Popular baby names in Missouri, 1979

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (1,394 babies) and Michael for boys (1,574). Social Security records list 69,022 babies born in Missouri in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1979

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

Girls

Angelia: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Tisha: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bobbi: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeannie: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Connie: 38 babies, 2× the national rate
Elisha: 22 babies, 2× the national rate
Cherie: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caleb: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lester: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrell: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dustin: 210 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,394	–	1
2	Amanda	989	↑4	3
3	Melissa	815	↑1	2
4	Sarah	686	↑1	6
5	Angela	681	↓2	8
6	Amy	644	↓4	5
7	Jessica	610	↑1	4
8	Heather	519	↓1	7
9	Christina	508	–	14
10	Stephanie	491	↑1	15
11	Elizabeth	455	↑1	11
12	Kimberly	454	↑1	12
13	Kelly	419	↓3	16
14	Michelle	419	–	10
15	Nicole	400	↑5	9
16	Lisa	393	–	13
17	Rebecca	393	↓2	17
18	Crystal	366	↓1	18
19	Jamie	356	↓1	19
20	Laura	345	↑1	20
21	Amber	297	↑8	22
22	Rachel	283	↑1	27
23	Tiffany	268	↑12	28
24	Erin	266	–	21
25	Julie	262	↓6	29
26	Andrea	261	↓4	26
27	Sara	254	↓2	30
28	Mary	246	↓2	24
29	April	233	↑3	23
30	Emily	230	–	34
31	Shannon	220	↓3	25
32	Katherine	218	↑5	36
33	Carrie	215	↓6	41
34	Megan	203	↑16	31
35	Brandy	190	↓4	39
36	Misty	180	↓3	42
37	Stacy	176	↓1	43
38	Erica	174	↑1	32
39	Tara	172	↑5	38
40	Alicia	156	new	47
41	Jill	153	↓7	52
42	Danielle	149	↑5	33
43	Brandi	147	new	61
44	Christine	147	↓4	35
45	Holly	143	↑4	48
46	Kathryn	142	↓3	50
47	Tracy	141	↓9	49
48	Stacey	138	↓2	60
49	Tina	136	new	58
50	Dana	131	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,574	–	1
2	Christopher	1,242	↑1	2
3	Jason	1,232	↓1	3
4	Matthew	1,020	–	6
5	James	975	–	5
6	David	959	–	4
7	Joshua	913	↑2	9
8	John	873	↓1	7
9	Robert	766	↓1	8
10	Brian	740	–	10
11	Joseph	639	↑2	11
12	Ryan	624	↑3	14
13	Jeremy	605	↑1	16
14	Daniel	582	↓2	12
15	Timothy	564	↓4	18
16	William	556	–	13
17	Nicholas	546	↑5	15
18	Justin	527	↑3	22
19	Andrew	497	↑1	20
20	Eric	480	↓2	17
21	Jeffrey	448	↓4	24
22	Kevin	432	↓3	19
23	Adam	405	↑8	23
24	Steven	402	↓1	27
25	Scott	388	↑1	29
26	Charles	385	↑3	28
27	Aaron	382	↓3	32
28	Thomas	371	–	26
29	Travis	369	↑9	36
30	Richard	362	↑2	25
31	Nathan	361	↓1	37
32	Mark	356	↓7	30
33	Anthony	337	↓6	21
34	Brandon	318	↑2	35
35	Jonathan	289	↑2	31
36	Benjamin	285	↓2	33
37	Bradley	271	↑2	47
38	Stephen	269	↑5	40
39	Paul	256	↑2	34
40	Gregory	246	↑5	42
41	Jacob	230	↑6	45
42	Chad	224	↓9	38
43	Patrick	220	↓3	39
44	Shawn	220	↓9	43
45	Kenneth	211	↓1	41
46	Bryan	210	↓4	46
47	Dustin	210	new	62
48	Donald	179	–	51
49	Kyle	169	new	56
50	Shaun	162	↓4	64

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