Popular baby names in Missouri, 1982

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,228 babies) and Michael for boys (1,386). Social Security records list 68,939 babies born in Missouri in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1982

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

Girls

Kylie: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lora: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lashonda: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mindy: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Leann: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marcia: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ellen: 39 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deandre: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Caleb: 96 babies, 3× the national rate
Colby: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donnie: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kellen: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darren: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrell: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Derick: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darin: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Levi: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,228	–	1
2	Jessica	1,053	↑1	2
3	Amanda	996	↓1	3
4	Sarah	859	–	4
5	Melissa	580	–	5
6	Amy	571	–	10
7	Elizabeth	524	–	8
8	Stephanie	480	↑1	7
9	Nicole	459	↑8	6
10	Angela	443	↓2	16
11	Rebecca	430	↓1	15
12	Ashley	417	↑22	17
13	Crystal	415	–	9
14	Heather	404	↓3	12
15	Michelle	401	↓3	11
16	Rachel	400	↑5	21
17	Erin	394	↓1	20
18	Christina	381	↑1	19
19	Tiffany	368	↓5	13
20	Kimberly	363	↓5	14
21	Amber	360	↑4	18
22	Emily	358	↑1	24
23	Sara	335	↑1	28
24	Laura	317	↓6	22
25	Jamie	316	↓5	29
26	Kelly	304	↑1	25
27	Andrea	284	↓5	27
28	Mary	259	–	30
29	Lauren	249	↑8	26
30	Katherine	248	–	36
31	Lindsey	248	↑18	40
32	Lisa	237	↓6	23
33	Megan	236	↓1	34
34	Julie	212	↓5	41
35	Lindsay	204	↑12	39
36	Kristen	203	↑3	33
37	Erica	202	↑3	35
38	Danielle	199	–	31
39	Tara	185	↑2	47
40	April	183	↓9	32
41	Shannon	176	↓6	38
42	Brandy	170	↓6	50
43	Kathryn	166	↑5	48
44	Brandi	161	↓2	55
45	Kristin	158	↓12	37
46	Samantha	157	new	44
47	Courtney	150	↓2	43
48	Katie	145	↓5	45
49	Carrie	144	↓5	57
50	Natalie	141	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	1,386	–	1
2	Christopher	1,260	–	2
3	Matthew	1,212	–	3
4	Joshua	1,027	–	7
5	Jason	973	–	4
6	James	933	–	6
7	David	926	–	5
8	John	799	–	8
9	Justin	776	–	12
10	Robert	738	–	9
11	Ryan	713	–	13
12	Joseph	689	↑1	11
13	Daniel	683	↓1	10
14	William	590	↑1	15
15	Andrew	576	↑1	17
16	Brian	569	↓2	14
17	Timothy	528	–	24
18	Brandon	513	–	18
19	Nicholas	510	↑3	22
20	Adam	496	↓1	19
21	Eric	457	–	20
22	Jeremy	457	↓2	28
23	Kevin	443	↑5	25
24	Aaron	431	↑2	30
25	Jeffrey	426	↓2	29
26	Anthony	405	↑3	21
27	Jonathan	393	↓3	16
28	Thomas	392	↓3	23
29	Steven	366	↓2	26
30	Dustin	347	–	42
31	Mark	342	↑3	32
32	Richard	338	↑3	27
33	Nathan	333	↓1	36
34	Charles	331	↓1	31
35	Jacob	325	↑3	41
36	Scott	321	↑1	34
37	Travis	315	↓1	39
38	Benjamin	307	↓7	33
39	Bradley	261	–	51
40	Kyle	254	↑4	47
41	Patrick	248	↓1	37
42	Paul	246	↓1	35
43	Stephen	244	↓1	38
44	Jesse	224	↑3	43
45	Kenneth	224	↑3	45
46	Gregory	204	–	40
47	Zachary	203	new	55
48	Bryan	192	↓3	49
49	Chad	187	↓6	48
50	Shawn	186	–	52

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