Popular baby names in Missouri, 1990

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1990 were Ashley for girls (1,040 babies) and Michael for boys (1,151). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 70,809 babies born in Missouri in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1990

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

Girls

Chelsi: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cierra: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lacy: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelsi: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ashton: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abby: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maggie: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tabatha: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lacey: 78 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kelsie: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaleb: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Caleb: 206 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dalton: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jaron: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dakota: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Coty: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deandre: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kurtis: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ethan: 280 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	1,040	↑1	2
2	Jessica	1,024	↓1	1
3	Brittany	849	–	3
4	Amanda	732	–	4
5	Sarah	630	–	6
6	Samantha	602	↑1	5
7	Megan	547	↓1	11
8	Lauren	525	–	10
9	Emily	511	↑1	12
10	Elizabeth	484	↑2	9
11	Kayla	482	↑4	14
12	Stephanie	445	↑2	7
13	Rachel	430	↑3	16
14	Amber	401	↓3	15
15	Jennifer	369	↓6	8
16	Courtney	353	↑3	17
17	Heather	348	↓4	19
18	Danielle	338	↓1	18
19	Tiffany	330	↓1	23
20	Kelsey	324	↑1	32
21	Rebecca	324	↑1	21
22	Nicole	318	↓2	13
23	Katherine	308	↑1	26
24	Chelsea	299	↑2	24
25	Hannah	291	↑4	30
26	Melissa	241	↓3	20
27	Michelle	231	↑1	22
28	Laura	230	↓1	29
29	Alyssa	225	new	27
30	Mary	218	–	35
31	Amy	207	–	38
32	Sara	202	↑10	34
33	Jasmine	201	↑5	28
34	Kristen	201	↑5	42
35	Lindsey	200	↓2	51
36	Christina	199	↓11	25
37	Andrea	194	↓5	40
38	Erin	187	↓4	43
39	Anna	186	↑9	45
40	Whitney	181	–	60
41	Kimberly	180	↓6	31
42	Brittney	179	↓1	44
43	Allison	174	↑2	48
44	Erica	172	–	36
45	Cassandra	169	new	49
46	Jamie	168	↓10	55
47	Alexandra	167	new	37
48	Kelly	163	↓5	41
49	Taylor	160	new	46
50	Caitlin	157	↓1	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	1,151	–	1
2	Christopher	990	–	2
3	Joshua	980	–	4
4	Matthew	946	–	3
5	Andrew	775	–	7
6	Jacob	745	↑7	20
7	Ryan	739	↑2	11
8	James	691	–	8
9	Justin	687	↓3	9
10	Nicholas	644	↓3	14
11	Daniel	631	↓1	5
12	David	629	–	6
13	Joseph	613	↑3	10
14	Zachary	605	↑4	22
15	Kyle	599	↓1	18
16	John	586	↓5	12
17	Tyler	577	↑4	21
18	Robert	545	↓3	13
19	Brandon	531	↓2	19
20	Cody	498	↑5	31
21	William	483	↓2	16
22	Anthony	479	–	15
23	Timothy	402	↑1	30
24	Aaron	399	↓1	34
25	Kevin	393	↑1	23
26	Eric	388	↑3	24
27	Jordan	373	↑19	29
28	Steven	371	↑2	25
29	Thomas	366	↓1	26
30	Jonathan	356	↓3	17
31	Adam	335	↓11	32
32	Benjamin	325	–	33
33	Brian	313	–	27
34	Nathan	308	↑3	44
35	Alexander	304	–	28
36	Dustin	303	↓5	50
37	Travis	299	↑3	42
38	Charles	286	↓4	38
39	Ethan	280	new	58
40	Samuel	266	↑1	45
41	Patrick	258	↓3	36
42	Derek	251	↑7	54
43	Jeremy	248	↓7	40
44	Richard	246	new	35
45	Stephen	242	↑2	39
46	Sean	235	new	37
47	Austin	234	↑1	55
48	Jesse	207	↑2	48
49	Caleb	206	new	88
50	Jeffrey	203	↓11	43

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