State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,383 Missouri births in 1994 across 1,387 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Missouri more than they say America.

#49Brendan#129 nationally
#71Clayton#149 nationally
#80Levi#157 nationally
#71Bailey#137 nationally
#95Claire#149 nationally
#99Collin#151 nationally
#41Dalton#85 nationally
#69Brett#107 nationally
#44Blake#81 nationally
#33Dakota#69 nationally
#57Madeline#92 nationally
#96Chad#130 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley656US #2
#2Jessica633US #1
#3Emily622US #3
#4Taylor583US #6
#5Samantha535US #4
#6Sarah500US #5
#7Megan434US #10
#8Brittany429US #7
#9Hannah420US #16
#10Lauren393US #14
#11Kayla392US #12
#12Elizabeth375US #9
#13Amanda371US #8
#14Rachel354US #13
#15Kelsey325US #29
#16Courtney292US #22
#17Shelby291US #40
#18Morgan281US #25
#19Danielle279US #20
#20Amber271US #21
#21Nicole260US #11
#22Alexis241US #18
#23Abigail237US #42
#24Rebecca228US #24
#25Katherine227US #30
#26Jennifer218US #17
#27Haley217US #36
#28Madison214US #51
#29Alyssa210US #26
#30Allison206US #34
#31Mary200US #37
#32Victoria197US #19
#33Stephanie194US #15
#34Alexandra182US #28
#35Brooke181US #54
#36Heather181US #44
#37Paige181US #63
#38Anna174US #41
#39Tiffany171US #35
#40Brianna169US #27
#41Jasmine169US #23
#42Chelsea164US #38
#43Erin157US #45
#44Kaitlyn153US #48
#45Jordan151US #52
#46Miranda149US #61
#47Katelyn148US #58
#48Kristen145US #55
#49Sara145US #43
#50Alexandria142US #73
#51Melissa135US #31
#52Olivia134US #50
#53Sierra133US #71
#54Michelle131US #33
#55Christina130US #39
#56Sydney129US #76
#57Madeline126US #92
#58Marissa126US #53
#59Andrea124US #49
#60Lindsey124US #69
#61Katie123US #70
#62Laura120US #46
#63Kimberly119US #32
#64Natalie115US #56
#65Caitlin112US #78
#66Kelly109US #62
#67Shannon106US #60
#68Cheyenne104US #99
#69Kaitlin104US #93
#70Mackenzie104US #102
#71Bailey100US #137
#72Brittney100US #89
#73Gabrielle100US #67
#74Mariah100US #75
#75Emma99US #74
#76Grace99US #103
#77Savannah98US #82
#78Julia95US #72
#79Breanna94US #85
#80Whitney94US #91
#81Margaret93US #106
#82Michaela92US #109
#83Molly92US #96
#84Amy91US #77
#85Kathryn91US #79
#86Jamie90US #87
#87Angela87US #81
#88Cassandra86US #66
#89Erica86US #57
#90Briana84US #68
#91Jacqueline80US #65
#92Destiny78US #86
#93Bethany77US #116
#94Catherine77US #84
#95Claire77US #149
#96Alicia75US #83
#97Jenna75US #80
#98Hailey72US #119
#99Kristin72US #114
#100Lindsay71US #107

Boys

#1Jacob885US #7
#2Tyler825US #5
#3Austin768US #17
#4Michael752US #1
#5Matthew695US #3
#6Zachary686US #12
#7Joshua666US #4
#8Brandon621US #6
#9Christopher604US #2
#10Nicholas567US #9
#11Andrew563US #10
#12Ryan522US #16
#13James515US #14
#14Joseph512US #11
#15Cody503US #25
#16Alexander492US #22
#17Kyle486US #24
#18John477US #15
#19Daniel467US #8
#20Justin453US #20
#21William419US #19
#22David393US #13
#23Jordan380US #29
#24Dylan341US #32
#25Robert340US #21
#26Aaron331US #28
#27Anthony324US #18
#28Samuel317US #33
#29Thomas295US #27
#30Nathan291US #40
#31Jonathan279US #23
#32Benjamin278US #31
#33Dakota266US #69
#34Adam252US #38
#35Kevin250US #26
#36Timothy250US #39
#37Steven236US #34
#38Dustin228US #56
#39Caleb227US #60
#40Eric213US #30
#41Dalton211US #85
#42Jesse211US #45
#43Charles205US #43
#44Blake201US #81
#45Brian200US #37
#46Logan195US #70
#47Taylor192US #54
#48Patrick184US #42
#49Brendan179US #129
#50Christian175US #35
#51Sean175US #44
#52Devin168US #61
#53Travis161US #53
#54Richard158US #41
#55Trevor157US #58
#56Cameron153US #52
#57Connor150US #59
#58Corey149US #73
#59Ethan149US #89
#60Jeffrey149US #55
#61Garrett148US #82
#62Jeremy146US #47
#63Alex143US #50
#64Kenneth141US #65
#65Mark138US #48
#66Derek137US #77
#67Jared137US #63
#68Jason134US #46
#69Brett132US #107
#70Lucas131US #95
#71Clayton128US #149
#72Seth128US #90
#73Bradley127US #83
#74Nathaniel125US #78
#75Evan124US #62
#76Stephen124US #49
#77Luke123US #91
#78Tanner115US #96
#79Mitchell112US #71
#80Levi110US #157
#81Ian109US #74
#82Cole107US #111
#83Hunter106US #67
#84Shawn105US #86
#85Dillon102US #101
#86Scott96US #80
#87Gregory94US #76
#88Chase93US #114
#89Marcus91US #75
#90Colton89US #121
#91Spencer89US #98
#92Paul88US #64
#93Bryan87US #66
#94Cory85US #102
#95Dominic83US #128
#96Chad82US #130
#97Gabriel81US #68
#98Shane75US #92
#99Collin74US #151
#100Alec73US #109

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑42Miranda#46
↑32Brendan#49
↑30Sierra#53
↑28Cheyenne#68
↑27Madeline#57
↑22Bailey#71
↑20Madison#28
↑20Clayton#71

Falling

↓38Erica#89
↓30Stephen#76
↓26Kathryn#85
↓24Jenna#97
↓23Amy#84
↓21Cassandra#88
↓20Chelsea#42
↓18Andrea#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.