State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,374 Missouri births in 1986 across 1,220 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#90Clayton#161 nationally
#89Jill#159 nationally
#76Drew#138 nationally
#73Caleb#131 nationally
#92Misty#145 nationally
#91Abigail#143 nationally
#86Lance#134 nationally
#99Melinda#147 nationally
#96Kelli#142 nationally
#76Lacey#121 nationally
#61Kara#102 nationally
#86Meagan#123 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,378US #2
#2Jessica1,191US #1
#3Amanda984US #3
#4Sarah807US #5
#5Jennifer757US #4
#6Megan569US #11
#7Heather537US #9
#8Stephanie499US #6
#9Amber445US #13
#10Rachel439US #15
#11Elizabeth417US #10
#12Lauren411US #14
#13Brittany382US #8
#14Nicole370US #7
#15Emily350US #24
#16Amy339US #22
#17Melissa321US #12
#18Laura319US #20
#19Danielle317US #16
#20Tiffany310US #17
#21Katherine309US #28
#22Samantha306US #21
#23Kimberly297US #18
#24Whitney297US #32
#25Rebecca283US #26
#26Sara279US #27
#27Jamie278US #34
#28Erin267US #30
#29Christina266US #19
#30Michelle265US #23
#31Crystal256US #25
#32Kelly246US #29
#33Angela244US #33
#34Andrea224US #36
#35Lindsey218US #39
#36Mary215US #37
#37Courtney214US #35
#38Erica208US #31
#39Katie198US #38
#40Kristen177US #41
#41Kathryn169US #48
#42Lindsay169US #46
#43Alicia164US #45
#44Tara158US #56
#45Lisa153US #40
#46Allison148US #42
#47Shannon146US #44
#48Anna144US #51
#49Julie142US #58
#50Kristin130US #50
#51Kayla126US #64
#52Christine120US #47
#53Natalie117US #52
#54Holly112US #63
#55Cassandra111US #60
#56Kathleen110US #68
#57April106US #53
#58Brittney106US #65
#59Krystal106US #61
#60Casey97US #80
#61Kara96US #102
#62Leslie94US #86
#63Victoria94US #54
#64Catherine93US #67
#65Jenna93US #55
#66Margaret93US #90
#67Brandy92US #84
#68Brandi91US #79
#69Mallory89US #83
#70Meghan88US #71
#71Stacy88US #87
#72Hannah87US #82
#73Bethany86US #91
#74Kendra84US #101
#75Monica81US #59
#76Lacey79US #121
#77Kristina75US #62
#78Chelsea74US #73
#79Carrie73US #109
#80Natasha73US #70
#81Nichole73US #105
#82Patricia72US #66
#83Brooke71US #104
#84Leah71US #78
#85Alison70US #96
#86Meagan70US #123
#87Julia68US #88
#88Jacqueline67US #57
#89Jill67US #159
#90Krista66US #93
#91Abigail65US #143
#92Misty65US #145
#93Rachael65US #103
#94Valerie65US #76
#95Dana64US #92
#96Kelli63US #142
#97Candice61US #108
#98Stacey61US #94
#99Melinda60US #147
#100Jordan59US #135

Boys

#1Christopher1,263US #2
#2Michael1,263US #1
#3Matthew1,098US #3
#4Joshua956US #4
#5Andrew887US #8
#6Ryan772US #11
#7James761US #7
#8David744US #5
#9Daniel727US #6
#10John661US #10
#11Brandon650US #13
#12Justin627US #14
#13Joseph619US #12
#14Kyle600US #23
#15Nicholas586US #17
#16Robert549US #9
#17Brian491US #20
#18William491US #15
#19Timothy482US #27
#20Adam476US #24
#21Jacob471US #31
#22Jason464US #18
#23Jonathan411US #16
#24Kevin411US #21
#25Eric398US #22
#26Anthony397US #19
#27Steven397US #25
#28Aaron380US #33
#29Jeremy379US #28
#30Thomas370US #26
#31Dustin364US #42
#32Tyler333US #40
#33Zachary332US #38
#34Jeffrey311US #32
#35Benjamin301US #30
#36Charles297US #34
#37Nathan281US #43
#38Mark277US #35
#39Richard260US #29
#40Stephen252US #36
#41Bradley248US #54
#42Scott247US #44
#43Patrick246US #39
#44Travis245US #49
#45Sean232US #37
#46Cody220US #56
#47Gregory215US #46
#48Derek192US #57
#49Alexander191US #41
#50Jordan189US #53
#51Bryan188US #47
#52Jesse186US #48
#53Shawn183US #55
#54Kenneth179US #50
#55Jared176US #58
#56Paul172US #45
#57Brett167US #69
#58Samuel159US #52
#59Cory156US #68
#60Chad154US #59
#61Corey135US #62
#62Phillip122US #70
#63Keith114US #66
#64Alex113US #64
#65Shane111US #67
#66Nathaniel104US #78
#67Craig102US #80
#68Edward102US #61
#69Ronald100US #75
#70Donald98US #71
#71Douglas98US #82
#72Gary92US #84
#73Caleb91US #131
#74Brent86US #94
#75Curtis84US #100
#76Drew83US #138
#77Austin82US #90
#78Blake81US #101
#79Marcus81US #63
#80Luke79US #106
#81Seth78US #97
#82Casey77US #83
#83Trevor75US #98
#84Jeremiah74US #118
#85Joel73US #72
#86Lance72US #134
#87Wesley71US #96
#88Jeffery70US #102
#89Terry69US #122
#90Clayton68US #161
#91Peter67US #60
#92Philip66US #86
#93Randy66US #103
#94Ian65US #85
#95Larry65US #108
#96Todd65US #110
#97George64US #74
#98Derrick61US #87
#99Lucas61US #126
#100Evan59US #81

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑42Brittney#58
↑34Kayla#51
↑33Alex#64
↑32Whitney#24
↑22Drew#76
↑20Edward#68
↑19Brittany#13
↑17Natasha#80

Falling

↓24Rachael#93
↓24Dana#95
↓20Larry#95
↓20Derrick#98
↓20Lucas#99
↓15Brandi#68
↓15Kristina#77
↓14Stacey#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.