Popular baby names in Missouri, 1983

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,215 babies) and Michael for boys (1,385). Social Security records list 67,755 babies born in Missouri in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1983

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

Girls

Tiara: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ashly: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lora: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jami: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chandra: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Casey: 105 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Blair: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ellen: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Charity: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jerad: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deandre: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zachariah: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caleb: 78 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colby: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trenton: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dustin: 390 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,215	–	1
2	Jessica	1,019	–	2
3	Amanda	990	–	3
4	Ashley	989	↑8	4
5	Sarah	837	↓1	5
6	Heather	546	↑8	9
7	Stephanie	530	↑1	8
8	Melissa	504	↓3	6
9	Amy	497	↓3	12
10	Elizabeth	453	↓3	10
11	Erin	414	↑6	18
12	Rachel	412	↑4	20
13	Amber	402	↑8	17
14	Megan	402	↑19	21
15	Nicole	399	↓6	7
16	Rebecca	391	↓5	19
17	Crystal	372	↓4	11
18	Michelle	370	↓3	13
19	Emily	346	↑3	25
20	Angela	345	↓10	22
21	Tiffany	344	↓2	14
22	Jamie	328	↑3	28
23	Christina	325	↓5	16
24	Laura	325	–	23
25	Kimberly	324	↓5	15
26	Kelly	300	–	26
27	Sara	287	↓4	31
28	Mary	282	–	32
29	Lindsey	279	↑2	35
30	Lauren	275	↓1	24
31	Andrea	266	↓4	30
32	Katherine	264	↓2	34
33	Lisa	214	↓1	27
34	Lindsay	209	↑1	36
35	Danielle	204	↑3	29
36	Kristen	202	–	37
37	Julie	198	↓3	46
38	Erica	196	↓1	33
39	Shannon	196	↑2	38
40	Alicia	184	new	41
41	Samantha	177	↑5	40
42	Tara	168	↓3	51
43	April	167	↓3	39
44	Kristin	163	↑1	42
45	Katie	159	↑3	45
46	Kathryn	156	↓3	50
47	Courtney	154	–	44
48	Holly	146	new	48
49	Brandi	139	↓5	56
50	Brandy	136	↓8	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	1,385	–	1
2	Christopher	1,297	–	2
3	Matthew	1,228	–	3
4	Joshua	944	–	5
5	James	856	↑1	6
6	Jason	826	↓1	7
7	Justin	788	↑2	12
8	John	772	–	9
9	David	765	↓2	4
10	Daniel	763	↑3	8
11	Ryan	742	–	13
12	Andrew	668	↑3	15
13	Robert	638	↓3	10
14	Joseph	600	↓2	11
15	Brian	586	↑1	14
16	Adam	577	↑4	18
17	Brandon	577	↑1	17
18	William	553	↓4	16
19	Nicholas	498	–	21
20	Timothy	498	↓3	26
21	Eric	442	–	20
22	Anthony	426	↑4	22
23	Jonathan	422	↑4	19
24	Steven	417	↑5	23
25	Kevin	412	↓2	25
26	Aaron	403	↓2	29
27	Kyle	398	↑13	34
28	Jeffrey	394	↓3	28
29	Dustin	390	↑1	43
30	Jeremy	389	↓8	30
31	Thomas	379	↓3	24
32	Mark	348	↓1	31
33	Jacob	341	↑2	36
34	Charles	333	–	33
35	Nathan	323	↓2	40
36	Benjamin	313	↑2	32
37	Richard	313	↓5	27
38	Travis	308	↓1	41
39	Scott	262	↓3	38
40	Stephen	260	↑3	35
41	Paul	249	↑1	39
42	Bradley	246	↓3	52
43	Patrick	232	↓2	37
44	Gregory	221	↑2	42
45	Zachary	216	↑2	50
46	Kenneth	200	↓1	45
47	Sean	196	new	44
48	Bryan	194	–	47
49	Chad	190	–	49
50	Shawn	187	–	53

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