State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,318 Missouri births in 1998 across 1,556 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#94Trenton#183 nationally
#74Clayton#150 nationally
#84Levi#158 nationally
#89Kaleb#156 nationally
#89Lydia#153 nationally
#73Brett#133 nationally
#91Audrey#145 nationally
#77Grant#127 nationally
#40Dalton#88 nationally
#38Blake#85 nationally
#95Mckenzie#142 nationally
#86Collin#130 nationally

Girls

#1Emily633US #1
#2Hannah571US #2
#3Madison569US #9
#4Taylor524US #7
#5Samantha455US #3
#6Alexis433US #6
#7Sarah423US #4
#8Ashley366US #5
#9Jessica357US #8
#10Megan356US #13
#11Abigail351US #18
#12Elizabeth338US #10
#13Lauren328US #14
#14Rachel306US #15
#15Kayla294US #12
#16Emma278US #22
#17Alyssa276US #11
#18Morgan273US #23
#19Allison256US #38
#20Olivia250US #21
#21Sydney245US #28
#22Brittany231US #25
#23Anna223US #31
#24Amanda206US #19
#25Courtney205US #39
#26Katherine203US #33
#27Haley202US #36
#28Bailey199US #60
#29Jordan199US #42
#30Victoria199US #16
#31Kaitlyn197US #35
#32Shelby184US #49
#33Brianna176US #17
#34Danielle173US #41
#35Amber172US #37
#36Madeline171US #50
#37Brooke168US #46
#38Rebecca167US #30
#39Mary166US #44
#40Grace165US #53
#41Paige164US #63
#42Kelsey161US #56
#43Mackenzie157US #64
#44Makayla157US #71
#45Destiny155US #34
#46Nicole154US #24
#47Gabrielle153US #47
#48Natalie149US #40
#49Cheyenne147US #72
#50Alexandra143US #27
#51Claire143US #91
#52Katelyn143US #58
#53Mariah141US #62
#54Sierra137US #51
#55Mikayla132US #82
#56Jasmine131US #26
#57Jennifer125US #20
#58Hailey121US #70
#59Breanna117US #76
#60Savannah112US #45
#61Erin108US #57
#62Alexandria107US #81
#63Kaylee107US #86
#64Marissa107US #66
#65Julia106US #32
#66Lindsey106US #97
#67Michaela102US #103
#68Molly101US #108
#69Sara101US #48
#70Autumn99US #77
#71Miranda99US #80
#72Faith95US #107
#73Sophia91US #73
#74Chloe89US #87
#75Stephanie89US #29
#76Andrea88US #61
#77Jenna88US #65
#78Kathryn88US #89
#79Katie85US #88
#80Kylie84US #117
#81Margaret83US #114
#82Heather82US #99
#83Jamie78US #112
#84Sabrina78US #68
#85Chelsea77US #94
#86Caitlin73US #78
#87Shannon73US #104
#88Christina72US #69
#89Lydia72US #153
#90Tiffany72US #67
#91Audrey70US #145
#92Amy69US #96
#93Catherine69US #101
#94Kimberly68US #54
#95Mckenzie68US #142
#96Briana67US #79
#97Cassidy67US #113
#98Erica67US #92
#99Bethany66US #132
#100Leah66US #106

Boys

#1Jacob1,034US #2
#2Austin741US #10
#3Tyler654US #8
#4Michael633US #1
#5Nicholas582US #6
#6Matthew581US #3
#7Zachary556US #16
#8Andrew548US #9
#9Joshua520US #4
#10Joseph493US #11
#11Christopher466US #5
#12Brandon464US #7
#13John443US #15
#14James427US #18
#15William424US #14
#16Ryan411US #17
#17Dylan376US #25
#18Alexander372US #22
#19Samuel369US #28
#20Daniel367US #12
#21Jordan359US #27
#22Kyle345US #24
#23Justin340US #20
#24David325US #13
#25Logan316US #44
#26Caleb314US #42
#27Nathan307US #34
#28Noah302US #29
#29Ethan300US #38
#30Robert300US #23
#31Jonathan271US #21
#32Anthony261US #19
#33Benjamin260US #30
#34Cameron258US #35
#35Cody247US #43
#36Hunter247US #36
#37Thomas246US #31
#38Blake243US #85
#39Dakota241US #72
#40Dalton239US #88
#41Christian237US #26
#42Aaron233US #37
#43Connor224US #47
#44Timothy197US #49
#45Adam191US #45
#46Charles189US #48
#47Trevor177US #58
#48Luke176US #75
#49Cole174US #77
#50Jared174US #51
#51Devin173US #62
#52Eric167US #39
#53Alex165US #55
#54Chase163US #67
#55Jack158US #61
#56Tanner157US #82
#57Nathaniel154US #60
#58Mason149US #83
#59Jason148US #40
#60Sean142US #50
#61Kevin141US #32
#62Evan140US #63
#63Seth140US #86
#64Brian138US #41
#65Garrett138US #80
#66Spencer136US #84
#67Brendan134US #99
#68Steven134US #46
#69Ian133US #73
#70Lucas129US #93
#71Patrick125US #57
#72Jackson123US #100
#73Brett120US #133
#74Clayton119US #150
#75Richard119US #56
#76Colton114US #106
#77Grant109US #127
#78Jesse109US #70
#79Dustin108US #108
#80Elijah108US #66
#81Isaac108US #65
#82Mark108US #64
#83Tristan108US #92
#84Levi105US #158
#85Bryce101US #94
#86Collin101US #130
#87Stephen100US #78
#88Isaiah99US #59
#89Kaleb98US #156
#90Kenneth98US #87
#91Jeremy95US #68
#92Gavin94US #116
#93Taylor94US #104
#94Trenton94US #183
#95Gabriel93US #54
#96Marcus93US #96
#97Wyatt91US #137
#98Bradley89US #101
#99Devon87US #119
#100Dillon86US #134

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑40Jack#55
↑34Spencer#66
↑32Mikayla#55
↑19Luke#48
↑18Claire#51
↑18Kaylee#63
↑18Jackson#72
↑14Levi#84

Falling

↓21Dustin#79
↓20Jeremy#91
↓19Erica#98
↓19Dillon#100
↓18Stephanie#75
↓18Brendan#67
↓16Rebecca#38
↓16Gabriel#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.