Popular baby names in Missouri, 1993

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1993 were Jessica for girls (749 babies) and Michael for boys (881). Social Security records list 66,210 babies born in Missouri in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1993

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

Girls

Sidney: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Makenzie: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abbey: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kori: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Abby: 56 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ashton: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Skyler: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelsi: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Hunter: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alex: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Darion: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colten: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dalton: 204 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dakota: 244 babies, 3× the national rate
Trenton: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Brendan: 116 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Courtney: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Grant: 98 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clayton: 93 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaleb: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Jessica	749	–	1
2	Ashley	704	–	2
3	Taylor	628	↑9	7
4	Emily	562	–	5
5	Samantha	546	–	4
6	Sarah	524	–	3
7	Brittany	503	↓4	6
8	Lauren	438	↑3	12
9	Amanda	421	↓2	8
10	Megan	420	↓2	11
11	Kayla	404	↓2	16
12	Elizabeth	382	↓2	9
13	Rachel	381	–	14
14	Kelsey	357	–	24
15	Hannah	354	↑4	21
16	Danielle	326	↑1	18
17	Courtney	323	↑3	20
18	Nicole	314	↑7	13
19	Amber	309	↓3	17
20	Jennifer	298	↑2	15
21	Shelby	279	↓3	37
22	Chelsea	266	↓7	25
23	Katherine	256	–	29
24	Rebecca	255	↓3	22
25	Alexis	240	↑12	27
26	Stephanie	232	↓2	10
27	Victoria	230	↑2	19
28	Heather	220	↓1	38
29	Alyssa	219	↑6	26
30	Haley	216	↑15	42
31	Morgan	215	↓3	34
32	Alexandra	210	↑4	28
33	Tiffany	206	↓2	33
34	Mary	203	↓8	36
35	Paige	188	↑3	60
36	Jordan	187	↑12	58
37	Anna	185	↑6	47
38	Jasmine	185	↑1	23
39	Allison	182	↑1	41
40	Abigail	173	new	67
41	Andrea	169	↑3	44
42	Brooke	164	↑7	52
43	Michelle	163	↓9	31
44	Melissa	160	↓12	30
45	Erin	158	↓15	48
46	Lindsey	155	↑4	56
47	Sara	154	↓14	40
48	Madison	153	new	78
49	Kaitlyn	150	↓8	46
50	Kimberly	150	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	881	–	1
2	Jacob	856	–	9
3	Tyler	811	↑3	5
4	Joshua	736	–	4
5	Zachary	682	↑3	15
6	Matthew	681	↓3	3
7	Andrew	668	–	10
8	Christopher	650	↓3	2
9	Nicholas	624	↑1	8
10	Austin	607	↑15	26
11	Ryan	595	↓2	13
12	Brandon	566	–	6
13	Joseph	560	↑2	12
14	James	535	↓3	14
15	John	531	↓1	16
16	Cody	523	↓3	24
17	Alexander	484	↑6	21
18	Daniel	483	–	7
19	Kyle	479	↓3	23
20	Justin	472	↓3	20
21	William	438	↓1	18
22	David	427	↓3	11
23	Robert	377	↓2	17
24	Jordan	371	↑4	28
25	Anthony	359	↓3	19
26	Aaron	340	–	30
27	Adam	313	↑11	39
28	Jonathan	306	↑3	22
29	Samuel	305	↑7	37
30	Dylan	302	↓6	33
31	Benjamin	291	↑2	32
32	Thomas	283	↓2	27
33	Timothy	279	↓4	38
34	Kevin	276	↓7	25
35	Charles	255	↑6	44
36	Caleb	247	↑13	66
37	Dakota	244	new	85
38	Steven	243	↓1	31
39	Eric	241	↓4	29
40	Dustin	236	–	59
41	Nathan	232	↓9	41
42	Sean	212	↓3	42
43	Dalton	204	new	>100
44	Taylor	203	↓2	51
45	Jesse	200	new	48
46	Stephen	189	↓2	47
47	Brian	186	↓13	34
48	Christian	186	new	35
49	Patrick	184	↓6	43
50	Blake	183	↓4	83

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