State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,758 Missouri births in 1983 across 1,183 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#80Caleb#159 nationally
#93Clayton#158 nationally
#84Melinda#138 nationally
#87Clinton#141 nationally
#59Casey#110 nationally
#100Abigail#151 nationally
#78Hannah#124 nationally
#91Tabitha#137 nationally
#86Molly#129 nationally
#92Ebony#135 nationally
#75Lucas#117 nationally
#88Lacey#128 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,215US #1
#2Jessica1,019US #2
#3Amanda990US #3
#4Ashley989US #4
#5Sarah837US #5
#6Heather546US #9
#7Stephanie530US #8
#8Melissa504US #6
#9Amy497US #12
#10Elizabeth453US #10
#11Erin414US #18
#12Rachel412US #20
#13Amber402US #17
#14Megan402US #21
#15Nicole399US #7
#16Rebecca391US #19
#17Crystal373US #11
#18Michelle370US #13
#19Emily346US #25
#20Angela345US #22
#21Tiffany344US #14
#22Jamie328US #28
#23Christina325US #16
#24Laura325US #23
#25Kimberly324US #15
#26Kelly300US #26
#27Sara287US #31
#28Mary282US #32
#29Lindsey279US #35
#30Lauren275US #24
#31Andrea266US #30
#32Katherine264US #34
#33Lisa214US #27
#34Lindsay209US #36
#35Danielle204US #29
#36Kristen202US #37
#37Julie198US #46
#38Erica196US #33
#39Shannon196US #38
#40Alicia184US #41
#41Samantha177US #40
#42Tara168US #51
#43April167US #39
#44Kristin163US #42
#45Katie159US #45
#46Kathryn156US #50
#47Courtney154US #44
#48Holly146US #48
#49Brandi139US #56
#50Brandy136US #57
#51Natalie121US #52
#52Stacy120US #61
#53Anna119US #55
#54Leslie117US #67
#55Carrie110US #65
#56Christine110US #47
#57Catherine108US #66
#58Misty106US #87
#59Casey105US #110
#60Stacey104US #76
#61Kristina100US #63
#62Bethany98US #99
#63Kayla97US #81
#64Kathleen95US #73
#65Allison92US #59
#66Dana92US #72
#67Jacqueline91US #53
#68Tracy88US #89
#69Patricia86US #60
#70Brooke85US #96
#71Cassandra82US #70
#72Julia82US #85
#73Victoria82US #58
#74Valerie81US #74
#75Melanie80US #79
#76Jill78US #98
#77Candice77US #84
#78Hannah77US #124
#79Margaret77US #92
#80Dawn75US #106
#81Leah75US #82
#82Meghan74US #75
#83Nichole74US #93
#84Melinda73US #138
#85Karen72US #77
#86Molly71US #129
#87Brittany70US #64
#88Lacey70US #128
#89Monica70US #54
#90Natasha69US #71
#91Tabitha69US #137
#92Ebony68US #135
#93Kara67US #101
#94Maria67US #43
#95Teresa67US #103
#96Rachael65US #123
#97Pamela64US #91
#98Susan63US #86
#99Tina63US #100
#100Abigail62US #151

Boys

#1Michael1,385US #1
#2Christopher1,297US #2
#3Matthew1,228US #3
#4Joshua944US #5
#5James856US #6
#6Jason826US #7
#7Justin788US #12
#8John772US #9
#9David765US #4
#10Daniel763US #8
#11Ryan742US #13
#12Andrew668US #15
#13Robert638US #10
#14Joseph600US #11
#15Brian586US #14
#16Adam577US #18
#17Brandon576US #17
#18William553US #16
#19Nicholas498US #21
#20Timothy498US #26
#21Eric442US #20
#22Anthony426US #22
#23Jonathan422US #19
#24Steven417US #23
#25Kevin412US #25
#26Aaron403US #29
#27Kyle398US #34
#28Jeffrey395US #28
#29Dustin390US #43
#30Jeremy389US #30
#31Thomas379US #24
#32Mark348US #31
#33Jacob341US #36
#34Charles333US #33
#35Nathan323US #40
#36Richard313US #27
#37Benjamin312US #32
#38Travis308US #41
#39Scott262US #38
#40Stephen260US #35
#41Paul249US #39
#42Bradley246US #52
#43Patrick232US #37
#44Gregory221US #42
#45Zachary216US #50
#46Kenneth200US #45
#47Sean196US #44
#48Bryan194US #47
#49Chad190US #49
#50Shawn187US #53
#51Jesse182US #46
#52Derek172US #51
#53Jared161US #56
#54Tyler158US #57
#55Donald149US #60
#56Keith129US #61
#57Samuel124US #54
#58Cody120US #81
#59Brett117US #73
#60Phillip116US #66
#61Craig114US #70
#62Corey112US #74
#63Casey100US #90
#64Gary100US #68
#65Douglas94US #69
#66Edward94US #55
#67Jordan94US #72
#68Cory90US #83
#69Brent89US #94
#70Curtis88US #100
#71Larry88US #85
#72Ronald88US #64
#73Nathaniel86US #79
#74Shane86US #84
#75Lucas85US #117
#76Jeremiah84US #99
#77Marcus84US #58
#78Todd82US #87
#79Alexander79US #63
#80Caleb78US #159
#81Blake77US #109
#82Jerry77US #103
#83Shaun77US #111
#84Raymond73US #71
#85Luke72US #105
#86Seth69US #98
#87Clinton68US #141
#88George68US #65
#89Randy68US #96
#90Derrick66US #78
#91Terry66US #110
#92Wesley66US #101
#93Clayton65US #158
#94Dennis65US #92
#95Ian65US #77
#96Randall65US #129
#97Joel64US #67
#98Carl62US #106
#99Lance61US #135
#100Tony61US #119

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑29Jordan#67
↑27Casey#59
↑19Megan#14
↑18Cory#68
↑16Valerie#74
↑16Casey#63
↑15Alexander#79
↑14Holly#48

Falling

↓35Susan#98
↓25Natasha#90
↓22Monica#89
↓21Jill#76
↓19Maria#94
↓18Lacey#88
↓17Wesley#92
↓16Kara#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.