Popular baby names in Missouri, 1977

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,428 babies) and Michael for boys (1,493). Social Security records list 66,124 babies born in Missouri in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1977

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

Girls

Darla: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lora: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tennille: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Whitney: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lashonda: 21 babies, 2× the national rate
Angelia: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,428	–	1
2	Amy	811	–	3
3	Angela	699	–	6
4	Melissa	642	↑1	2
5	Sarah	593	↑5	11
6	Heather	586	↓2	5
7	Amanda	551	↑1	9
8	Kelly	498	↑10	10
9	Michelle	480	↓2	7
10	Kimberly	467	↓4	8
11	Jessica	454	↑5	4
12	Christina	432	–	16
13	Rebecca	431	↓2	17
14	Elizabeth	399	↑1	13
15	Jamie	394	↑2	18
16	Lisa	382	↓3	12
17	Stephanie	368	↓8	14
18	Nicole	326	↑5	15
19	Laura	325	–	20
20	Julie	317	↓6	22
21	Carrie	314	–	28
22	Andrea	292	↑4	24
23	Mary	290	↓1	21
24	Shannon	271	↓4	19
25	Crystal	268	↑7	25
26	Rachel	257	↓1	26
27	Sara	255	↓3	27
28	Erin	226	↑1	23
29	Misty	217	↑7	40
30	Emily	202	↑15	37
31	Amber	195	new	33
32	Jill	192	↑2	41
33	Dawn	190	↓6	43
34	Tara	189	↑16	35
35	Katherine	178	↑14	44
36	Stacy	178	↓8	42
37	April	168	↓7	29
38	Tiffany	168	↓7	34
39	Karen	164	↑7	32
40	Tracy	160	–	50
41	Brandy	158	new	51
42	Melanie	153	new	53
43	Susan	151	↓10	45
44	Stacey	149	↓1	56
45	Lori	143	↓3	57
46	Christine	141	↓5	30
47	Erica	140	new	38
48	Cynthia	139	new	48
49	Dana	138	↓10	62
50	Patricia	138	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,493	–	1
2	Jason	1,436	–	2
3	Christopher	1,198	–	3
4	Matthew	1,004	↑1	9
5	James	972	↓1	5
6	David	914	↑1	4
7	Brian	851	↑1	8
8	John	835	↓2	7
9	Robert	804	–	6
10	Joshua	633	↑10	14
11	Jeremy	628	–	15
12	Timothy	596	↑1	18
13	Joseph	588	↑2	10
14	Daniel	583	↓4	11
15	William	574	↓3	12
16	Kevin	561	↑1	13
17	Ryan	557	↑2	16
18	Eric	525	↓4	17
19	Jeffrey	485	↓3	19
20	Andrew	466	↑5	24
21	Steven	441	↑1	23
22	Scott	408	↓4	27
23	Justin	384	↑9	30
24	Mark	376	↓3	25
25	Aaron	375	↓1	32
26	Charles	365	↑2	26
27	Thomas	337	↓1	22
28	Richard	336	↓5	20
29	Anthony	325	↓2	21
30	Shawn	304	↓1	37
31	Chad	303	↓1	34
32	Nathan	294	↑2	36
33	Benjamin	272	↑6	29
34	Paul	264	↑4	31
35	Adam	252	↑9	33
36	Bradley	246	↓1	49
37	Gregory	245	↓4	35
38	Stephen	245	↓2	38
39	Travis	242	↓8	44
40	Kenneth	237	–	39
41	Brandon	229	↑1	41
42	Bryan	220	↓5	42
43	Jonathan	220	↓2	28
44	Patrick	210	↑1	40
45	Corey	189	new	52
46	Todd	173	↑1	50
47	Sean	167	↑2	43
48	Jacob	165	new	56
49	Douglas	162	new	59
50	Gary	158	↓4	58

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