State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,049 Missouri births in 1996 across 1,465 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#50Brendan#131 nationally
#73Clayton#149 nationally
#89Levi#163 nationally
#61Makayla#129 nationally
#38Dalton#99 nationally
#87Whitney#140 nationally
#91Mikayla#143 nationally
#58Cole#106 nationally
#40Bailey#85 nationally
#91Jackson#136 nationally
#41Blake#84 nationally
#92Wyatt#134 nationally

Girls

#1Emily592US #1
#2Taylor509US #6
#3Hannah506US #7
#4Jessica492US #2
#5Ashley482US #3
#6Samantha465US #5
#7Sarah460US #4
#8Madison403US #15
#9Megan400US #12
#10Rachel393US #9
#11Elizabeth389US #10
#12Alexis370US #8
#13Kayla343US #11
#14Brittany339US #14
#15Lauren305US #16
#16Courtney289US #21
#17Morgan288US #25
#18Shelby287US #35
#19Amanda276US #13
#20Abigail266US #32
#21Haley233US #30
#22Kelsey230US #36
#23Allison225US #38
#24Rebecca225US #24
#25Sydney223US #39
#26Alyssa219US #23
#27Amber210US #27
#28Brianna205US #17
#29Katherine204US #31
#30Danielle202US #29
#31Kaitlyn202US #40
#32Anna201US #33
#33Brooke197US #45
#34Olivia194US #34
#35Nicole193US #22
#36Victoria191US #18
#37Jordan188US #49
#38Paige177US #65
#39Alexandra175US #26
#40Bailey165US #85
#41Mary164US #44
#42Katelyn157US #64
#43Jennifer156US #19
#44Cheyenne150US #68
#45Emma150US #53
#46Mariah147US #63
#47Gabrielle143US #54
#48Mackenzie142US #75
#49Madeline141US #67
#50Miranda141US #76
#51Sara140US #50
#52Chelsea139US #55
#53Tiffany135US #52
#54Hailey133US #93
#55Stephanie130US #20
#56Alexandria129US #77
#57Jasmine129US #28
#58Marissa128US #59
#59Natalie127US #46
#60Sierra123US #62
#61Makayla122US #129
#62Savannah120US #43
#63Lindsey118US #86
#64Andrea117US #61
#65Katie117US #81
#66Erin114US #51
#67Caitlin108US #84
#68Heather108US #71
#69Molly103US #99
#70Christina100US #57
#71Erica99US #79
#72Destiny98US #56
#73Julia97US #48
#74Kimberly97US #41
#75Michaela97US #102
#76Grace94US #94
#77Kaitlin94US #103
#78Breanna92US #74
#79Melissa92US #42
#80Claire91US #116
#81Kristen91US #70
#82Kathryn89US #87
#83Kaylee88US #110
#84Kylie87US #111
#85Kelly86US #73
#86Jenna84US #83
#87Whitney84US #140
#88Margaret82US #105
#89Leah81US #98
#90Alicia80US #91
#91Mikayla80US #143
#92Laura79US #66
#93Sabrina79US #58
#94Briana77US #72
#95Caroline76US #78
#96Jamie74US #96
#97Michelle74US #47
#98Monica74US #82
#99Amy73US #88
#100Kendra71US #136

Boys

#1Jacob951US #3
#2Austin813US #9
#3Tyler698US #7
#4Michael662US #1
#5Andrew624US #10
#6Matthew613US #2
#7Joshua610US #5
#8Nicholas604US #6
#9Zachary596US #14
#10Christopher579US #4
#11Joseph527US #12
#12Brandon523US #8
#13Ryan474US #16
#14John442US #15
#15William429US #18
#16James424US #17
#17Daniel391US #11
#18Alexander376US #22
#19Samuel376US #30
#20Justin373US #20
#21Kyle364US #25
#22Benjamin357US #29
#23Cody355US #31
#24Anthony352US #19
#25Jordan345US #27
#26David315US #13
#27Dylan315US #33
#28Caleb312US #48
#29Robert295US #23
#30Logan294US #42
#31Aaron285US #34
#32Thomas284US #28
#33Nathan283US #37
#34Jonathan267US #21
#35Christian247US #24
#36Dakota244US #58
#37Adam227US #39
#38Dalton220US #99
#39Steven215US #38
#40Timothy214US #40
#41Blake202US #84
#42Charles201US #43
#43Eric200US #35
#44Kevin190US #26
#45Dustin184US #79
#46Patrick182US #44
#47Cameron179US #49
#48Devin173US #60
#49Ethan170US #62
#50Brendan165US #131
#51Luke161US #75
#52Brian159US #36
#53Connor156US #54
#54Jesse156US #51
#55Trevor151US #63
#56Tristan151US #68
#57Bradley149US #83
#58Cole149US #106
#59Hunter148US #47
#60Noah147US #50
#61Tanner146US #90
#62Sean144US #46
#63Alex142US #53
#64Richard140US #45
#65Jared139US #64
#66Seth137US #103
#67Garrett136US #85
#68Chase134US #76
#69Nathaniel133US #69
#70Evan131US #65
#71Brett130US #110
#72Colton130US #105
#73Clayton128US #149
#74Jason127US #41
#75Ian125US #70
#76Lucas122US #93
#77Mason121US #104
#78Mark119US #55
#79Stephen119US #59
#80Travis117US #73
#81Taylor116US #82
#82Grant115US #119
#83Jeremy115US #56
#84Corey112US #94
#85Collin108US #115
#86Elijah104US #81
#87Mitchell104US #88
#88Jeffrey103US #72
#89Levi99US #163
#90Alec95US #117
#91Jackson94US #136
#92Wyatt94US #134
#93Dillon90US #121
#94Shane90US #112
#95Paul89US #78
#96Derek88US #101
#97Devon88US #127
#98Spencer87US #109
#99Bryan86US #66
#100Isaiah85US #71

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑41Tristan#56
↑35Hailey#54
↑34Katelyn#42
↑30Makayla#61
↑23Cole#58
↑23Tanner#61
↑20Julia#73
↑17Emma#45

Falling

↓31Derek#96
↓26Laura#92
↓26Amy#99
↓22Michelle#97
↓22Taylor#81
↓19Erin#66
↓18Stephen#79
↓17Jason#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.