State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,944 Missouri births in 1982 across 1,233 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#68Caleb#170 nationally
#89Darren#174 nationally
#70Lacey#125 nationally
#92Clinton#133 nationally
#83Anne#122 nationally
#92Molly#131 nationally
#69Lucas#106 nationally
#77Kara#113 nationally
#77Bobby#113 nationally
#88Melinda#123 nationally
#55Jill#89 nationally
#81Christy#115 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,228US #1
#2Jessica1,053US #2
#3Amanda995US #3
#4Sarah859US #4
#5Melissa580US #5
#6Amy571US #10
#7Elizabeth524US #8
#8Stephanie480US #7
#9Nicole459US #6
#10Angela443US #16
#11Rebecca430US #15
#12Ashley417US #17
#13Crystal415US #9
#14Heather404US #12
#15Michelle401US #11
#16Rachel400US #21
#17Erin394US #20
#18Christina381US #19
#19Tiffany368US #13
#20Kimberly363US #14
#21Amber360US #18
#22Emily358US #24
#23Sara335US #28
#24Laura317US #22
#25Jamie316US #29
#26Kelly304US #25
#27Andrea284US #27
#28Mary259US #30
#29Lauren249US #26
#30Katherine248US #36
#31Lindsey248US #40
#32Lisa237US #23
#33Megan236US #34
#34Julie212US #41
#35Lindsay204US #39
#36Kristen203US #33
#37Erica202US #35
#38Danielle199US #31
#39Tara185US #47
#40April183US #32
#41Shannon176US #38
#42Brandy170US #50
#43Kathryn166US #48
#44Brandi161US #55
#45Kristin158US #37
#46Samantha157US #44
#47Courtney150US #43
#48Katie145US #45
#49Carrie144US #57
#50Natalie141US #51
#51Leslie131US #60
#52Stacy131US #72
#53Alicia123US #53
#54Anna121US #56
#55Jill119US #89
#56Misty119US #74
#57Dana116US #67
#58Cassandra115US #62
#59Christine115US #46
#60Patricia110US #59
#61Kristina107US #70
#62Holly106US #61
#63Susan101US #76
#64Kathleen100US #77
#65Natasha100US #71
#66Jacqueline96US #54
#67Monica93US #52
#68Stacey91US #85
#69Catherine90US #73
#70Lacey90US #125
#71Dawn89US #95
#72Allison88US #58
#73Melanie86US #65
#74Margaret84US #97
#75Maria83US #42
#76Julia81US #84
#77Kara81US #113
#78Lori79US #98
#79Karen78US #68
#80Victoria77US #66
#81Christy76US #115
#82Tracy76US #88
#83Anne75US #122
#84Brooke75US #92
#85Pamela74US #82
#86Casey73US #119
#87Candice72US #78
#88Melinda72US #123
#89Nichole72US #99
#90Valerie72US #75
#91Leah70US #79
#92Molly69US #131
#93Rachael69US #120
#94Cynthia68US #64
#95Robin67US #108
#96Teresa66US #102
#97Denise65US #100
#98Tonya65US #126
#99Tina64US #90
#100Katrina63US #87

Boys

#1Michael1,386US #1
#2Christopher1,260US #2
#3Matthew1,213US #3
#4Joshua1,027US #7
#5Jason973US #4
#6James933US #6
#7David926US #5
#8John799US #8
#9Justin776US #12
#10Robert738US #9
#11Ryan713US #13
#12Joseph689US #11
#13Daniel683US #10
#14William590US #15
#15Andrew577US #17
#16Brian569US #14
#17Timothy528US #24
#18Brandon513US #18
#19Nicholas510US #22
#20Adam497US #19
#21Eric457US #20
#22Jeremy456US #28
#23Kevin444US #25
#24Aaron431US #30
#25Jeffrey426US #29
#26Anthony405US #21
#27Jonathan393US #16
#28Thomas393US #23
#29Steven366US #26
#30Dustin347US #42
#31Mark342US #32
#32Richard338US #27
#33Nathan333US #36
#34Charles331US #31
#35Jacob325US #41
#36Scott321US #34
#37Travis315US #39
#38Benjamin307US #33
#39Bradley261US #51
#40Kyle254US #47
#41Patrick248US #37
#42Paul246US #35
#43Stephen244US #38
#44Jesse224US #43
#45Kenneth224US #45
#46Gregory204US #40
#47Zachary203US #55
#48Bryan192US #49
#49Chad187US #48
#50Shawn186US #52
#51Derek179US #50
#52Jared171US #54
#53Sean171US #44
#54Samuel138US #56
#55Donald130US #58
#56Corey126US #74
#57Tyler126US #66
#58Keith124US #59
#59Nathaniel123US #75
#60Gary118US #64
#61Phillip114US #67
#62Ronald108US #60
#63Edward107US #53
#64Todd107US #82
#65Douglas104US #68
#66Cody101US #95
#67Brett96US #72
#68Caleb96US #170
#69Lucas96US #106
#70Craig95US #73
#71Curtis93US #101
#72Marcus93US #63
#73Shaun93US #96
#74Brent86US #91
#75Wesley83US #98
#76Larry81US #77
#77Bobby80US #113
#78Jeremiah79US #89
#79Casey78US #86
#80Dennis77US #87
#81Jeffery77US #92
#82Seth77US #102
#83Terry77US #105
#84Derrick76US #78
#85Billy75US #116
#86Cory75US #93
#87Shane75US #84
#88Jerry72US #100
#89Darren70US #174
#90Carl69US #104
#91Joel69US #69
#92Clinton68US #133
#93George68US #62
#94Alexander67US #65
#95Raymond67US #70
#96Jordan66US #85
#97Gabriel64US #88
#98Peter64US #57
#99Philip64US #79
#100Alan63US #107

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑28Caleb#68
↑24Cassandra#58
↑23Jacqueline#66
↑23Allison#72
↑23Margaret#74
↑22Ashley#12
↑19Tyler#57
↑18Lindsey#31

Falling

↓28Brooke#84
↓23Tina#99
↓21Leah#91
↓19Jeremiah#78
↓17Melinda#88
↓16Cynthia#94
↓14Peter#98
↓13Julia#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.