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Baby names in Missouri, 1990s

1990–1999 · 657,932 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Missouri across the 1990s, with 9,008 births in the decade. The state recorded 657,932 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Missouri in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Aigner3912×
Terron60
Darrion137
Deron69
Cortez174
Ronnell37
Dalton1,915
Darion180

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob9,008
#2Michael8,182
#3Tyler7,201
#4Matthew6,983
#5Joshua6,903
#6Christopher6,459
#7Andrew6,411
#8Jessica6,409
#9Ashley6,391
#10Taylor6,241
#11Zachary6,227
#12Austin6,218
#13Nicholas6,073
#14Emily5,954
#15Ryan5,494
#16Jordan5,339
#17Brandon5,288
#18Joseph5,254
#19James5,166
#20Samantha5,028
#21Sarah4,973
#22John4,913
#23Justin4,602
#24Kyle4,489
#25William4,467

Other decades in Missouri

All Missouri names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org