Popular baby names in Missouri, 1987

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1987 were Jessica for girls (1,348 babies) and Michael for boys (1,262). Social Security records list 66,984 babies born in Missouri in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1987

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

Girls

Ashli: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tierra: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cierra: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ciera: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ciara: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Amie: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bobbi: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trista: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lacy: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tiara: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Kody: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clayton: 99 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaleb: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Caleb: 127 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Trenton: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Damon: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Deandre: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Drew: 74 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Levi: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	1,348	↑1	1
2	Ashley	1,341	↓1	2
3	Amanda	1,007	–	3
4	Sarah	719	–	5
5	Jennifer	649	–	4
6	Megan	565	–	12
7	Heather	469	–	9
8	Stephanie	461	–	6
9	Amber	452	–	15
10	Emily	434	↑5	19
11	Elizabeth	433	–	10
12	Brittany	418	↑1	7
13	Danielle	414	↑6	14
14	Rachel	412	↓4	17
15	Lauren	397	↓3	16
16	Nicole	396	↓2	8
17	Samantha	388	↑5	11
18	Melissa	369	↓1	13
19	Tiffany	315	↑1	18
20	Amy	297	↓4	24
21	Michelle	295	↑9	21
22	Laura	286	↓4	22
23	Whitney	277	↑1	32
24	Rebecca	274	↑1	25
25	Katherine	273	↓4	28
26	Christina	252	↑3	20
27	Kayla	252	new	27
28	Kelly	245	↑4	30
29	Kimberly	242	↓6	23
30	Sara	239	↓4	29
31	Katie	230	↑8	38
32	Jamie	228	↓5	39
33	Andrea	226	↑1	36
34	Angela	225	↓1	35
35	Crystal	212	↓4	26
36	Erin	202	↓8	34
37	Lindsey	201	↓2	41
38	Mary	195	↓2	37
39	Courtney	189	↓2	33
40	Erica	189	↓2	31
41	Kristen	177	↓1	42
42	Lisa	165	↑3	40
43	Lindsay	164	↓1	49
44	Kathryn	160	↓3	51
45	Anna	156	↑3	52
46	Alicia	152	↓3	46
47	Allison	150	↓1	44
48	Julie	146	↑1	65
49	Hannah	144	new	66
50	Chelsea	136	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	1,262	↑1	1
2	Christopher	1,132	↓1	2
3	Matthew	1,072	–	3
4	Joshua	978	–	4
5	Andrew	942	–	6
6	Justin	767	↑6	9
7	Daniel	729	↑2	7
8	James	719	↓1	8
9	Ryan	705	↓3	13
10	David	696	↓2	5
11	John	603	↓1	11
12	Kyle	599	↑2	22
13	Joseph	585	–	12
14	Nicholas	571	↑1	16
15	Robert	570	↑1	10
16	Brandon	565	↓5	14
17	Jacob	511	↑4	31
18	William	501	–	15
19	Eric	445	↑6	21
20	Anthony	444	↑6	17
21	Adam	441	↓1	27
22	Timothy	439	↓3	26
23	Brian	431	↓6	20
24	Jason	411	↓2	23
25	Kevin	406	↓1	19
26	Steven	371	↑1	25
27	Zachary	371	↑6	33
28	Jonathan	364	↓5	18
29	Thomas	364	↑1	24
30	Benjamin	359	↑5	28
31	Aaron	352	↓3	34
32	Tyler	349	–	39
33	Dustin	336	↓2	44
34	Cody	308	↑12	49
35	Jeffrey	305	↓1	32
36	Jeremy	303	↓7	29
37	Charles	291	↓1	35
38	Mark	275	–	36
39	Nathan	273	↓2	45
40	Travis	261	↑4	42
41	Richard	259	↓2	30
42	Patrick	244	↑1	41
43	Bradley	231	↓2	56
44	Stephen	226	↓4	38
45	Alexander	215	↑4	37
46	Scott	210	↓4	43
47	Derek	209	↑1	54
48	Sean	207	↓3	40
49	Samuel	205	new	50
50	Jesse	191	new	55

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