State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,810 Missouri births in 1990 across 1,405 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#94Dalton#193 nationally
#98Dakota#195 nationally
#95Clayton#153 nationally
#92Lacey#148 nationally
#97Grace#140 nationally
#80Curtis#121 nationally
#77Kendra#117 nationally
#49Caleb#88 nationally
#68Casey#106 nationally
#63Shelby#100 nationally
#93Brent#127 nationally
#69Margaret#102 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,040US #2
#2Jessica1,024US #1
#3Brittany849US #3
#4Amanda732US #4
#5Sarah630US #6
#6Samantha602US #5
#7Megan547US #11
#8Lauren525US #10
#9Emily511US #12
#10Elizabeth484US #9
#11Kayla482US #14
#12Stephanie445US #7
#13Rachel430US #16
#14Amber401US #15
#15Jennifer369US #8
#16Courtney353US #17
#17Heather348US #19
#18Danielle338US #18
#19Tiffany330US #23
#20Kelsey324US #32
#21Rebecca324US #21
#22Nicole318US #13
#23Katherine308US #26
#24Chelsea299US #24
#25Hannah291US #30
#26Melissa241US #20
#27Michelle231US #22
#28Laura230US #29
#29Alyssa225US #27
#30Mary218US #35
#31Amy207US #38
#32Sara202US #34
#33Jasmine201US #28
#34Kristen201US #42
#35Lindsey200US #51
#36Christina199US #25
#37Andrea194US #40
#38Erin187US #43
#39Anna186US #45
#40Whitney181US #60
#41Kimberly180US #31
#42Brittney179US #44
#43Allison174US #48
#44Erica172US #36
#45Cassandra169US #49
#46Jamie168US #55
#47Alexandra167US #37
#48Kelly163US #41
#49Taylor160US #46
#50Caitlin157US #50
#51Crystal157US #39
#52Katie152US #53
#53Victoria146US #33
#54Brooke144US #70
#55Alicia136US #54
#56Kristin135US #65
#57Morgan135US #58
#58Jordan133US #59
#59Angela132US #52
#60Kathryn130US #57
#61Paige122US #79
#62Molly119US #80
#63Shelby117US #100
#64Abigail108US #90
#65Lindsay107US #69
#66Lisa106US #64
#67Shannon106US #68
#68Casey105US #106
#69Margaret102US #102
#70Tara101US #85
#71Catherine100US #71
#72Alexandria99US #95
#73Brianna98US #61
#74Alexis95US #66
#75April92US #73
#76Natalie92US #63
#77Kendra91US #117
#78Christine90US #62
#79Kara90US #110
#80Brandi89US #103
#81Holly89US #89
#82Julie88US #93
#83Katelyn88US #75
#84Meghan87US #91
#85Olivia87US #72
#86Bethany86US #107
#87Leah86US #82
#88Kaitlin85US #101
#89Kathleen85US #92
#90Rachael81US #111
#91Julia79US #83
#92Lacey78US #148
#93Monica77US #76
#94Kaitlyn76US #78
#95Melanie75US #86
#96Breanna73US #113
#97Grace71US #140
#98Jenna71US #81
#99Kristina71US #77
#100Chelsey69US #128

Boys

#1Michael1,151US #1
#2Christopher990US #2
#3Joshua980US #4
#4Matthew946US #3
#5Andrew776US #7
#6Jacob745US #20
#7Ryan738US #11
#8James691US #8
#9Justin687US #9
#10Nicholas644US #14
#11Daniel631US #5
#12David629US #6
#13Joseph613US #10
#14Zachary605US #22
#15Kyle599US #18
#16John586US #12
#17Tyler577US #21
#18Robert545US #13
#19Brandon531US #19
#20Cody498US #31
#21William483US #16
#22Anthony479US #15
#23Timothy402US #30
#24Aaron399US #34
#25Kevin393US #23
#26Eric388US #24
#27Jordan373US #29
#28Steven371US #25
#29Thomas366US #26
#30Jonathan356US #17
#31Adam335US #32
#32Benjamin325US #33
#33Brian313US #27
#34Nathan308US #44
#35Alexander304US #28
#36Dustin303US #50
#37Travis299US #42
#38Charles286US #38
#39Ethan280US #58
#40Samuel267US #45
#41Patrick258US #36
#42Derek251US #54
#43Jeremy248US #40
#44Richard246US #35
#45Stephen242US #39
#46Sean235US #37
#47Austin234US #55
#48Jesse207US #48
#49Caleb206US #88
#50Jeffrey203US #43
#51Mark199US #47
#52Corey196US #56
#53Scott189US #53
#54Bradley184US #65
#55Jason177US #46
#56Jared171US #63
#57Alex161US #59
#58Gregory160US #51
#59Kenneth159US #52
#60Paul157US #49
#61Cory156US #67
#62Taylor156US #64
#63Blake154US #91
#64Bryan153US #57
#65Shawn152US #69
#66Brett136US #84
#67Cameron133US #62
#68Trevor128US #76
#69Phillip119US #81
#70Seth118US #102
#71Logan116US #104
#72Shane111US #73
#73Dylan109US #83
#74Donald108US #87
#75Nathaniel103US #86
#76Garrett99US #99
#77Chad96US #85
#78Keith93US #80
#79Lucas93US #112
#80Curtis91US #121
#81Ian91US #70
#82Marcus91US #72
#83Evan89US #71
#84Ronald88US #97
#85Devin87US #98
#86Edward86US #68
#87Luke86US #118
#88Mitchell86US #93
#89Christian85US #60
#90Casey84US #89
#91Spencer84US #105
#92Wesley79US #107
#93Brent78US #127
#94Dalton77US #193
#95Clayton76US #153
#96Johnathan75US #108
#97Chase74US #110
#98Dakota74US #195
#99Derrick73US #106
#100Vincent69US #78

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑36Alyssa#29
↑25Taylor#49
↑23Dylan#73
↑22Paige#61
↑19Alexandria#72
↑19Jordan#27
↑19Ethan#39
↑16Casey#68

Falling

↓31Kristina#99
↓22Angela#59
↓19Kathleen#89
↓18Melanie#95
↓14Keith#78
↓12Natalie#76
↓12Katelyn#83
↓11Christina#36

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.