State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,084 Missouri births in 1985 across 1,213 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#96Cara#184 nationally
#72Caleb#136 nationally
#95Clayton#157 nationally
#65Casey#114 nationally
#72Molly#119 nationally
#93Melinda#138 nationally
#79Lucas#122 nationally
#82Lacey#124 nationally
#88Miranda#128 nationally
#90Lance#130 nationally
#91Alisha#131 nationally
#94Krista#134 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,361US #2
#2Jessica1,108US #1
#3Amanda1,041US #4
#4Jennifer935US #3
#5Sarah709US #5
#6Megan636US #10
#7Heather524US #8
#8Stephanie499US #6
#9Elizabeth471US #9
#10Rachel468US #13
#11Nicole437US #7
#12Melissa420US #11
#13Lauren413US #15
#14Amber387US #16
#15Emily381US #24
#16Amy380US #20
#17Laura359US #14
#18Danielle353US #18
#19Rebecca336US #25
#20Kimberly329US #19
#21Michelle320US #22
#22Angela308US #31
#23Christina300US #12
#24Tiffany300US #23
#25Erin295US #26
#26Jamie290US #27
#27Crystal282US #21
#28Katherine270US #32
#29Kelly270US #28
#30Lindsey267US #37
#31Sara264US #30
#32Brittany257US #17
#33Andrea254US #33
#34Mary239US #35
#35Samantha231US #29
#36Erica229US #34
#37Katie214US #39
#38Courtney205US #43
#39Lisa194US #36
#40Lindsay186US #40
#41Julie185US #55
#42Kristen185US #38
#43Kathryn177US #48
#44Tara172US #51
#45Anna164US #54
#46Christine155US #44
#47Alicia150US #45
#48April147US #47
#49Shannon146US #41
#50Allison144US #46
#51Kristin144US #49
#52Holly135US #56
#53Brandi129US #69
#54Cassandra117US #62
#55Krystal117US #53
#56Whitney113US #73
#57Meghan112US #63
#58Victoria110US #59
#59Kathleen106US #68
#60Jenna103US #50
#61Brandy102US #70
#62Kristina98US #57
#63Natalie96US #58
#64Stacy94US #67
#65Casey89US #114
#66Margaret88US #90
#67Catherine85US #65
#68Kara85US #98
#69Rachael84US #100
#70Nichole83US #95
#71Dana82US #82
#72Molly82US #119
#73Patricia82US #64
#74Carrie81US #96
#75Leslie81US #76
#76Jacqueline80US #60
#77Monica79US #61
#78Chelsea75US #75
#79Bethany73US #94
#80Caitlin73US #77
#81Julia73US #85
#82Lacey73US #124
#83Leah73US #78
#84Stacey73US #89
#85Kayla72US #109
#86Misty72US #121
#87Hannah69US #117
#88Miranda68US #128
#89Candace67US #104
#90Candice67US #86
#91Alisha66US #131
#92Susan66US #106
#93Melinda65US #138
#94Krista64US #134
#95Tabitha63US #135
#96Cara62US #184
#97Natasha62US #79
#98Tracy62US #107
#99Katrina61US #93
#100Brittney60US #84

Boys

#1Michael1,337US #1
#2Christopher1,266US #2
#3Matthew1,158US #3
#4Joshua1,097US #4
#5James825US #7
#6Daniel808US #5
#7Andrew776US #11
#8Ryan774US #12
#9David764US #6
#10Brandon758US #13
#11John723US #9
#12Justin649US #15
#13Robert638US #8
#14Joseph610US #10
#15Jason598US #14
#16Adam587US #22
#17Nicholas583US #19
#18William509US #16
#19Brian507US #18
#20Kyle488US #27
#21Timothy483US #26
#22Eric465US #21
#23Jacob443US #35
#24Anthony441US #20
#25Kevin424US #23
#26Aaron392US #33
#27Jonathan392US #17
#28Thomas380US #25
#29Steven370US #24
#30Jeremy354US #30
#31Dustin339US #41
#32Zachary327US #39
#33Mark318US #32
#34Jeffrey313US #29
#35Benjamin300US #31
#36Nathan297US #40
#37Tyler297US #43
#38Stephen290US #36
#39Richard286US #28
#40Scott277US #44
#41Charles268US #34
#42Patrick251US #37
#43Travis249US #46
#44Bradley246US #53
#45Cody231US #52
#46Gregory227US #45
#47Paul226US #42
#48Bryan218US #48
#49Kenneth215US #47
#50Sean214US #38
#51Shawn191US #55
#52Jared180US #58
#53Derek171US #56
#54Chad168US #57
#55Jesse165US #51
#56Samuel162US #54
#57Corey154US #63
#58Brett140US #70
#59Alexander137US #50
#60Nathaniel131US #77
#61Keith129US #64
#62Jordan124US #62
#63Brent119US #89
#64Phillip118US #69
#65Donald117US #66
#66Douglas110US #76
#67Shane110US #68
#68Cory103US #81
#69Blake99US #100
#70Craig96US #79
#71Joel94US #67
#72Caleb91US #136
#73Marcus89US #61
#74Curtis88US #98
#75Larry88US #97
#76Ronald87US #71
#77Austin86US #107
#78Derrick85US #83
#79Lucas85US #122
#80Gary83US #82
#81Dennis82US #103
#82Luke81US #106
#83Jeffery79US #96
#84Philip78US #84
#85Peter76US #60
#86Terry76US #119
#87Casey74US #86
#88Edward74US #59
#89Jeremiah74US #111
#90Lance73US #130
#91Antonio72US #73
#92Shaun72US #120
#93Raymond69US #75
#94Seth69US #104
#95Clayton68US #157
#96Wesley68US #94
#97Alex65US #80
#98Drew65US #126
#99Ian60US #78
#100Jerry57US #116

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑25Molly#72
↑23Joel#71
↑22Brittany#32
↑21Krystal#55
↑21Kara#68
↑21Nichole#70
↑21Bethany#79
↑19Catherine#67

Falling

↓23Hannah#87
↓23Seth#94
↓22Carrie#74
↓22Edward#88
↓20Misty#86
↓19Leslie#75
↓18Natasha#97
↓15Ronald#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.