Popular baby names in Missouri, 1994

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1994 were Ashley for girls (656 babies) and Jacob for boys (885). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,385 babies born in Missouri in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1994

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

Girls

Mikala: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brionna: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Abbey: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kala: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Madalyn: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Lacy: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brittni: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lacey: 63 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tayler: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Chelsie: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Cortez: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Darrion: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darion: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brendan: 179 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colten: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brenden: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clayton: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Lane: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Levi: 110 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	656	↑1	2
2	Jessica	633	↓1	1
3	Emily	622	↑1	3
4	Taylor	583	↓1	6
5	Samantha	535	–	4
6	Sarah	500	–	5
7	Megan	434	↑3	10
8	Brittany	429	↓1	7
9	Hannah	420	↑6	16
10	Lauren	393	↓2	14
11	Kayla	392	–	12
12	Elizabeth	375	–	9
13	Amanda	371	↓4	8
14	Rachel	354	↓1	13
15	Kelsey	325	↓1	29
16	Courtney	292	↑1	22
17	Shelby	291	↑4	40
18	Morgan	281	↑13	25
19	Danielle	279	↓3	20
20	Amber	271	↓1	21
21	Nicole	260	↓3	11
22	Alexis	241	↑3	18
23	Abigail	237	↑17	42
24	Rebecca	228	–	24
25	Katherine	227	↓2	30
26	Jennifer	218	↓6	17
27	Haley	217	↑3	36
28	Madison	214	↑20	51
29	Alyssa	210	–	26
30	Allison	206	↑9	34
31	Mary	200	↑3	37
32	Victoria	197	↓5	19
33	Stephanie	194	↓7	15
34	Alexandra	182	↓2	28
35	Brooke	181	↑7	54
36	Heather	181	↓8	44
37	Paige	181	↓2	63
38	Anna	174	↓1	41
39	Tiffany	171	↓6	35
40	Brianna	169	new	27
41	Jasmine	169	↓3	23
42	Chelsea	164	↓20	38
43	Erin	157	↑2	45
44	Kaitlyn	153	↑5	48
45	Jordan	151	↓9	52
46	Miranda	149	new	61
47	Katelyn	148	new	58
48	Kristen	145	new	55
49	Sara	145	↓2	43
50	Alexandria	142	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jacob	885	↑1	7
2	Tyler	825	↑1	5
3	Austin	768	↑7	17
4	Michael	752	↓3	1
5	Matthew	695	↑1	3
6	Zachary	687	↓1	12
7	Joshua	666	↓3	4
8	Brandon	621	↑4	6
9	Christopher	604	↓1	2
10	Nicholas	567	↓1	9
11	Andrew	563	↓4	10
12	Ryan	522	↓1	16
13	James	515	↑1	14
14	Joseph	512	↓1	11
15	Cody	503	↑1	25
16	Alexander	492	↑1	22
17	Kyle	486	↑2	24
18	John	477	↓3	15
19	Daniel	467	↓1	8
20	Justin	453	–	20
21	William	419	–	19
22	David	393	–	13
23	Jordan	380	↑1	29
24	Dylan	341	↑6	32
25	Robert	340	↓2	21
26	Aaron	331	–	28
27	Anthony	324	↓2	18
28	Samuel	317	↑1	33
29	Thomas	295	↑3	27
30	Nathan	291	↑11	40
31	Jonathan	279	↓3	23
32	Benjamin	278	↓1	31
33	Dakota	266	↑4	69
34	Adam	252	↓7	38
35	Kevin	250	↓1	26
36	Timothy	250	↓3	39
37	Steven	236	↑1	34
38	Dustin	228	↑2	56
39	Caleb	227	↓3	60
40	Eric	213	↓1	30
41	Dalton	211	↑2	85
42	Jesse	211	↑3	45
43	Charles	205	↓8	43
44	Blake	201	↑6	81
45	Brian	200	↑2	37
46	Logan	195	new	70
47	Taylor	192	↓3	54
48	Patrick	184	↑1	42
49	Brendan	179	new	>100
50	Christian	175	↓2	35

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