Popular baby names in Missouri, 1976

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,446 babies) and Michael for boys (1,510). Social Security records list 62,498 babies born in Missouri in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1976

Names given at least 15 times in Missouri that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Cherie: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angelia: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lashonda: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shelly: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rebekah: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Latosha: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shonda: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Terrell: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Courtney: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clay: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dustin: 140 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Scotty: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,446	–	1
2	Amy	1,022	–	2
3	Angela	779	–	5
4	Heather	610	–	4
5	Melissa	592	–	3
6	Kimberly	508	↑1	7
7	Michelle	501	↓1	6
8	Amanda	441	↑6	10
9	Stephanie	437	↓1	11
10	Sarah	426	↑3	15
11	Rebecca	416	↓1	12
12	Christina	409	↓3	14
13	Lisa	407	↓2	9
14	Julie	337	↓2	21
15	Elizabeth	331	↑2	16
16	Jessica	326	↑6	8
17	Jamie	317	new	18
18	Kelly	307	↓3	19
19	Laura	298	↑1	20
20	Shannon	291	↑9	17
21	Carrie	282	↓2	28
22	Mary	277	↓6	22
23	Nicole	265	↓5	13
24	Sara	232	↑23	27
25	Rachel	220	↓2	23
26	Andrea	211	↑1	25
27	Dawn	205	↓6	35
28	Stacy	203	↓2	38
29	Erin	202	↑11	24
30	April	201	↑8	30
31	Tiffany	200	↑3	32
32	Crystal	192	↑7	36
33	Susan	188	↓1	40
34	Jill	179	↑3	52
35	Jaime	178	new	29
36	Misty	170	↑7	46
37	Tammy	156	↓4	41
38	Tonya	155	↓3	58
39	Dana	154	↑3	64
40	Tracy	154	↓15	37
41	Christine	153	↓17	26
42	Lori	148	↓12	47
43	Stacey	148	↓7	51
44	Christy	147	–	60
45	Emily	146	new	50
46	Karen	143	↓15	31
47	Tina	140	↓19	48
48	Wendy	140	↓7	39
49	Katherine	139	new	57
50	Tara	139	↓1	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,510	–	1
2	Jason	1,351	–	2
3	Christopher	1,127	–	3
4	James	967	–	5
5	Matthew	909	–	9
6	John	852	↑2	6
7	David	851	↓1	4
8	Brian	737	↓1	8
9	Robert	723	–	7
10	Daniel	592	↑1	10
11	Jeremy	564	↑6	14
12	William	557	↓2	11
13	Timothy	516	–	21
14	Eric	513	–	13
15	Joseph	508	–	12
16	Jeffrey	470	↓4	17
17	Kevin	457	↑2	15
18	Scott	449	↓2	24
19	Ryan	447	↑6	16
20	Joshua	430	↑7	18
21	Mark	415	↓3	25
22	Steven	408	↓2	20
23	Richard	366	↓2	19
24	Aaron	358	↑5	30
25	Andrew	349	↑3	27
26	Thomas	340	–	23
27	Anthony	330	↓5	22
28	Charles	330	↓4	26
29	Shawn	299	↑1	34
30	Chad	288	↓7	29
31	Travis	284	↑6	46
32	Justin	279	↑2	33
33	Gregory	251	↓1	35
34	Nathan	239	↑12	39
35	Bradley	238	–	51
36	Stephen	237	↓3	37
37	Bryan	235	↑2	43
38	Paul	226	↓7	28
39	Benjamin	215	↓1	32
40	Kenneth	211	↓4	38
41	Jonathan	208	–	31
42	Brandon	205	–	40
43	Donald	203	↑1	47
44	Adam	196	↓4	36
45	Patrick	176	–	41
46	Gary	165	↑1	52
47	Todd	164	↓4	50
48	Keith	163	new	48
49	Sean	163	↓1	42
50	Larry	156	–	60

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