Popular baby names in Missouri, 1985

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,361 babies) and Michael for boys (1,337). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 69,081 babies born in Missouri in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1985

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

Girls

Ciera: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tiara: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cassidy: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alecia: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ciara: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lacy: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cara: 62 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tierra: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Abby: 49 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jami: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 34 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Zachariah: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deandre: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caleb: 91 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kent: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrell: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Demetrius: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,361	–	2
2	Jessica	1,108	↑1	1
3	Amanda	1,041	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	935	↓2	3
5	Sarah	709	–	5
6	Megan	636	↑2	10
7	Heather	524	↓1	8
8	Stephanie	499	↑1	6
9	Elizabeth	471	↑4	9
10	Rachel	468	–	13
11	Nicole	437	↑1	7
12	Melissa	420	↓5	11
13	Lauren	413	↑2	15
14	Amber	387	–	16
15	Emily	381	↑4	24
16	Amy	380	↓5	20
17	Laura	359	–	14
18	Danielle	353	↓2	18
19	Rebecca	336	↑7	25
20	Kimberly	329	↑3	19
21	Michelle	320	↑1	22
22	Angela	308	↑3	31
23	Christina	300	↑5	12
24	Tiffany	300	↓6	23
25	Erin	295	↓5	26
26	Jamie	290	↓2	27
27	Crystal	282	↓6	21
28	Katherine	270	↓1	32
29	Kelly	270	↑1	28
30	Lindsey	267	↓1	37
31	Sara	264	↑2	30
32	Brittany	257	new	17
33	Andrea	254	↓2	33
34	Mary	239	↓2	35
35	Samantha	231	↑8	29
36	Erica	229	↓1	34
37	Katie	214	↑3	39
38	Courtney	205	↑8	43
39	Lisa	194	↑3	36
40	Lindsay	186	↓6	40
41	Kristen	185	–	38
42	Julie	184	↓5	55
43	Kathryn	177	↓5	48
44	Tara	172	↑1	51
45	Anna	164	↑3	54
46	Christine	155	new	44
47	Alicia	150	↓3	45
48	April	147	↓1	47
49	Shannon	146	↓13	41
50	Allison	144	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	1,337	–	1
2	Christopher	1,266	–	2
3	Matthew	1,158	–	3
4	Joshua	1,097	–	4
5	James	825	–	7
6	Daniel	807	↑2	5
7	Andrew	776	↑6	11
8	Ryan	774	↓1	12
9	David	764	↓3	6
10	Brandon	758	↑4	13
11	John	723	↓2	9
12	Justin	649	↓2	15
13	Robert	638	↓1	8
14	Joseph	610	↓3	10
15	Jason	598	–	14
16	Adam	587	↑1	22
17	Nicholas	583	↑4	19
18	William	509	↑1	16
19	Brian	507	↓3	18
20	Kyle	488	↑10	27
21	Timothy	483	↓3	26
22	Eric	465	↓2	21
23	Jacob	442	↑8	35
24	Anthony	441	↓1	20
25	Kevin	424	↑2	23
26	Aaron	392	–	33
27	Jonathan	392	↓5	17
28	Thomas	380	↑1	25
29	Steven	370	↓1	24
30	Jeremy	354	↑3	30
31	Dustin	339	↓7	41
32	Zachary	327	↑6	39
33	Mark	318	↓1	32
34	Jeffrey	313	↓9	29
35	Benjamin	300	↓1	31
36	Nathan	297	↓1	40
37	Tyler	297	↑2	43
38	Stephen	290	↑5	36
39	Richard	286	↑1	28
40	Scott	277	↑2	44
41	Charles	268	↓5	34
42	Patrick	251	↓1	37
43	Travis	249	↓6	46
44	Bradley	246	↑1	53
45	Cody	231	new	52
46	Gregory	227	↓2	45
47	Paul	226	–	42
48	Bryan	218	↑1	48
49	Kenneth	215	↓3	47
50	Sean	214	–	38

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