State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,003 Missouri births in 1984 across 1,174 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#88Caleb#163 nationally
#81Clayton#150 nationally
#64Hannah#126 nationally
#99Abigail#154 nationally
#96Kelli#147 nationally
#86Lucas#130 nationally
#90Melinda#129 nationally
#87Alisha#123 nationally
#85Jill#120 nationally
#92Lance#127 nationally
#82Lacey#116 nationally
#97Molly#131 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,116US #3
#2Jennifer1,104US #1
#3Jessica972US #2
#4Amanda923US #4
#5Sarah727US #5
#6Heather543US #9
#7Melissa492US #8
#8Megan481US #11
#9Stephanie480US #6
#10Rachel479US #15
#11Amy470US #13
#12Nicole427US #7
#13Elizabeth424US #10
#14Amber372US #18
#15Lauren362US #21
#16Danielle357US #16
#17Laura355US #19
#18Tiffany355US #14
#19Emily353US #24
#20Erin332US #25
#21Crystal327US #12
#22Michelle324US #17
#23Kimberly318US #22
#24Jamie316US #31
#25Angela315US #26
#26Rebecca311US #23
#27Katherine299US #30
#28Christina294US #20
#29Lindsey271US #35
#30Kelly270US #27
#31Andrea252US #28
#32Mary238US #33
#33Sara230US #32
#34Lindsay219US #36
#35Erica216US #34
#36Shannon192US #37
#37Julie188US #52
#38Kathryn188US #48
#39Kristin177US #47
#40Katie174US #44
#41Kristen172US #38
#42Lisa172US #29
#43Samantha169US #39
#44Alicia165US #40
#45Tara157US #49
#46Courtney154US #46
#47April152US #42
#48Anna136US #57
#49Brandy136US #64
#50Natalie121US #55
#51Stacy119US #67
#52Carrie115US #78
#53Holly114US #53
#54Brittany113US #41
#55Brandi112US #61
#56Leslie111US #75
#57Allison109US #51
#58Christine109US #43
#59Cassandra107US #63
#60Meghan107US #65
#61Jenna106US #54
#62Latoya103US #60
#63Kristina96US #68
#64Hannah94US #126
#65Kathleen94US #71
#66Misty94US #98
#67Victoria93US #59
#68Margaret89US #92
#69Jacqueline87US #56
#70Rachael86US #103
#71Dana85US #73
#72Melanie85US #85
#73Stacey82US #79
#74Leah81US #83
#75Casey80US #107
#76Krystal79US #74
#77Patricia77US #66
#78Julia76US #87
#79Natasha75US #77
#80Brooke74US #99
#81Cynthia74US #62
#82Lacey74US #116
#83Kayla73US #100
#84Candice72US #86
#85Jill72US #120
#86Catherine70US #69
#87Alisha69US #123
#88Tracy69US #91
#89Kara68US #95
#90Melinda68US #129
#91Nichole68US #97
#92Valerie67US #76
#93Monica65US #58
#94Karen63US #82
#95Sheena63US #80
#96Kelli61US #147
#97Molly61US #131
#98Susan61US #90
#99Abigail60US #154
#100Bethany60US #93

Boys

#1Michael1,340US #1
#2Christopher1,259US #2
#3Matthew1,226US #3
#4Joshua1,035US #4
#5James858US #7
#6David773US #5
#7Ryan749US #12
#8Daniel745US #6
#9John721US #8
#10Justin699US #13
#11Joseph670US #10
#12Robert659US #9
#13Andrew656US #14
#14Brandon648US #15
#15Jason637US #11
#16Brian558US #17
#17Adam554US #18
#18Timothy497US #26
#19William495US #16
#20Eric466US #22
#21Nicholas461US #20
#22Jonathan411US #19
#23Anthony404US #21
#24Dustin395US #41
#25Jeffrey393US #28
#26Aaron365US #29
#27Kevin363US #24
#28Steven362US #23
#29Thomas358US #25
#30Kyle356US #34
#31Jacob348US #37
#32Mark344US #32
#33Jeremy329US #31
#34Benjamin324US #30
#35Nathan313US #38
#36Charles311US #33
#37Travis299US #42
#38Zachary298US #45
#39Tyler281US #47
#40Richard278US #27
#41Patrick260US #36
#42Scott241US #39
#43Stephen239US #35
#44Gregory218US #44
#45Bradley214US #53
#46Paul213US #40
#47Kenneth212US #46
#48Chad202US #51
#49Bryan188US #48
#50Sean188US #43
#51Derek167US #52
#52Cody166US #62
#53Samuel165US #55
#54Jesse158US #50
#55Shawn156US #56
#56Jared151US #59
#57Donald140US #63
#58Keith124US #61
#59Brett111US #72
#60Corey111US #69
#61Ronald111US #67
#62Douglas108US #71
#63Marcus105US #57
#64Alexander104US #54
#65Phillip101US #70
#66Edward100US #58
#67Jordan99US #65
#68Craig98US #75
#69Nathaniel95US #80
#70Curtis93US #96
#71Seth93US #99
#72Cory92US #83
#73Brent89US #89
#74Jeffery89US #94
#75Jeremiah89US #102
#76Gary88US #76
#77Shane88US #85
#78Derrick82US #79
#79Luke82US #110
#80Casey81US #82
#81Clayton80US #150
#82Blake79US #103
#83Peter79US #60
#84Carl78US #108
#85Jerry74US #111
#86Lucas74US #130
#87George73US #68
#88Caleb72US #163
#89Randy72US #100
#90Larry71US #91
#91Terry71US #118
#92Lance70US #127
#93Philip69US #81
#94Joel68US #66
#95Raymond68US #73
#96Dennis66US #97
#97Todd65US #92
#98Devin62US #123
#99Wesley61US #101
#100Antonio58US #77

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑33Brittany#54
↑26Rachael#70
↑22Meghan#60
↑19Danielle#16
↑15Lauren#15
↑15Tyler#39
↑15Alexander#64
↑15Seth#71

Falling

↓38Bethany#100
↓29Catherine#86
↓20Kayla#83
↓20Tracy#88
↓19Larry#90
↓19Todd#97
↓18Valerie#92
↓17Casey#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.