State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,702 Missouri births in 1981 across 1,205 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#100Levi#182 nationally
#96Caleb#175 nationally
#99Trisha#164 nationally
#100Mindy#155 nationally
#94Randall#137 nationally
#80Kara#121 nationally
#84Casey#122 nationally
#97Rodney#135 nationally
#71Melinda#108 nationally
#90Clinton#124 nationally
#72Anne#105 nationally
#94Jaime#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,386US #1
#2Amanda1,046US #3
#3Jessica921US #2
#4Sarah887US #4
#5Melissa622US #5
#6Amy611US #6
#7Elizabeth541US #9
#8Angela511US #15
#9Stephanie486US #8
#10Rebecca461US #12
#11Heather440US #10
#12Michelle406US #11
#13Crystal394US #16
#14Tiffany384US #14
#15Kimberly377US #13
#16Erin375US #19
#17Nicole357US #7
#18Laura356US #21
#19Christina346US #17
#20Jamie344US #28
#21Rachel339US #22
#22Andrea327US #24
#23Emily320US #29
#24Sara310US #26
#25Amber307US #20
#26Lisa297US #18
#27Kelly289US #23
#28Mary269US #27
#29Julie262US #37
#30Katherine254US #39
#31April232US #25
#32Megan225US #33
#33Kristin224US #31
#34Ashley221US #34
#35Shannon202US #32
#36Brandy200US #41
#37Lauren195US #35
#38Danielle190US #30
#39Kristen187US #38
#40Erica179US #36
#41Tara179US #45
#42Brandi163US #50
#43Katie156US #44
#44Carrie155US #55
#45Courtney154US #43
#46Anna146US #54
#47Lindsay142US #47
#48Kathryn140US #48
#49Lindsey137US #58
#50Alicia132US #46
#51Christine132US #42
#52Misty131US #61
#53Susan131US #71
#54Leslie123US #56
#55Stacy120US #65
#56Brooke119US #52
#57Samantha117US #51
#58Stacey116US #83
#59Dana115US #70
#60Holly113US #63
#61Jill109US #78
#62Kathleen106US #82
#63Julia100US #88
#64Natalie100US #60
#65Melanie98US #66
#66Catherine97US #73
#67Kristina96US #72
#68Monica94US #49
#69Tracy94US #77
#70Leah92US #81
#71Melinda92US #108
#72Anne91US #105
#73Patricia91US #53
#74Lori90US #91
#75Dawn88US #79
#76Tina88US #80
#77Valerie88US #89
#78Cynthia87US #59
#79Natasha84US #85
#80Kara80US #121
#81Karen80US #64
#82Cassandra79US #104
#83Pamela78US #76
#84Casey77US #122
#85Bethany74US #114
#86Candice74US #86
#87Katrina70US #95
#88Wendy70US #90
#89Jacqueline68US #67
#90Robin68US #102
#91Teresa68US #97
#92Theresa68US #100
#93Latoya67US #69
#94Jaime66US #124
#95Allison65US #57
#96Christy64US #99
#97Margaret64US #107
#98Tammy64US #117
#99Trisha64US #164
#100Mindy63US #155

Boys

#1Michael1,483US #1
#2Christopher1,138US #2
#3Matthew1,124US #3
#4Joshua1,093US #6
#5Jason971US #4
#6James914US #7
#7David846US #5
#8John800US #8
#9Justin740US #12
#10Robert712US #9
#11Ryan704US #13
#12Daniel662US #10
#13Joseph655US #11
#14Brian639US #14
#15William580US #15
#16Andrew564US #18
#17Timothy555US #24
#18Brandon551US #19
#19Adam522US #20
#20Eric505US #17
#21Jeremy505US #22
#22Nicholas494US #21
#23Jeffrey412US #29
#24Jonathan407US #16
#25Thomas407US #26
#26Aaron405US #30
#27Steven404US #28
#28Kevin402US #25
#29Anthony369US #23
#30Dustin364US #42
#31Benjamin360US #32
#32Nathan348US #36
#33Charles341US #31
#34Mark336US #33
#35Richard328US #27
#36Travis327US #40
#37Scott326US #34
#38Jacob276US #43
#39Bradley246US #50
#40Patrick244US #38
#41Paul242US #35
#42Stephen223US #39
#43Chad211US #47
#44Kyle206US #52
#45Bryan199US #48
#46Gregory197US #46
#47Jesse189US #37
#48Kenneth181US #41
#49Derek178US #53
#50Shawn176US #49
#51Jared175US #57
#52Sean164US #44
#53Donald151US #56
#54Samuel150US #54
#55Keith144US #58
#56Zachary139US #63
#57Brett135US #79
#58Corey134US #69
#59Jeremiah130US #77
#60Edward129US #51
#61Todd129US #74
#62Douglas123US #64
#63Ronald121US #59
#64Gary119US #62
#65Lucas113US #89
#66Phillip112US #66
#67Marcus99US #67
#68Dennis98US #83
#69Craig97US #72
#70Shaun97US #86
#71Curtis96US #94
#72Larry95US #73
#73Cory94US #90
#74Derrick94US #78
#75Brent93US #88
#76Tyler93US #96
#77Nathaniel92US #80
#78Jerry90US #97
#79Randy90US #91
#80Billy89US #103
#81Seth88US #95
#82Jeffery87US #93
#83Carl83US #106
#84Peter83US #55
#85Shane83US #81
#86Luke80US #100
#87Terry80US #105
#88Casey79US #85
#89Wesley79US #99
#90Clinton76US #124
#91Joel75US #65
#92George71US #61
#93Philip66US #84
#94Randall66US #137
#95Antonio62US #75
#96Caleb62US #175
#97Rodney62US #135
#98Alexander61US #70
#99Russell60US #98
#100Levi59US #182

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑38Lindsey#49
↑23Julia#63
↑20Stacey#58
↑18Lindsay#47
↑17Kathleen#62
↑17Marcus#67
↑16Tyler#76
↑15Seth#81

Falling

↓24Lori#74
↓24Wendy#88
↓22Christy#96
↓21Shane#85
↓19Jill#61
↓19Dawn#75
↓18Misty#52
↓18Tracy#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.