Popular baby names in Missouri, 1989
The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1989 were Jessica for girls (1,062 babies) and Michael for boys (1,236). Social Security records list 70,272 babies born in Missouri in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Missouri in 1989
Names given at least 15 times in Missouri that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Unknown: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Kelsie: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Ashli: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Cierra: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Tierra: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Keisha: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Bailey: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Kierra: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Abby: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Kourtney: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Boys
- Unknown: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Dakota: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Kaleb: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Cortez: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Dalton: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Caleb: 199 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Trenton: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Kody: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Trey: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Dwight: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1989
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1988 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 1,062 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ashley | 1,049 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 3 | Brittany | 867 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 4 | Amanda | 823 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Sarah | 691 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | Megan | 591 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 7 | Samantha | 560 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 8 | Lauren | 541 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 9 | Jennifer | 500 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 10 | Emily | 466 | – | 13 |
| 11 | Amber | 430 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 428 | – | 10 |
| 13 | Heather | 419 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 14 | Stephanie | 414 | – | 8 |
| 15 | Kayla | 391 | ↑4 | 20 |
| 16 | Rachel | 389 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 17 | Danielle | 382 | ↓6 | 17 |
| 18 | Tiffany | 358 | ↓5 | 16 |
| 19 | Courtney | 347 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 20 | Nicole | 340 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 21 | Kelsey | 314 | ↑22 | 31 |
| 22 | Rebecca | 299 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 23 | Melissa | 275 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 24 | Katherine | 268 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 25 | Christina | 264 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 26 | Chelsea | 263 | ↑9 | 27 |
| 27 | Laura | 248 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 28 | Michelle | 238 | – | 22 |
| 29 | Hannah | 226 | ↑16 | 42 |
| 30 | Mary | 225 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 31 | Amy | 220 | ↓1 | 35 |
| 32 | Andrea | 217 | ↑1 | 39 |
| 33 | Lindsey | 210 | ↑1 | 48 |
| 34 | Erin | 209 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 35 | Kimberly | 207 | ↓10 | 28 |
| 36 | Jamie | 200 | ↑2 | 52 |
| 37 | Angela | 196 | – | 47 |
| 38 | Jasmine | 195 | new | 30 |
| 39 | Kristen | 195 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 40 | Whitney | 195 | ↓17 | 57 |
| 41 | Brittney | 190 | ↑9 | 41 |
| 42 | Sara | 186 | ↓15 | 29 |
| 43 | Kelly | 180 | ↓3 | 37 |
| 44 | Erica | 177 | ↓3 | 34 |
| 45 | Allison | 171 | ↑1 | 46 |
| 46 | Crystal | 165 | ↓7 | 32 |
| 47 | Katie | 160 | ↓11 | 45 |
| 48 | Anna | 156 | new | 51 |
| 49 | Caitlin | 153 | new | 49 |
| 50 | Kristin | 149 | new | 60 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1988 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,236 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher | 1,069 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Joshua | 1,029 | – | 4 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,001 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Andrew | 844 | – | 7 |
| 6 | Justin | 774 | – | 8 |
| 7 | Nicholas | 696 | ↑7 | 14 |
| 8 | James | 682 | – | 9 |
| 9 | Ryan | 674 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 10 | Daniel | 673 | – | 6 |
| 11 | John | 643 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 12 | David | 617 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 13 | Jacob | 600 | ↑4 | 26 |
| 14 | Kyle | 596 | ↓3 | 20 |
| 15 | Robert | 570 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 16 | Joseph | 567 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 17 | Brandon | 545 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 18 | Zachary | 544 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 19 | William | 493 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 20 | Adam | 469 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 21 | Tyler | 453 | ↑4 | 30 |
| 22 | Anthony | 451 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 23 | Aaron | 444 | – | 31 |
| 24 | Timothy | 399 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 25 | Cody | 396 | ↑5 | 45 |
| 26 | Kevin | 390 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 27 | Jonathan | 370 | – | 17 |
| 28 | Thomas | 366 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 29 | Eric | 365 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 30 | Steven | 359 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 31 | Dustin | 356 | ↑2 | 48 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 348 | – | 29 |
| 33 | Brian | 339 | ↓9 | 24 |
| 34 | Charles | 332 | – | 36 |
| 35 | Alexander | 295 | ↑5 | 32 |
| 36 | Jeremy | 293 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 37 | Nathan | 281 | ↓1 | 43 |
| 38 | Patrick | 274 | ↑3 | 38 |
| 39 | Jeffrey | 263 | ↑3 | 37 |
| 40 | Travis | 255 | ↓1 | 41 |
| 41 | Samuel | 252 | ↑5 | 47 |
| 42 | Mark | 251 | ↓4 | 42 |
| 43 | Bradley | 249 | ↑1 | 58 |
| 44 | Corey | 245 | new | 55 |
| 45 | Jason | 243 | ↓10 | 35 |
| 46 | Jordan | 241 | ↑4 | 44 |
| 47 | Stephen | 234 | ↓4 | 40 |
| 48 | Austin | 227 | new | 59 |
| 49 | Derek | 222 | – | 54 |
| 50 | Jesse | 220 | new | 50 |
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