Popular baby names in Missouri, 1978

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (1,395 babies) and Michael for boys (1,488). Social Security records list 65,618 babies born in Missouri in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1978

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

Girls

Mendy: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Darla: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shanta: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shonda: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Latosha: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawna: 70 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chasity: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trisha: 64 babies, 2× the national rate
Jeanne: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Deandre: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rusty: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Derick: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,395	–	1
2	Amy	745	–	4
3	Angela	716	–	7
4	Melissa	671	–	2
5	Sarah	631	–	8
6	Amanda	625	↑1	6
7	Heather	550	↓1	5
8	Jessica	524	↑3	3
9	Christina	489	↑3	15
10	Kelly	430	↓2	12
11	Stephanie	427	↑6	16
12	Elizabeth	421	↑2	14
13	Kimberly	414	↓3	13
14	Michelle	410	↓5	9
15	Rebecca	389	↓2	17
16	Lisa	370	–	11
17	Crystal	369	↑8	18
18	Jamie	355	↓3	20
19	Julie	316	↑1	26
20	Nicole	316	↓2	10
21	Laura	300	↓2	19
22	Andrea	280	–	23
23	Rachel	275	↑3	25
24	Erin	268	↑4	21
25	Sara	263	↑2	28
26	Mary	243	↓3	24
27	Carrie	230	↓6	35
28	Shannon	224	↓4	22
29	Amber	214	↑2	30
30	Emily	213	–	33
31	Brandy	206	↑10	37
32	April	205	↑5	27
33	Misty	195	↓4	43
34	Jill	186	↓2	46
35	Tiffany	184	↑3	32
36	Stacy	183	–	44
37	Katherine	168	↓2	38
38	Tracy	168	↑2	47
39	Erica	164	↑8	34
40	Christine	148	↑6	29
41	Susan	145	↑2	49
42	Karen	143	↓3	39
43	Kathryn	139	new	57
44	Tara	139	↓10	40
45	Dawn	136	↓12	52
46	Stacey	135	↓2	53
47	Danielle	131	new	31
48	Christy	130	new	59
49	Holly	127	new	55
50	Megan	127	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	1,488	–	1
2	Jason	1,351	–	2
3	Christopher	1,177	–	3
4	Matthew	1,029	–	6
5	James	943	–	5
6	David	928	–	4
7	John	815	↑1	7
8	Robert	729	↑1	8
9	Joshua	713	↑1	12
10	Brian	710	↓3	9
11	Timothy	602	↑1	17
12	Daniel	588	↑2	11
13	Joseph	584	–	10
14	Jeremy	583	↓3	18
15	Ryan	554	↑2	14
16	William	550	↓1	13
17	Jeffrey	522	↑2	19
18	Eric	490	–	16
19	Kevin	465	↓3	15
20	Andrew	461	–	22
21	Justin	434	↑2	28
22	Nicholas	416	new	25
23	Steven	414	↓2	24
24	Aaron	377	↑1	32
25	Mark	376	↓1	26
26	Scott	375	↓4	30
27	Anthony	348	↑2	20
28	Thomas	346	↓1	23
29	Charles	341	↓3	27
30	Nathan	327	↑2	36
31	Adam	326	↑4	29
32	Richard	324	↓4	21
33	Chad	300	↓2	35
34	Benjamin	294	↓1	34
35	Shawn	284	↓5	39
36	Brandon	278	↑5	40
37	Jonathan	258	↑6	31
38	Travis	256	↑1	46
39	Bradley	233	↓3	53
40	Patrick	231	↑4	42
41	Paul	222	↓7	33
42	Bryan	213	–	43
43	Stephen	213	↓5	37
44	Kenneth	212	↓4	41
45	Gregory	206	↓8	38
46	Shaun	203	new	52
47	Jacob	170	↑1	50
48	Donald	162	new	48
49	Keith	155	new	49
50	Corey	152	↓5	61

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