Popular baby names in Missouri, 1984

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1984 were Ashley for girls (1,116 babies) and Michael for boys (1,340). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 67,000 babies born in Missouri in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1984

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

Girls

Latosha: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jodie: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Billie: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joni: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abby: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lacy: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kyla: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Hannah: 94 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tabatha: 31 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Deandre: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dane: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rusty: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dallas: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terrell: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clayton: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Caleb: 72 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Chance: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	1,116	↑3	3
2	Jennifer	1,104	↓1	1
3	Jessica	972	↓1	2
4	Amanda	923	↓1	4
5	Sarah	727	–	5
6	Heather	543	–	9
7	Melissa	492	↑1	8
8	Megan	481	↑6	11
9	Stephanie	480	↓2	6
10	Rachel	479	↑2	15
11	Amy	470	↓2	13
12	Nicole	427	↑3	7
13	Elizabeth	424	↓3	10
14	Amber	372	↓1	18
15	Lauren	362	↑15	21
16	Danielle	357	↑19	16
17	Laura	355	↑7	19
18	Tiffany	355	↑3	14
19	Emily	353	–	24
20	Erin	332	↓9	25
21	Crystal	327	↓4	12
22	Michelle	324	↓4	17
23	Kimberly	318	↑2	22
24	Jamie	316	↓2	31
25	Angela	315	↓5	26
26	Rebecca	311	↓10	23
27	Katherine	299	↑5	30
28	Christina	294	↓5	20
29	Lindsey	271	–	35
30	Kelly	270	↓4	27
31	Andrea	252	–	28
32	Mary	238	↓4	33
33	Sara	230	↓6	32
34	Lindsay	219	–	36
35	Erica	216	↑3	34
36	Shannon	192	↑3	37
37	Julie	188	–	52
38	Kathryn	188	↑8	48
39	Kristin	177	↑5	47
40	Katie	174	↑5	44
41	Kristen	172	↓5	38
42	Lisa	172	↓9	29
43	Samantha	169	↓2	39
44	Alicia	165	↓4	40
45	Tara	157	↓3	49
46	Courtney	154	↑1	46
47	April	152	↓4	42
48	Anna	136	new	57
49	Brandy	136	↑1	64
50	Natalie	121	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	1,340	–	1
2	Christopher	1,259	–	2
3	Matthew	1,226	–	3
4	Joshua	1,035	–	4
5	James	858	–	7
6	David	773	↑3	5
7	Ryan	749	↑4	12
8	Daniel	745	↑2	6
9	John	721	↓1	8
10	Justin	699	↓3	13
11	Joseph	671	↑3	10
12	Robert	659	↑1	9
13	Andrew	655	↓1	14
14	Brandon	648	↑3	15
15	Jason	637	↓9	11
16	Brian	558	↓1	17
17	Adam	554	↓1	18
18	Timothy	496	↑2	26
19	William	495	↓1	16
20	Eric	466	↑1	22
21	Nicholas	461	↓2	20
22	Jonathan	411	↑1	19
23	Anthony	404	↓1	21
24	Dustin	395	↑5	41
25	Jeffrey	393	↑3	28
26	Aaron	365	–	29
27	Kevin	363	↓2	24
28	Steven	362	↓4	23
29	Thomas	358	↑2	25
30	Kyle	356	↓3	34
31	Jacob	348	↑2	37
32	Mark	344	–	32
33	Jeremy	329	↓3	31
34	Benjamin	324	↑2	30
35	Nathan	313	–	38
36	Charles	311	↓2	33
37	Travis	299	↑1	42
38	Zachary	298	↑7	45
39	Tyler	280	new	47
40	Richard	278	↓3	27
41	Patrick	259	↑2	36
42	Scott	241	↓3	39
43	Stephen	239	↓3	35
44	Gregory	218	–	44
45	Bradley	213	↓3	53
46	Kenneth	213	–	46
47	Paul	213	↓6	40
48	Chad	202	↑1	51
49	Bryan	188	↓1	48
50	Sean	188	↓3	43

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