Top Baby Names in Missouri, 1990s — Most Popular Boys & Girls Names

The most popular baby names in Missouri from 1990 to 1999, ranked by total births during the decade.

What the Data Says About the 1990s in Missouri

During the 1990s (1990–1999), the Social Security Administration recorded 335,325 births across the top 50 boy and top 50 girl names in Missouri. The decade's leading boy name was Jacob with 9,003 births, while Jessica was the top girl name with 6,409 births. The top 50 boys in this decade collectively accounted for 196,630 births versus 138,695 for the top 50 girls — a common SSA pattern in which the boy-name pool is more concentrated among fewer high-frequency choices. These totals represent only names appearing five or more times per year in Missouri; rarer names fall below the SSA's privacy-disclosure threshold and are excluded.

The 1990s sits within a specific cultural window of U.S. naming history. Late-20th-century decades like the 1990s show accelerating naming diversity, as popular culture, television, and celebrity influence began fragmenting the top-name distribution. Jacob and Jessica leading Missouri during this window reflects how regional preferences interact with broader national trends.

Decade totals are computed by summing SSA state-year records for Missouri across all ten years of the 1990s. Because the SSA suppresses any name with fewer than five annual occurrences in a state, the true number of unique names given in Missouri during this decade is larger than what this page lists. The dataset also treats every spelling as a separate name — for example, Kayla and Kaylah are tracked independently — so combined-spelling totals would shift the rankings somewhat. This page is provided for informational and research purposes and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Boy Top 50 Boy Names

Rank Name Births
1 Jacob 9,003
2 Michael 8,175
3 Tyler 7,043
4 Matthew 6,983
5 Joshua 6,903
6 Christopher 6,458
7 Andrew 6,412
8 Zachary 6,225
9 Austin 6,191
10 Nicholas 6,073
11 Ryan 5,452
12 Brandon 5,288
13 Joseph 5,253
14 James 5,166
15 John 4,913
16 Justin 4,602
17 Kyle 4,488
18 William 4,467
19 Daniel 4,444
20 Cody 4,164
21 David 4,102
22 Alexander 4,043
23 Robert 3,667
24 Jordan 3,595
25 Anthony 3,579
26 Samuel 3,277
27 Dylan 3,211
28 Aaron 3,110
29 Benjamin 3,011
30 Jonathan 2,947
31 Thomas 2,904
32 Nathan 2,876
33 Timothy 2,582
34 Adam 2,557
35 Caleb 2,476
36 Kevin 2,454
37 Steven 2,309
38 Eric 2,307
39 Ethan 2,212
40 Charles 2,210
41 Dakota 2,179
42 Logan 2,178
43 Brian 1,987
44 Dustin 1,970
45 Blake 1,936
46 Dalton 1,915
47 Christian 1,908
48 Cameron 1,849
49 Sean 1,831
50 Patrick 1,745

Girl Top 50 Girl Names

Rank Name Births
1 Jessica 6,409
2 Ashley 6,391
3 Emily 5,955
4 Samantha 5,028
5 Sarah 4,973
6 Taylor 4,716
7 Brittany 4,425
8 Hannah 4,373
9 Megan 4,273
10 Elizabeth 3,893
11 Lauren 3,890
12 Kayla 3,826
13 Amanda 3,812
14 Rachel 3,632
15 Madison 2,918
16 Courtney 2,858
17 Alexis 2,801
18 Kelsey 2,756
19 Amber 2,656
20 Danielle 2,606
21 Shelby 2,537
22 Morgan 2,364
23 Katherine 2,319
24 Rebecca 2,305
25 Nicole 2,272
26 Alyssa 2,261
27 Jennifer 2,239
28 Abigail 2,217
29 Stephanie 2,101
30 Allison 2,035
31 Anna 2,023
32 Victoria 1,972
33 Chelsea 1,962
34 Mary 1,939
35 Haley 1,843
36 Jordan 1,744
37 Heather 1,733
38 Brianna 1,724
39 Tiffany 1,687
40 Paige 1,674
41 Olivia 1,650
42 Brooke 1,646
43 Alexandra 1,633
44 Kaitlyn 1,613
45 Sydney 1,609
46 Jasmine 1,606
47 Erin 1,501
48 Sara 1,469
49 Emma 1,445
50 Lindsey 1,381

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year are included (ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html).

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.