Popular baby names in Missouri, 1988

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1988 were Ashley for girls (1,238 babies) and Michael for boys (1,267). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 68,179 babies born in Missouri in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1988

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: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bobbi: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emilee: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corey: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bobbie: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tierra: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ciera: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bailey: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Blair: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rhonda: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Kaleb: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deandre: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Rusty: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dakota: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Caleb: 130 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Levi: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colby: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Damon: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kurtis: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bret: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	1,238	↑1	2
2	Jessica	1,180	↓1	1
3	Amanda	901	–	3
4	Sarah	754	–	4
5	Brittany	560	↑7	6
6	Jennifer	554	↓1	5
7	Megan	532	↓1	12
8	Samantha	496	↑9	8
9	Lauren	495	↑6	11
10	Emily	474	–	18
11	Danielle	446	↑2	17
12	Elizabeth	441	↓1	10
13	Tiffany	440	↑6	13
14	Stephanie	439	↓6	7
15	Amber	425	↓6	15
16	Heather	420	↓9	14
17	Rachel	384	↓3	19
18	Nicole	370	↓2	9
19	Kayla	347	↑8	20
20	Melissa	325	↓2	16
21	Katherine	282	↑4	27
22	Courtney	277	↑17	24
23	Whitney	268	–	39
24	Rebecca	258	–	26
25	Kimberly	254	↑4	25
26	Laura	250	↓4	23
27	Sara	246	↑3	30
28	Michelle	241	↓7	21
29	Christina	238	↓3	22
30	Amy	227	↓10	29
31	Mary	227	↑7	34
32	Erin	217	↑4	37
33	Andrea	210	–	35
34	Lindsey	205	↑3	48
35	Chelsea	202	↑15	33
36	Katie	198	↓5	40
37	Angela	193	↓3	38
38	Jamie	193	↓6	45
39	Crystal	187	↓4	28
40	Kelly	187	↓12	32
41	Erica	185	↓1	31
42	Kristen	185	↓1	36
43	Kelsey	180	new	64
44	Kathryn	171	–	55
45	Hannah	168	↑4	61
46	Allison	156	↑1	46
47	Lindsay	147	↓4	57
48	Cassandra	141	new	59
49	Shannon	140	new	56
50	Brittney	137	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,267	–	1
2	Christopher	1,116	–	2
3	Joshua	1,022	↑1	4
4	Matthew	942	↓1	3
5	Andrew	887	–	5
6	Justin	779	–	7
7	Ryan	727	↑2	13
8	James	697	–	9
9	David	669	↑1	6
10	Daniel	654	↓3	8
11	Kyle	645	↑1	21
12	John	638	↓1	11
13	Joseph	596	–	12
14	Nicholas	575	–	14
15	Brandon	573	↑1	17
16	Robert	562	↓1	10
17	Jacob	535	–	28
18	William	478	–	16
19	Zachary	455	↑8	29
20	Anthony	447	–	18
21	Adam	422	–	26
22	Timothy	420	–	25
23	Aaron	416	↑8	31
24	Brian	400	↓1	22
25	Tyler	396	↑7	33
26	Eric	390	↓7	19
27	Jonathan	388	↑1	15
28	Kevin	384	↓3	20
29	Thomas	382	–	23
30	Cody	376	↑4	43
31	Steven	342	↓5	24
32	Benjamin	340	↓2	30
33	Dustin	335	–	48
34	Charles	324	↑3	37
35	Jason	321	↓11	27
36	Nathan	285	↑3	44
37	Jeremy	278	↓1	35
38	Mark	274	–	39
39	Travis	261	↑1	41
40	Alexander	256	↑5	34
41	Patrick	254	↑1	42
42	Jeffrey	252	↓7	36
43	Stephen	233	↑1	40
44	Bradley	230	↓1	57
45	Richard	225	↓4	32
46	Samuel	222	↑3	45
47	Sean	222	↑1	38
48	Scott	220	↓2	47
49	Derek	219	↓2	53
50	Jordan	210	new	52

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