State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,176 Missouri births in 1988 across 1,283 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#93Levi#174 nationally
#83Clayton#147 nationally
#94Chelsey#149 nationally
#96Melinda#148 nationally
#82Lacey#129 nationally
#64Caleb#108 nationally
#77Mallory#120 nationally
#80Luke#119 nationally
#99Todd#135 nationally
#86Jeffery#120 nationally
#92Alisha#126 nationally
#70Blake#103 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,238US #2
#2Jessica1,180US #1
#3Amanda901US #3
#4Sarah754US #4
#5Brittany560US #6
#6Jennifer554US #5
#7Megan532US #12
#8Samantha496US #8
#9Lauren495US #11
#10Emily475US #18
#11Danielle446US #17
#12Elizabeth441US #10
#13Tiffany440US #13
#14Stephanie439US #7
#15Amber425US #15
#16Heather420US #14
#17Rachel384US #19
#18Nicole370US #9
#19Kayla347US #20
#20Melissa325US #16
#21Katherine282US #27
#22Courtney277US #24
#23Whitney267US #39
#24Rebecca258US #26
#25Kimberly254US #25
#26Laura250US #23
#27Sara246US #30
#28Michelle241US #21
#29Christina238US #22
#30Amy227US #29
#31Mary227US #34
#32Erin217US #37
#33Andrea210US #35
#34Lindsey205US #48
#35Chelsea202US #33
#36Katie198US #40
#37Angela193US #38
#38Jamie193US #45
#39Crystal187US #28
#40Kelly187US #32
#41Erica185US #31
#42Kristen185US #36
#43Kelsey180US #64
#44Kathryn171US #55
#45Hannah168US #61
#46Allison156US #46
#47Lindsay147US #57
#48Cassandra141US #59
#49Shannon140US #56
#50Brittney137US #52
#51Alicia134US #50
#52Anna132US #54
#53Lisa130US #43
#54Kristin127US #58
#55Caitlin125US #44
#56Victoria125US #42
#57Holly122US #72
#58Tara122US #67
#59Alexandra116US #49
#60April115US #65
#61Christine114US #51
#62Molly113US #86
#63Alyssa110US #47
#64Kendra110US #80
#65Natalie109US #63
#66Julie106US #71
#67Casey105US #92
#68Jasmine98US #53
#69Brooke95US #87
#70Margaret94US #93
#71Kathleen93US #75
#72Catherine92US #69
#73Morgan92US #78
#74Kara89US #95
#75Bethany88US #89
#76Meghan87US #81
#77Mallory86US #120
#78Jacqueline84US #62
#79Kristina84US #68
#80Rachael84US #100
#81Jenna82US #66
#82Lacey82US #129
#83Leah80US #82
#84Brandy79US #107
#85Patricia78US #77
#86Brandi74US #91
#87Leslie73US #94
#88Krystal72US #74
#89Nichole72US #115
#90Natasha69US #73
#91Katelyn67US #84
#92Alisha66US #126
#93Monica64US #70
#94Chelsey63US #149
#95Maria62US #60
#96Melinda61US #148
#97Taylor61US #102
#98Alexandria59US #124
#99Krista59US #112
#100Abigail58US #118

Boys

#1Michael1,266US #1
#2Christopher1,116US #2
#3Joshua1,022US #4
#4Matthew942US #3
#5Andrew887US #5
#6Justin779US #7
#7Ryan727US #13
#8James696US #9
#9David669US #6
#10Daniel654US #8
#11Kyle645US #21
#12John638US #11
#13Joseph596US #12
#14Nicholas575US #14
#15Brandon573US #17
#16Robert562US #10
#17Jacob535US #28
#18William478US #16
#19Zachary455US #29
#20Anthony447US #18
#21Adam422US #26
#22Timothy420US #25
#23Aaron416US #31
#24Brian400US #22
#25Tyler396US #33
#26Eric390US #19
#27Jonathan388US #15
#28Kevin384US #20
#29Thomas382US #23
#30Cody376US #43
#31Steven342US #24
#32Benjamin340US #30
#33Dustin335US #48
#34Charles323US #37
#35Jason321US #27
#36Nathan285US #44
#37Jeremy278US #35
#38Mark274US #39
#39Travis261US #41
#40Alexander255US #34
#41Patrick254US #42
#42Jeffrey252US #36
#43Stephen233US #40
#44Bradley230US #57
#45Richard225US #32
#46Samuel222US #45
#47Sean222US #38
#48Scott220US #47
#49Derek219US #53
#50Jordan210US #52
#51Jared193US #60
#52Corey192US #56
#53Gregory191US #50
#54Jesse186US #55
#55Paul181US #46
#56Austin176US #63
#57Bryan176US #54
#58Kenneth171US #51
#59Cory167US #59
#60Alex153US #58
#61Brett140US #73
#62Nathaniel138US #81
#63Shane134US #67
#64Caleb130US #108
#65Cameron128US #69
#66Chad126US #65
#67Shawn123US #61
#68Seth116US #90
#69Keith115US #70
#70Blake112US #103
#71Phillip106US #71
#72Devin98US #98
#73Edward96US #62
#74Trevor95US #87
#75Donald94US #76
#76Logan92US #109
#77Curtis89US #105
#78Douglas88US #88
#79Evan88US #74
#80Luke88US #119
#81Lucas84US #112
#82Casey83US #83
#83Clayton81US #147
#84Derrick81US #97
#85Ronald79US #79
#86Jeffery77US #120
#87Joel77US #85
#88Marcus77US #66
#89Brent75US #107
#90Craig75US #96
#91Garrett75US #118
#92Mitchell75US #95
#93Levi73US #174
#94Peter71US #64
#95Taylor71US #91
#96Ian68US #77
#97Larry67US #123
#98Spencer67US #114
#99Todd66US #135
#100Carl63US #126

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑23Catherine#72
↑23Logan#76
↑22Molly#62
↑20Alexandra#59
↑18Jasmine#68
↑17Courtney#22
↑15Chelsea#35
↑14Blake#70

Falling

↓23Todd#99
↓20Jenna#81
↓20Nichole#89
↓18Julie#66
↓18Marcus#88
↓16Leah#83
↓16Natasha#90
↓16Ian#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.