State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,882 Missouri births in 1995 across 1,435 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#68Clayton#151 nationally
#51Brendan#133 nationally
#78Levi#154 nationally
#91Makayla#164 nationally
#94Mikayla#146 nationally
#39Dalton#87 nationally
#60Brett#106 nationally
#95Collin#141 nationally
#51Bailey#96 nationally
#84Holly#126 nationally
#88Claire#129 nationally
#81Cole#118 nationally

Girls

#1Emily608US #3
#2Taylor570US #6
#3Jessica569US #1
#4Ashley529US #2
#5Samantha518US #4
#6Hannah461US #7
#7Sarah459US #5
#8Megan439US #13
#9Kayla399US #11
#10Rachel385US #12
#11Brittany377US #8
#12Elizabeth346US #10
#13Courtney344US #17
#14Madison332US #29
#15Amanda324US #9
#16Lauren308US #15
#17Alexis299US #14
#18Kelsey287US #33
#19Morgan279US #23
#20Shelby273US #38
#21Danielle254US #24
#22Abigail242US #36
#23Victoria238US #20
#24Haley232US #32
#25Allison228US #34
#26Amber221US #22
#27Anna221US #31
#28Brianna212US #21
#29Mary209US #40
#30Nicole205US #19
#31Jordan201US #50
#32Sydney199US #43
#33Rebecca194US #28
#34Paige192US #58
#35Katherine189US #30
#36Jennifer187US #18
#37Kaitlyn184US #42
#38Alyssa180US #27
#39Stephanie177US #16
#40Brooke170US #52
#41Jasmine162US #25
#42Alexandra161US #26
#43Chelsea161US #47
#44Olivia159US #39
#45Miranda157US #57
#46Tiffany157US #46
#47Erin139US #49
#48Marissa138US #53
#49Madeline132US #79
#50Alexandria130US #72
#51Bailey130US #96
#52Cheyenne128US #86
#53Heather128US #54
#54Lindsey125US #82
#55Mackenzie125US #88
#56Sara124US #48
#57Katie123US #77
#58Gabrielle122US #61
#59Mariah120US #71
#60Sierra120US #60
#61Christina117US #45
#62Emma116US #67
#63Breanna114US #76
#64Melissa114US #35
#65Destiny111US #66
#66Laura110US #56
#67Natalie110US #51
#68Andrea108US #55
#69Erica108US #69
#70Kristen108US #65
#71Kimberly104US #37
#72Margaret103US #104
#73Amy101US #75
#74Caitlin101US #81
#75Michelle100US #41
#76Katelyn96US #59
#77Kathryn96US #83
#78Grace93US #97
#79Savannah93US #68
#80Angela92US #85
#81Jenna91US #84
#82Kelly91US #64
#83Molly90US #98
#84Holly88US #126
#85Kaitlin88US #94
#86Michaela87US #107
#87Shannon85US #73
#88Claire83US #129
#89Hailey83US #111
#90Jamie80US #93
#91Makayla79US #164
#92Briana78US #74
#93Julia78US #62
#94Mikayla78US #146
#95Whitney78US #115
#96Alicia75US #89
#97Cassandra75US #78
#98Bethany74US #116
#99Caroline74US #92
#100Leah74US #103

Boys

#1Jacob906US #4
#2Austin847US #10
#3Michael761US #1
#4Tyler753US #6
#5Matthew640US #2
#6Zachary633US #14
#7Nicholas632US #7
#8Christopher619US #3
#9Joshua615US #5
#10Brandon538US #8
#11Andrew529US #11
#12Joseph508US #12
#13Ryan501US #15
#14John495US #13
#15James470US #17
#16Alexander462US #21
#17Justin454US #18
#18William425US #20
#19Kyle421US #24
#20Cody392US #26
#21Daniel382US #9
#22Jordan367US #29
#23Samuel360US #33
#24Dylan359US #34
#25David358US #16
#26Anthony357US #19
#27Robert310US #22
#28Aaron303US #30
#29Benjamin298US #31
#30Dakota289US #56
#31Nathan285US #39
#32Adam272US #38
#33Jonathan268US #23
#34Thomas263US #27
#35Caleb250US #54
#36Logan230US #51
#37Timothy218US #40
#38Christian211US #28
#39Dalton211US #87
#40Kevin203US #25
#41Blake202US #77
#42Eric201US #32
#43Steven194US #37
#44Trevor191US #61
#45Charles187US #44
#46Ethan181US #75
#47Brian180US #36
#48Devin177US #58
#49Dustin171US #62
#50Cameron169US #49
#51Brendan167US #133
#52Alex163US #47
#53Patrick158US #43
#54Sean157US #45
#55Garrett155US #80
#56Jesse153US #46
#57Jason152US #41
#58Luke151US #82
#59Taylor151US #69
#60Brett148US #106
#61Stephen144US #57
#62Connor143US #55
#63Nathaniel143US #73
#64Richard141US #42
#65Derek139US #83
#66Hunter138US #53
#67Jared138US #63
#68Clayton137US #151
#69Seth137US #97
#70Lucas135US #91
#71Mason131US #102
#72Ian128US #67
#73Bradley124US #78
#74Mark121US #52
#75Kenneth120US #72
#76Corey119US #74
#77Jeremy119US #48
#78Levi116US #154
#79Evan114US #60
#80Travis109US #66
#81Cole108US #118
#82Mitchell108US #79
#83Chase107US #95
#84Tanner107US #86
#85Grant104US #116
#86Spencer103US #104
#87Jeffrey100US #64
#88Colton99US #105
#89Scott99US #92
#90Dillon95US #122
#91Wyatt92US #128
#92Paul88US #71
#93Elijah83US #93
#94Shane83US #103
#95Collin81US #141
#96Devon81US #119
#97Tristan81US #121
#98Marcus77US #81
#99Jack76US #110
#100Cory74US #123

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑27Destiny#65
↑24Sydney#32
↑20Bailey#51
↑20Erica#69
↑19Luke#58
↑17Hunter#66
↑16Cheyenne#52
↑16Breanna#63

Falling

↓29Katelyn#76
↓27Travis#80
↓27Jeffrey#87
↓22Kristen#70
↓21Michelle#75
↓20Shannon#87
↓18Corey#76
↓17Heather#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.