Popular baby names in Missouri, 1991

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1991 were Ashley for girls (977 babies) and Michael for boys (1,105). Social Security records list 69,744 babies born in Missouri in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1991

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

Girls

Alecia: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ashton: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelsi: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Abby: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lacy: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dakota: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mollie: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Emilee: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bailey: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Abbey: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Stephon: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dakota: 153 babies, 3× the national rate
Trenton: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaleb: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Levi: 81 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dalton: 105 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clayton: 78 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Byron: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Landon: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	977	–	1
2	Jessica	927	–	2
3	Brittany	645	–	3
4	Amanda	609	–	4
5	Sarah	601	–	6
6	Emily	565	↑3	10
7	Samantha	542	↓1	5
8	Megan	502	↓1	11
9	Kayla	486	↑2	12
10	Lauren	452	↓2	13
11	Elizabeth	439	↓1	9
12	Rachel	404	↑1	14
13	Amber	376	↑1	16
14	Kelsey	374	↑6	26
15	Shelby	368	new	33
16	Jennifer	355	↓1	8
17	Stephanie	354	↓5	7
18	Danielle	347	–	17
19	Chelsea	346	↑5	18
20	Courtney	332	↓4	19
21	Heather	315	↓4	23
22	Hannah	310	↑3	29
23	Taylor	300	↑26	32
24	Tiffany	260	↓5	27
25	Nicole	258	↓3	15
26	Katherine	256	↓3	25
27	Rebecca	247	↓6	21
28	Mary	233	↑2	38
29	Michelle	224	↓2	22
30	Melissa	222	↓4	20
31	Sara	221	↑1	37
32	Jasmine	212	↑1	24
33	Victoria	207	new	28
34	Alyssa	201	↓5	30
35	Lindsey	201	–	52
36	Anna	188	↑3	46
37	Erin	184	↑1	44
38	Morgan	183	new	49
39	Christina	175	↓3	31
40	Jamie	171	↑6	60
41	Kimberly	168	–	34
42	Amy	166	↓11	43
43	Andrea	166	↓6	39
44	Jordan	166	new	62
45	Brooke	165	new	65
46	Laura	165	↓18	35
47	Allison	157	↓4	50
48	Kelly	153	–	42
49	Alexandra	152	↓2	36
50	Kathryn	151	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	1,105	–	1
2	Joshua	944	↑1	4
3	Christopher	897	↓1	2
4	Matthew	851	–	3
5	Andrew	814	–	5
6	Jacob	787	–	17
7	Tyler	726	↑10	16
8	James	681	–	7
9	Nicholas	657	↑1	12
10	Ryan	648	↓3	11
11	Zachary	635	↑3	22
12	Justin	620	↓3	14
13	Joseph	607	–	9
14	Kyle	595	↑1	21
15	John	575	↑1	10
16	Brandon	573	↑3	15
17	Cody	545	↑3	24
18	Daniel	544	↓7	6
19	William	522	↑2	19
20	David	512	↓8	8
21	Robert	471	↓3	13
22	Anthony	452	–	18
23	Aaron	386	↑1	31
24	Jonathan	370	↑6	20
25	Alexander	362	↑10	26
26	Steven	350	↑2	27
27	Jordan	349	–	29
28	Kevin	343	↓3	23
29	Benjamin	337	↑3	33
30	Thomas	332	↓1	28
31	Eric	325	↓5	25
32	Timothy	319	↓9	32
33	Nathan	318	↑1	42
34	Adam	312	↓3	36
35	Austin	306	↑12	50
36	Samuel	286	↑4	39
37	Charles	279	↑1	38
38	Brian	263	↓5	30
39	Dustin	235	↓3	56
40	Stephen	235	↑5	41
41	Dylan	234	new	46
42	Ethan	230	↓3	65
43	Travis	228	↓6	44
44	Jeffrey	227	↑6	45
45	Sean	218	↑1	40
46	Jeremy	209	↓3	43
47	Patrick	207	↓6	35
48	Richard	207	↓4	34
49	Taylor	198	new	52
50	Corey	195	new	58

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