine110US #77
#64Wendy107US #75
#65Lindsay106US #71
#66Cynthia105US #64
#67Kristina105US #73
#68Dana104US #68
#69Samantha104US #58
#70Kristy101US #78
#71Tina99US #72
#72Anne97US #112
#73Pamela96US #86
#74Christy95US #83
#75Karen95US #54
#76Melinda95US #92
#77Allison91US #59
#78Stacey91US #74
#79Kathleen90US #82
#80Monica86US #45
#81Leah85US #84
#82Tonya85US #97
#83Nichole84US #102
#84Margaret83US #105
#85Natasha83US #89
#86Julia81US #98
#87Lindsey81US #91
#88Valerie81US #85
#89Mindy80US #131
#90Katrina79US #90
#91Kara78US #127
#92Alison74US #101
#93Denise73US #95
#94Jaime72US #116
#95Gina70US #100
#96Bethany68US #124
#97Theresa68US #104
#98Robin67US #109
#99Tabitha67US #155
#100Tamara67US #108

Boys

#1Michael1,480US #1
#2Jason1,208US #3
#3Christopher1,174US #2
#4Matthew1,040US #6
#5Joshua1,026US #7
#6James954US #5
#7David860US #4
#8John796US #8
#9Robert790US #9
#10Justin788US #13
#11Brian724US #12
#12Daniel674US #11
#13Joseph670US #10
#14Ryan637US #15
#15William592US #14
#16Jeremy562US #18
#17Timothy551US #20
#18Nicholas546US #17
#19Andrew528US #19
#20Eric526US #16
#21Adam459US #22
#22Kevin457US #23
#23Jeffrey445US #27
#24Brandon434US #31
#25Aaron402US #34
#26Steven396US #28
#27Thomas389US #25
#28Jonathan386US #21
#29Nathan370US #36
#30Mark367US #30
#31Anthony359US #24
#32Richard348US #26
#33Charles345US #29
#34Scott344US #33
#35Dustin336US #44
#36Travis330US #37
#37Benjamin329US #32
#38Chad292US #39
#39Bradley285US #51
#40Patrick254US #38
#41Jacob253US #43
#42Stephen248US #40
#43Kenneth239US #41
#44Paul228US #35
#45Gregory218US #42
#46Shawn203US #47
#47Bryan202US #49
#48Derek187US #50
#49Kyle186US #57
#50Jesse172US #45
#51Douglas167US #62
#52Donald162US #53
#53Sean153US #48
#54Gary150US #63
#55Jared147US #61
#56Corey142US #68
#57Ronald140US #58
#58Keith135US #56
#59Samuel131US #54
#60Larry126US #70
#61Edward123US #52
#62Jeremiah122US #76
#63Brett119US #96
#64Shane116US #69
#65Zachary116US #72
#66Todd109US #75
#67Curtis107US #89
#68Nathaniel106US #86
#69Shaun104US #79
#70Dennis102US #80
#71Phillip100US #65
#72Cory99US #83
#73Lucas98US #98
#74Jeffery96US #90
#75Brent92US #84
#76Wesley91US #95
#77Derrick88US #74
#78Peter88US #55
#79Raymond87US #66
#80Terry86US #101
#81Casey84US #93
#82Craig84US #73
#83George83US #60
#84Marcus83US #71
#85Carl78US #103
#86Joel77US #67
#87Luke76US #97
#88Antonio74US #77
#89Billy73US #100
#90Randy70US #87
#91Jerry69US #94
#92Tyler69US #114
#93Bobby67US #109
#94Russell66US #92
#95Philip65US #82
#96Seth64US #99
#97Ricky62US #122
#98Rodney62US #121
#99Clinton61US #131
#100Jamie59US #105

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑46Kristin#41
↑31Kristen#38
↑23Derrick#77
↑21Catherine#63
↑20Lauren#44
↑20Brooke#53
↑19Brett#63
↑18Ashley#35

Falling

↓30Stacey#78
↓28Mindy#89
↓22Tina#71
↓22Jamie#100
↓21Karen#75
↓19Shaun#69
↓18Stacy#55
↓18Alicia#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.