Popular baby names in Missouri, 1981

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,386 babies) and Michael for boys (1,483). Social Security records list 68,698 babies born in Missouri in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1981

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

Girls

Jami: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Latosha: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tricia: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Billie: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jayme: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Hannah: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lacy: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sherri: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tabatha: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Caleb: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Levi: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Grant: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Quentin: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rickey: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,386	–	1
2	Amanda	1,046	–	3
3	Jessica	921	↑1	2
4	Sarah	887	↓1	4
5	Melissa	622	–	5
6	Amy	611	–	6
7	Elizabeth	541	↑5	9
8	Angela	511	↓1	15
9	Stephanie	486	↑2	8
10	Rebecca	461	↑3	12
11	Heather	440	↓3	10
12	Michelle	406	↓2	11
13	Crystal	394	↑3	16
14	Tiffany	384	↑1	14
15	Kimberly	377	↓6	13
16	Erin	375	↑7	19
17	Nicole	357	↑1	7
18	Laura	356	↑3	21
19	Christina	346	↓5	17
20	Jamie	344	↓3	28
21	Rachel	339	↓2	22
22	Andrea	327	↑4	24
23	Emily	320	↑7	29
24	Sara	310	↓4	26
25	Amber	307	–	20
26	Lisa	297	↓4	18
27	Kelly	289	↓3	23
28	Mary	269	↓1	27
29	Julie	262	–	37
30	Katherine	254	↑1	39
31	April	232	↓3	25
32	Megan	225	–	33
33	Kristin	224	↑8	31
34	Ashley	221	↑1	34
35	Shannon	202	↓2	32
36	Brandy	200	↑1	41
37	Lauren	195	↑7	35
38	Danielle	190	↑10	30
39	Kristen	187	↓1	38
40	Erica	179	↓4	36
41	Tara	179	↓1	45
42	Brandi	163	↑3	50
43	Katie	156	↑6	44
44	Carrie	155	↓5	55
45	Courtney	154	new	43
46	Anna	146	new	54
47	Lindsay	142	new	47
48	Kathryn	140	↓2	48
49	Lindsey	137	new	58
50	Alicia	132	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,483	–	1
2	Christopher	1,138	↑1	2
3	Matthew	1,123	↑1	3
4	Joshua	1,093	↑1	6
5	Jason	971	↓3	4
6	James	914	–	7
7	David	846	–	5
8	John	800	–	8
9	Justin	740	↑1	12
10	Robert	712	↓1	9
11	Ryan	704	↑3	13
12	Daniel	662	–	10
13	Joseph	655	–	11
14	Brian	639	↓3	14
15	William	580	–	15
16	Andrew	564	↑3	18
17	Timothy	555	–	24
18	Brandon	551	↑6	19
19	Adam	522	↑2	20
20	Jeremy	506	↓4	22
21	Eric	505	↓1	17
22	Nicholas	494	↓4	21
23	Jeffrey	412	–	29
24	Jonathan	407	↑4	16
25	Thomas	407	↑2	26
26	Aaron	405	↓1	30
27	Steven	404	↓1	28
28	Kevin	402	↓6	25
29	Anthony	369	↑2	23
30	Dustin	364	↑5	42
31	Benjamin	360	↑6	32
32	Nathan	348	↓3	36
33	Charles	341	–	31
34	Mark	336	↓4	33
35	Richard	328	↓3	27
36	Travis	327	–	40
37	Scott	326	↓3	34
38	Jacob	275	↑3	43
39	Bradley	246	–	50
40	Patrick	244	–	38
41	Paul	242	↑3	35
42	Stephen	223	–	39
43	Chad	211	↓5	47
44	Kyle	206	↑5	52
45	Bryan	199	↑2	48
46	Gregory	197	↓1	46
47	Jesse	189	↑3	37
48	Kenneth	181	↓5	41
49	Derek	178	↓1	53
50	Shawn	176	↓4	49

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