Popular baby names in Missouri, 1997

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 1997 were Emily for girls (664 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,011). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,923 babies born in Missouri in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 1997

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

Girls

Dallas: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brooklynn: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelsi: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lacy: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mollie: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Misty: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bria: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Randi: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Abbigail: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clare: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Darion: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Dalton: 247 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Weston: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Clayton: 123 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colten: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dakota: 263 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Blake: 215 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brendan: 165 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trey: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trenton: 78 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	664	–	1
2	Hannah	562	↑1	5
3	Taylor	539	↓1	7
4	Madison	480	↑4	10
5	Ashley	462	–	3
6	Sarah	450	↑1	4
7	Jessica	445	↓3	2
8	Samantha	432	↓2	6
9	Megan	412	–	11
10	Alexis	364	↑2	8
11	Lauren	361	↑4	14
12	Rachel	330	↓2	13
13	Elizabeth	329	↓2	9
14	Kayla	309	↓1	12
15	Brittany	290	↓1	20
16	Abigail	287	↑4	26
17	Morgan	257	–	22
18	Alyssa	250	↑8	15
19	Courtney	245	↓3	28
20	Sydney	232	↑5	35
21	Shelby	230	↓3	43
22	Rebecca	224	↑2	25
23	Haley	223	↓2	31
24	Anna	222	↑8	33
25	Jordan	219	↑12	40
26	Olivia	219	↑8	27
27	Allison	211	↓4	39
28	Bailey	208	↑12	65
29	Emma	208	↑15	36
30	Brianna	205	↓2	17
31	Amanda	200	↓12	16
32	Kaitlyn	200	↓1	41
33	Victoria	198	↑3	19
34	Danielle	195	↓4	34
35	Katherine	195	↓6	32
36	Amber	181	↓9	29
37	Paige	177	↑1	64
38	Kelsey	176	↓16	57
39	Mary	175	↑2	46
40	Nicole	168	↓5	21
41	Brooke	164	↓8	45
42	Cheyenne	152	↑3	68
43	Madeline	151	↑6	59
44	Sierra	143	new	56
45	Alexandra	141	↓6	30
46	Destiny	139	new	42
47	Grace	139	new	69
48	Gabrielle	136	↓1	51
49	Erin	135	new	52
50	Breanna	132	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	1,011	–	2
2	Austin	799	–	9
3	Tyler	656	–	10
4	Michael	640	–	1
5	Zachary	605	↑4	13
6	Nicholas	598	↑2	6
7	Matthew	595	↓1	3
8	Andrew	569	↓3	7
9	Joshua	549	↓2	5
10	Ryan	498	↑3	16
11	Brandon	495	↑1	8
12	Christopher	487	↓2	4
13	Joseph	472	↓2	12
14	John	450	–	15
15	William	428	–	19
16	James	404	–	17
17	Alexander	400	↑1	22
18	Jordan	399	↑7	26
19	Daniel	382	↓2	11
20	Dylan	379	↑7	30
21	Samuel	379	↓2	27
22	Kyle	374	↓1	24
23	David	368	↑3	14
24	Justin	352	↓4	20
25	Robert	304	↑4	23
26	Logan	293	↑4	42
27	Nathan	292	↑6	34
28	Cody	290	↓5	36
29	Benjamin	284	↓7	29
30	Anthony	283	↓6	18
31	Jonathan	266	↑3	21
32	Dakota	263	↑4	66
33	Thomas	263	↓1	31
34	Aaron	258	↓3	33
35	Christian	248	–	25
36	Dalton	247	↑2	90
37	Caleb	244	↓9	47
38	Ethan	230	↑11	46
39	Blake	215	↑2	80
40	Noah	213	new	38
41	Adam	209	↓4	39
42	Timothy	202	↓2	43
43	Hunter	199	new	44
44	Connor	188	new	52
45	Cameron	183	↑2	45
46	Charles	182	↓4	49
47	Trevor	177	new	62
48	Devin	171	–	59
49	Brendan	165	↑1	>100
50	Kevin	163	↓6	28

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