State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,923 Missouri births in 1997 across 1,511 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#73Clayton#147 nationally
#95Lydia#160 nationally
#49Brendan#107 nationally
#98Levi#156 nationally
#36Dalton#90 nationally
#81Dillon#132 nationally
#99Mckenzie#150 nationally
#74Collin#122 nationally
#55Makayla#102 nationally
#69Grant#115 nationally
#70Brett#116 nationally
#74Kylie#116 nationally

Girls

#1Emily664US #1
#2Hannah562US #5
#3Taylor539US #7
#4Madison480US #10
#5Ashley462US #3
#6Sarah450US #4
#7Jessica445US #2
#8Samantha432US #6
#9Megan412US #11
#10Alexis364US #8
#11Lauren361US #14
#12Rachel330US #13
#13Elizabeth329US #9
#14Kayla309US #12
#15Brittany290US #20
#16Abigail287US #26
#17Morgan257US #22
#18Alyssa250US #15
#19Courtney245US #28
#20Sydney232US #35
#21Shelby230US #43
#22Rebecca224US #25
#23Haley223US #31
#24Anna222US #33
#25Jordan219US #40
#26Olivia219US #27
#27Allison211US #39
#28Bailey208US #65
#29Emma208US #36
#30Brianna205US #17
#31Amanda200US #16
#32Kaitlyn200US #41
#33Victoria198US #19
#34Danielle195US #34
#35Katherine195US #32
#36Amber181US #29
#37Paige177US #64
#38Kelsey176US #57
#39Mary175US #46
#40Nicole168US #21
#41Brooke164US #45
#42Cheyenne152US #68
#43Madeline151US #59
#44Sierra143US #56
#45Alexandra141US #30
#46Destiny139US #42
#47Grace139US #69
#48Gabrielle136US #51
#49Erin135US #52
#50Breanna132US #74
#51Katelyn131US #63
#52Natalie130US #48
#53Mackenzie129US #71
#54Jennifer127US #18
#55Makayla125US #102
#56Julia121US #37
#57Stephanie117US #23
#58Hailey113US #80
#59Kristen113US #82
#60Marissa113US #60
#61Sara113US #50
#62Lindsey112US #95
#63Mariah112US #67
#64Jasmine110US #24
#65Michaela107US #100
#66Miranda107US #70
#67Molly107US #98
#68Savannah107US #47
#69Claire105US #108
#70Alexandria104US #78
#71Katie104US #87
#72Chelsea102US #73
#73Caroline97US #75
#74Kylie96US #116
#75Margaret96US #110
#76Kathryn95US #86
#77Tiffany94US #61
#78Autumn93US #91
#79Erica92US #84
#80Jenna90US #76
#81Kaylee89US #107
#82Sabrina89US #53
#83Shannon87US #85
#84Melissa84US #44
#85Andrea81US #58
#86Christina81US #62
#87Mikayla81US #112
#88Michelle79US #55
#89Monica77US #79
#90Heather74US #90
#91Jamie73US #103
#92Leah73US #104
#93Alicia72US #89
#94Laura72US #66
#95Lydia72US #160
#96Maria71US #38
#97Meghan71US #113
#98Kimberly70US #49
#99Mckenzie70US #150
#100Cassandra68US #81

Boys

#1Jacob1,011US #2
#2Austin799US #9
#3Tyler656US #10
#4Michael640US #1
#5Zachary605US #13
#6Nicholas598US #6
#7Matthew595US #3
#8Andrew569US #7
#9Joshua549US #5
#10Ryan498US #16
#11Brandon495US #8
#12Christopher487US #4
#13Joseph472US #12
#14John450US #15
#15William428US #19
#16James404US #17
#17Alexander400US #22
#18Jordan399US #26
#19Daniel382US #11
#20Dylan379US #30
#21Samuel379US #27
#22Kyle374US #24
#23David368US #14
#24Justin352US #20
#25Robert304US #23
#26Logan293US #42
#27Nathan292US #34
#28Cody290US #36
#29Benjamin284US #29
#30Anthony283US #18
#31Jonathan266US #21
#32Dakota263US #66
#33Thomas263US #31
#34Aaron258US #33
#35Christian248US #25
#36Dalton247US #90
#37Caleb244US #47
#38Ethan230US #46
#39Blake215US #80
#40Noah213US #38
#41Adam209US #39
#42Timothy202US #43
#43Hunter199US #44
#44Connor188US #52
#45Cameron183US #45
#46Charles182US #49
#47Trevor177US #62
#48Devin171US #59
#49Brendan165US #107
#50Kevin163US #28
#51Sean162US #48
#52Eric161US #35
#53Steven160US #40
#54Cole159US #72
#55Nathaniel156US #65
#56Brian154US #37
#57Tanner152US #82
#58Dustin151US #88
#59Garrett151US #85
#60Jason144US #41
#61Seth142US #97
#62Chase140US #77
#63Jared140US #56
#64Alex139US #55
#65Mason135US #89
#66Evan133US #61
#67Luke132US #78
#68Patrick131US #50
#69Grant130US #115
#70Brett129US #116
#71Jeremy128US #64
#72Jesse125US #63
#73Clayton123US #147
#74Collin123US #122
#75Ian121US #70
#76Lucas121US #98
#77Elijah120US #74
#78Tristan119US #92
#79Gabriel118US #57
#80Colton115US #108
#81Dillon113US #132
#82Mitchell111US #96
#83Richard110US #51
#84Taylor109US #87
#85Travis108US #81
#86Isaac107US #73
#87Mark107US #58
#88Bradley106US #94
#89Isaiah106US #60
#90Jackson104US #124
#91Derek103US #106
#92Corey102US #110
#93Stephen98US #68
#94Devon97US #119
#95Jack97US #76
#96Jeffrey96US #84
#97Kenneth96US #83
#98Levi94US #156
#99Marcus92US #93
#100Spencer89US #104

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑29Grace#47
↑28Breanna#50
↑26Destiny#46
↑22Kristen#59
↑22Caroline#73
↑20Noah#40
↑17Erin#49
↑17Julia#56

Falling

↓31Bradley#88
↓24Tiffany#77
↓24Kimberly#98
↓22Heather#90
↓22Patrick#68
↓22Tristan#78
↓21Andrea#85
↓20Chelsea#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.