Popular baby names in Missouri, 1980

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,419 babies) and Michael for boys (1,480). Social Security records list 70,770 babies born in Missouri in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1980

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: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latosha: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Amie: 40 babies, 2× the national rate
Hilary: 30 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Deandre: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Terrell: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darin: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Courtney: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,419	–	1
2	Amanda	1,151	–	2
3	Sarah	853	↑1	5
4	Jessica	733	↑3	3
5	Melissa	720	↓2	4
6	Amy	635	–	8
7	Angela	622	↓2	12
8	Heather	507	–	6
9	Kimberly	464	↑3	11
10	Michelle	463	↑4	10
11	Stephanie	458	↓1	13
12	Elizabeth	450	↓1	9
13	Rebecca	443	↑4	17
14	Christina	411	↓5	15
15	Tiffany	409	↑8	14
16	Crystal	406	↑2	18
17	Jamie	386	↑2	24
18	Nicole	379	↓3	7
19	Rachel	365	↑3	23
20	Sara	353	↑7	27
21	Laura	348	↓1	21
22	Lisa	345	↓6	16
23	Erin	331	↑1	20
24	Kelly	331	↓11	19
25	Amber	303	↓4	22
26	Andrea	284	–	28
27	Mary	278	↑1	25
28	April	271	↑1	26
29	Julie	271	↓4	32
30	Emily	261	–	31
31	Katherine	245	↑1	35
32	Megan	232	↑2	30
33	Shannon	228	↓2	29
34	Misty	217	↑2	49
35	Ashley	211	new	40
36	Erica	190	↑2	34
37	Brandy	182	↓2	42
38	Kristen	177	new	39
39	Carrie	174	↓6	46
40	Tara	173	↓1	43
41	Kristin	171	new	37
42	Jill	163	↓1	66
43	Christine	162	↑1	41
44	Lauren	158	new	38
45	Brandi	152	↓2	63
46	Kathryn	152	–	50
47	Holly	149	↓2	52
48	Danielle	142	↓6	33
49	Katie	140	new	44
50	Lori	138	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,480	–	1
2	Jason	1,208	↑1	3
3	Christopher	1,174	↓1	2
4	Matthew	1,040	–	6
5	Joshua	1,026	↑2	7
6	James	954	↓1	5
7	David	860	↓1	4
8	John	796	–	8
9	Robert	790	–	9
10	Justin	788	↑8	13
11	Brian	724	↓1	12
12	Daniel	673	↑2	11
13	Joseph	670	↓2	10
14	Ryan	637	↓2	15
15	William	592	↑1	14
16	Jeremy	562	↓3	18
17	Timothy	551	↓2	20
18	Nicholas	545	↓1	17
19	Andrew	528	–	19
20	Eric	526	–	16
21	Adam	459	↑2	22
22	Kevin	457	–	23
23	Jeffrey	445	↓2	27
24	Brandon	434	↑10	31
25	Aaron	402	↑2	34
26	Steven	396	↓2	28
27	Thomas	389	↑1	25
28	Jonathan	386	↑7	21
29	Nathan	370	↑2	36
30	Mark	367	↑2	30
31	Anthony	359	↑2	24
32	Richard	348	↓2	26
33	Charles	345	↓7	29
34	Scott	344	↓9	33
35	Dustin	336	↑12	44
36	Travis	330	↓7	37
37	Benjamin	329	↓1	32
38	Chad	292	↑4	39
39	Bradley	285	↓2	51
40	Patrick	254	↑3	38
41	Jacob	253	–	43
42	Stephen	248	↓4	40
43	Kenneth	239	↑2	41
44	Paul	227	↓5	35
45	Gregory	218	↓5	42
46	Shawn	203	↓2	47
47	Bryan	202	↓1	49
48	Derek	187	new	50
49	Kyle	186	–	57
50	Jesse	172	new	45

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