Popular baby names in Missouri, 1996

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1996 were Emily for girls (592 babies) and Jacob for boys (951). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,045 babies born in Missouri in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1996

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

Girls

Macey: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Makayla: 122 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maddison: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Moriah: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kaley: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darian: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Addison: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Phoebe: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tessa: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Katlyn: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Darion: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Colten: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Brenden: 62 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shayne: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brendan: 165 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lane: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dalton: 220 babies, 3× the national rate
Clayton: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Cooper: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Levi: 99 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	592	–	1
2	Taylor	509	–	6
3	Hannah	506	↑3	7
4	Jessica	492	↓1	2
5	Ashley	481	↓1	3
6	Samantha	465	↓1	5
7	Sarah	460	–	4
8	Madison	403	↑6	15
9	Megan	400	↓1	12
10	Rachel	393	–	9
11	Elizabeth	389	↑1	10
12	Alexis	370	↑5	8
13	Kayla	343	↓4	11
14	Brittany	339	↓3	14
15	Lauren	305	↑1	16
16	Courtney	289	↓3	21
17	Morgan	288	↑2	25
18	Shelby	287	↑2	35
19	Amanda	276	↓4	13
20	Abigail	266	↑2	32
21	Haley	233	↑3	30
22	Kelsey	230	↓4	36
23	Allison	225	↑2	38
24	Rebecca	225	↑9	24
25	Sydney	223	↑7	39
26	Alyssa	219	↑12	23
27	Amber	210	↓1	27
28	Brianna	205	–	17
29	Katherine	204	↑6	31
30	Danielle	202	↓9	29
31	Kaitlyn	202	↑6	40
32	Anna	201	↓5	33
33	Brooke	197	↑7	45
34	Olivia	194	↑10	34
35	Nicole	193	↓5	22
36	Victoria	191	↓13	18
37	Jordan	188	↓6	49
38	Paige	177	↓4	65
39	Alexandra	175	↑3	26
40	Bailey	165	new	85
41	Mary	164	↓12	44
42	Katelyn	157	new	64
43	Jennifer	156	↓7	19
44	Emma	150	new	53
45	Cheyenne	149	new	68
46	Mariah	147	new	63
47	Gabrielle	143	new	54
48	Mackenzie	142	new	75
49	Madeline	141	–	67
50	Miranda	141	↓5	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	951	–	3
2	Austin	813	–	9
3	Tyler	698	↑1	7
4	Michael	662	↓1	1
5	Andrew	624	↑6	10
6	Matthew	613	↓1	2
7	Joshua	610	↑2	5
8	Nicholas	604	↓1	6
9	Zachary	596	↓3	14
10	Christopher	579	↓2	4
11	Joseph	527	↑1	12
12	Brandon	523	↓2	8
13	Ryan	474	–	16
14	John	442	–	15
15	William	429	↑3	18
16	James	424	↓1	17
17	Daniel	391	↑4	11
18	Alexander	376	↓2	22
19	Samuel	376	↑4	30
20	Justin	373	↓3	20
21	Kyle	364	↓2	25
22	Benjamin	356	↑7	29
23	Cody	355	↓3	31
24	Anthony	352	↑2	19
25	Jordan	345	↓3	27
26	David	315	↓1	13
27	Dylan	315	↓3	33
28	Caleb	312	↑7	48
29	Robert	295	↓2	23
30	Logan	294	↑6	42
31	Aaron	285	↓3	34
32	Thomas	284	↑2	28
33	Nathan	283	↓2	37
34	Jonathan	267	↓1	21
35	Christian	247	↑3	24
36	Dakota	244	↓6	58
37	Adam	226	↓5	39
38	Dalton	220	↑1	99
39	Steven	215	↑4	38
40	Timothy	214	↓3	40
41	Blake	202	–	84
42	Charles	201	↑3	43
43	Eric	200	↓1	35
44	Kevin	190	↓4	26
45	Dustin	184	↑4	79
46	Patrick	182	new	44
47	Cameron	179	↑3	49
48	Devin	173	–	60
49	Ethan	170	↓3	62
50	Brendan	165	new	>100

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