State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,745 Missouri births in 1991 across 1,423 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#94Levi#186 nationally
#99Terry#180 nationally
#97Clayton#172 nationally
#100Cole#162 nationally
#78Dalton#136 nationally
#64Dakota#121 nationally
#84Chelsey#129 nationally
#87Madison#128 nationally
#98Sydney#134 nationally
#57Brett#88 nationally
#74Tara#104 nationally
#79Bethany#109 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley977US #1
#2Jessica927US #2
#3Brittany645US #3
#4Amanda609US #4
#5Sarah601US #6
#6Emily565US #10
#7Samantha542US #5
#8Megan502US #11
#9Kayla486US #12
#10Lauren452US #13
#11Elizabeth439US #9
#12Rachel404US #14
#13Amber376US #16
#14Kelsey374US #26
#15Shelby368US #33
#16Jennifer355US #8
#17Stephanie354US #7
#18Danielle347US #17
#19Chelsea346US #18
#20Courtney332US #19
#21Heather315US #23
#22Hannah310US #29
#23Taylor300US #32
#24Tiffany260US #27
#25Nicole258US #15
#26Katherine256US #25
#27Rebecca247US #21
#28Mary233US #38
#29Michelle224US #22
#30Melissa222US #20
#31Sara221US #37
#32Jasmine212US #24
#33Victoria207US #28
#34Alyssa201US #30
#35Lindsey201US #52
#36Anna188US #46
#37Erin184US #44
#38Morgan183US #49
#39Christina175US #31
#40Jamie171US #60
#41Kimberly168US #34
#42Amy166US #43
#43Andrea166US #39
#44Jordan166US #62
#45Brooke165US #65
#46Laura165US #35
#47Allison157US #50
#48Kelly153US #42
#49Alexandra152US #36
#50Kathryn151US #57
#51Whitney149US #68
#52Paige148US #76
#53Erica146US #40
#54Crystal143US #41
#55Katie142US #53
#56Kristen141US #48
#57Cassandra137US #54
#58Brianna133US #51
#59Brittney132US #58
#60Alexis129US #47
#61Molly128US #74
#62Olivia128US #61
#63Caitlin125US #55
#64Angela123US #59
#65Natalie121US #64
#66Lindsay111US #77
#67Julia110US #67
#68Mariah109US #69
#69Alicia108US #63
#70Katelyn103US #75
#71Alexandria101US #78
#72Miranda100US #90
#73Abigail99US #92
#74Tara97US #104
#75Kristin94US #86
#76Haley93US #79
#77Catherine92US #72
#78Kaitlin92US #99
#79Bethany91US #109
#80Ariel90US #66
#81Kara90US #106
#82Kathleen88US #102
#83Jenna86US #80
#84Chelsey84US #129
#85Gabrielle84US #97
#86Kaitlyn84US #82
#87Madison83US #128
#88Kendra82US #118
#89Leah80US #91
#90Shannon80US #71
#91Casey78US #111
#92Margaret78US #108
#93April76US #88
#94Meghan76US #94
#95Julie75US #98
#96Rachael75US #114
#97Lisa74US #83
#98Sydney74US #134
#99Melanie72US #96
#100Erika71US #84

Boys

#1Michael1,104US #1
#2Joshua944US #4
#3Christopher897US #2
#4Matthew851US #3
#5Andrew814US #5
#6Jacob787US #17
#7Tyler726US #16
#8James681US #7
#9Nicholas657US #12
#10Ryan648US #11
#11Zachary635US #22
#12Justin620US #14
#13Joseph607US #9
#14Kyle595US #21
#15John575US #10
#16Brandon573US #15
#17Cody545US #24
#18Daniel544US #6
#19William522US #19
#20David512US #8
#21Robert471US #13
#22Anthony452US #18
#23Aaron386US #31
#24Jonathan370US #20
#25Alexander362US #26
#26Steven350US #27
#27Jordan349US #29
#28Kevin343US #23
#29Benjamin337US #33
#30Thomas332US #28
#31Eric325US #25
#32Timothy319US #32
#33Nathan318US #42
#34Adam312US #36
#35Austin306US #50
#36Samuel286US #39
#37Charles279US #38
#38Brian263US #30
#39Dustin235US #56
#40Stephen235US #41
#41Dylan234US #46
#42Ethan230US #65
#43Travis228US #44
#44Jeffrey227US #45
#45Sean218US #40
#46Jeremy209US #43
#47Patrick207US #35
#48Richard207US #34
#49Taylor198US #52
#50Corey195US #58
#51Jesse191US #51
#52Bradley186US #67
#53Caleb185US #78
#54Derek185US #59
#55Mark185US #47
#56Kenneth172US #54
#57Brett171US #88
#58Scott171US #57
#59Jason170US #49
#60Jared169US #64
#61Alex154US #63
#62Cameron154US #62
#63Gregory154US #55
#64Dakota153US #121
#65Shawn147US #71
#66Blake144US #86
#67Paul144US #53
#68Cory138US #74
#69Logan130US #94
#70Bryan129US #61
#71Christian126US #48
#72Devin119US #83
#73Nathaniel119US #84
#74Dillon114US #103
#75Garrett109US #91
#76Seth109US #99
#77Trevor108US #69
#78Dalton105US #136
#79Evan101US #70
#80Shane100US #75
#81Ian99US #73
#82Phillip99US #98
#83Mitchell98US #96
#84Spencer96US #105
#85Ronald94US #101
#86Marcus91US #76
#87Donald88US #102
#88Edward86US #68
#89Keith86US #89
#90Chase85US #108
#91Chad83US #104
#92Casey82US #90
#93Derrick81US #111
#94Levi81US #186
#95Lucas81US #107
#96Peter80US #77
#97Clayton78US #172
#98Wesley73US #106
#99Terry71US #180
#100Cole70US #162

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑48Shelby#15
↑34Dakota#64
↑32Dylan#41
↑26Taylor#23
↑24Julia#67
↑23Olivia#62
↑20Victoria#33
↑19Morgan#38

Falling

↓31Lisa#97
↓23Shannon#90
↓23Casey#91
↓23Margaret#92
↓22Kristen#56
↓19Kristin#75
↓18Laura#46
↓18April#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.