State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,798 Missouri births in 2000 across 1,607 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#78Trenton#179 nationally
#97Drew#188 nationally
#61Clayton#151 nationally
#88Levi#172 nationally
#87Brett#163 nationally
#93Dawson#168 nationally
#90Payton#163 nationally
#86Lydia#147 nationally
#37Dalton#91 nationally
#94Dustin#148 nationally
#73Grant#123 nationally
#68Audrey#115 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah606US #2
#2Emily605US #1
#3Madison502US #3
#4Taylor429US #10
#5Alexis422US #6
#6Grace366US #19
#7Abigail346US #14
#8Emma346US #17
#9Sarah339US #5
#10Lauren336US #11
#11Samantha335US #7
#12Elizabeth333US #9
#13Ashley312US #4
#14Megan312US #18
#15Olivia300US #16
#16Anna297US #22
#17Alyssa284US #12
#18Sydney276US #23
#19Jessica264US #8
#20Morgan256US #25
#21Kayla237US #13
#22Haley231US #28
#23Kaitlyn231US #30
#24Rachel225US #21
#25Brianna200US #15
#26Allison199US #44
#27Mackenzie199US #43
#28Chloe190US #38
#29Hailey190US #35
#30Katherine182US #33
#31Victoria182US #20
#32Makayla175US #67
#33Bailey171US #68
#34Brooke171US #51
#35Destiny168US #24
#36Mary168US #46
#37Jordan162US #50
#38Faith158US #66
#39Paige158US #69
#40Amanda153US #32
#41Courtney153US #59
#42Kaylee146US #72
#43Sophia146US #42
#44Shelby145US #70
#45Natalie143US #34
#46Katelyn141US #54
#47Madeline137US #56
#48Gabrielle136US #49
#49Danielle135US #48
#50Savannah135US #37
#51Brittany132US #60
#52Amber125US #47
#53Nicole125US #31
#54Claire122US #86
#55Alexandra121US #36
#56Julia119US #29
#57Jasmine117US #27
#58Kelsey115US #88
#59Mariah115US #75
#60Sierra115US #53
#61Cheyenne111US #99
#62Trinity110US #74
#63Autumn109US #77
#64Jenna106US #63
#65Alexandria102US #91
#66Erin102US #61
#67Kylie102US #104
#68Audrey100US #115
#69Caroline98US #65
#70Rebecca98US #39
#71Isabella95US #45
#72Jennifer95US #26
#73Molly93US #96
#74Margaret92US #110
#75Kathryn91US #89
#76Sara91US #57
#77Zoe91US #82
#78Breanna88US #80
#79Mikayla88US #108
#80Jada85US #84
#81Katie85US #95
#82Marissa85US #78
#83Miranda85US #112
#84Leah81US #97
#85Lindsey81US #103
#86Lydia81US #147
#87Mckenzie78US #133
#88Riley77US #131
#89Madelyn74US #126
#90Payton74US #163
#91Caitlin73US #76
#92Maria70US #41
#93Andrea66US #55
#94Christina66US #73
#95Skylar65US #135
#96Lillian64US #129
#97Caitlyn63US #118
#98Erica62US #102
#99Kennedy62US #139
#100Stephanie62US #40

Boys

#1Jacob902US #1
#2Tyler581US #10
#3Michael579US #2
#4Matthew546US #3
#5Joshua518US #4
#6Nicholas517US #6
#7Austin514US #23
#8Andrew502US #7
#9Zachary489US #15
#10Joseph473US #8
#11William422US #11
#12Ethan411US #25
#13John395US #14
#14Christopher393US #5
#15Ryan385US #13
#16Brandon378US #12
#17Dylan361US #24
#18James354US #18
#19Alexander343US #20
#20Caleb341US #38
#21Benjamin323US #26
#22Samuel321US #28
#23Jordan314US #36
#24Justin310US #19
#25Nathan308US #30
#26David303US #16
#27Noah301US #27
#28Logan298US #40
#29Daniel293US #9
#30Hunter292US #35
#31Anthony290US #17
#32Cameron283US #31
#33Kyle273US #37
#34Thomas264US #33
#35Jonathan262US #21
#36Christian258US #22
#37Dalton232US #91
#38Robert230US #29
#39Blake226US #80
#40Seth217US #63
#41Aaron214US #41
#42Cody206US #60
#43Adam202US #45
#44Charles201US #51
#45Mason201US #64
#46Garrett200US #74
#47Connor191US #50
#48Dakota189US #88
#49Luke187US #59
#50Jack184US #46
#51Devin178US #69
#52Jason172US #39
#53Chase171US #77
#54Jackson167US #72
#55Evan166US #55
#56Cole160US #71
#57Elijah159US #52
#58Gabriel158US #44
#59Sean158US #57
#60Trevor158US #75
#61Clayton152US #151
#62Timothy150US #58
#63Isaiah149US #47
#64Jared149US #56
#65Eric148US #42
#66Nathaniel147US #61
#67Lucas144US #83
#68Tanner144US #93
#69Kevin142US #32
#70Isaac135US #53
#71Alex131US #62
#72Gavin130US #85
#73Grant130US #123
#74Steven129US #54
#75Wyatt129US #110
#76Ian127US #73
#77Colton126US #111
#78Trenton124US #179
#79Brian119US #43
#80Tristan116US #105
#81Patrick113US #68
#82Brendan112US #101
#83Spencer112US #98
#84Riley105US #109
#85Collin104US #128
#86Jesse104US #90
#87Brett102US #163
#88Levi100US #172
#89Richard99US #65
#90Bryce98US #92
#91Hayden98US #129
#92Carson93US #119
#93Dawson93US #168
#94Dustin93US #148
#95Devon91US #133
#96Kaleb89US #141
#97Drew88US #188
#98Marcus87US #99
#99Parker87US #127
#100Preston87US #142

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑37Chloe#28
↑28Faith#38
↑20Kylie#67
↑20Isabella#71
↑20Jason#52
↑19Sophia#43
↑18Isaiah#63
↑17Madeline#47

Falling

↓34Rebecca#70
↓22Marissa#82
↓20Breanna#78
↓20Stephanie#100
↓18Amber#52
↓16Brittany#51
↓16Jesse#86
↓15Jennifer#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.