Popular baby names in Missouri, 1986

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1986 were Ashley for girls (1,378 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,263). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,379 babies born in Missouri in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1986

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: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ciera: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kaci: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tierra: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alecia: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cierra: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abbey: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ciara: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Elisha: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jill: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kaleb: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Deandre: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bret: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cole: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Caleb: 91 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrell: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Trenton: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Drew: 83 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Clayton: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Demetrius: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	1,378	–	2
2	Jessica	1,191	–	1
3	Amanda	984	–	3
4	Sarah	807	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	757	↓1	4
6	Megan	569	–	11
7	Heather	537	–	9
8	Stephanie	499	–	6
9	Amber	445	↑5	13
10	Rachel	439	–	15
11	Elizabeth	417	↓2	10
12	Lauren	411	↑1	14
13	Brittany	382	↑19	8
14	Nicole	370	↓3	7
15	Emily	350	–	24
16	Amy	339	–	22
17	Melissa	321	↓5	12
18	Laura	319	↓1	20
19	Danielle	317	↓1	16
20	Tiffany	310	↑4	17
21	Katherine	309	↑7	28
22	Samantha	306	↑13	21
23	Kimberly	297	↓3	18
24	Whitney	297	new	32
25	Rebecca	283	↓6	26
26	Sara	279	↑5	27
27	Jamie	278	↓1	34
28	Erin	267	↓3	30
29	Christina	266	↓6	19
30	Michelle	265	↓9	23
31	Crystal	256	↓4	25
32	Kelly	246	↓3	29
33	Angela	244	↓11	33
34	Andrea	224	↓1	36
35	Lindsey	218	↓5	39
36	Mary	215	↓2	37
37	Courtney	214	↑1	35
38	Erica	208	↓2	31
39	Katie	198	↓2	38
40	Kristen	177	↑1	41
41	Kathryn	169	↑2	48
42	Lindsay	169	↓2	46
43	Alicia	164	↑4	45
44	Tara	158	–	56
45	Lisa	153	↓6	40
46	Allison	148	↑4	42
47	Shannon	146	↑2	44
48	Anna	144	↓3	51
49	Julie	142	↓7	58
50	Kristin	130	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	1,263	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,263	↓1	1
3	Matthew	1,098	–	3
4	Joshua	956	–	4
5	Andrew	887	↑2	8
6	Ryan	772	↑2	11
7	James	761	↓2	7
8	David	744	↑1	5
9	Daniel	727	↓3	6
10	John	661	↑1	10
11	Brandon	650	↓1	13
12	Justin	627	–	14
13	Joseph	619	↑1	12
14	Kyle	600	↑6	23
15	Nicholas	586	↑2	17
16	Robert	549	↓3	9
17	Brian	491	↑2	20
18	William	491	–	15
19	Timothy	482	↑2	27
20	Adam	477	↓4	24
21	Jacob	471	↑2	31
22	Jason	464	↓7	18
23	Jonathan	411	↑4	16
24	Kevin	411	↑1	21
25	Eric	398	↓3	22
26	Anthony	397	↓2	19
27	Steven	397	↑2	25
28	Aaron	380	↓2	33
29	Jeremy	379	↑1	28
30	Thomas	370	↓2	26
31	Dustin	364	–	42
32	Tyler	333	↑5	40
33	Zachary	332	↓1	38
34	Jeffrey	311	–	32
35	Benjamin	301	–	30
36	Charles	297	↑5	34
37	Nathan	281	↓1	43
38	Mark	277	↓5	35
39	Richard	260	–	29
40	Stephen	252	↓2	36
41	Bradley	248	↑3	54
42	Scott	247	↓2	44
43	Patrick	246	↓1	39
44	Travis	245	↓1	49
45	Sean	232	↑5	37
46	Cody	220	↓1	56
47	Gregory	215	↓1	46
48	Derek	192	new	57
49	Alexander	191	new	41
50	Jordan	189	new	53

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