State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,053 Missouri births in 2001 across 1,617 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#181 nationally
#99Kylee#195 nationally
#80Gracie#170 nationally
#79Clayton#162 nationally
#97Levi#171 nationally
#95Abby#163 nationally
#73Grant#135 nationally
#84Gage#144 nationally
#98Dustin#158 nationally
#83Lydia#140 nationally
#42Dalton#98 nationally
#67Madelyn#121 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah596US #3
#2Emily593US #1
#3Madison549US #2
#4Abigail440US #8
#5Alexis419US #5
#6Grace413US #16
#7Taylor394US #12
#8Emma373US #13
#9Elizabeth334US #9
#10Olivia330US #10
#11Sarah312US #6
#12Ashley300US #4
#13Anna286US #19
#14Lauren285US #15
#15Alyssa270US #14
#16Sydney270US #23
#17Samantha264US #7
#18Megan257US #20
#19Jessica235US #11
#20Mackenzie233US #40
#21Morgan224US #29
#22Haley220US #34
#23Chloe216US #30
#24Hailey216US #33
#25Kaitlyn205US #31
#26Kayla200US #17
#27Brianna196US #18
#28Destiny175US #22
#29Allison171US #44
#30Rachel170US #24
#31Katherine167US #35
#32Makayla164US #54
#33Victoria160US #21
#34Jenna156US #45
#35Paige153US #71
#36Sophia153US #37
#37Natalie151US #32
#38Faith149US #53
#39Amber146US #51
#40Gabrielle144US #50
#41Katelyn142US #52
#42Savannah141US #42
#43Shelby141US #68
#44Mary139US #48
#45Brooke132US #57
#46Kaylee132US #66
#47Bailey131US #69
#48Trinity128US #67
#49Isabella125US #28
#50Madeline125US #56
#51Autumn124US #72
#52Julia124US #27
#53Sierra123US #55
#54Nicole122US #36
#55Jordan120US #47
#56Danielle119US #63
#57Claire116US #82
#58Zoe115US #65
#59Amanda114US #39
#60Rebecca112US #46
#61Courtney110US #73
#62Jasmine109US #25
#63Alexandra104US #38
#64Erin104US #60
#65Riley103US #106
#66Kylie102US #95
#67Madelyn98US #121
#68Caroline93US #62
#69Kelsey91US #100
#70Breanna90US #94
#71Cheyenne90US #119
#72Marissa90US #79
#73Alexandria89US #91
#74Sara89US #58
#75Mariah87US #85
#76Margaret86US #118
#77Mikayla86US #109
#78Lillian85US #111
#79Molly82US #90
#80Gracie81US #170
#81Jennifer80US #26
#82Audrey79US #112
#83Lydia79US #140
#84Kathryn78US #97
#85Katie78US #99
#86Kennedy76US #138
#87Lindsey76US #105
#88Mia76US #76
#89Jade73US #98
#90Mckenzie73US #135
#91Andrea72US #49
#92Angel72US #104
#93Isabelle71US #113
#94Lily71US #103
#95Abby70US #163
#96Caitlyn68US #133
#97Stephanie67US #43
#98Jillian66US #120
#99Kylee66US #195
#100Cassidy64US #107

Boys

#1Jacob831US #1
#2Andrew505US #7
#3Michael499US #2
#4Austin496US #25
#5Matthew488US #3
#6Tyler485US #13
#7Joshua479US #4
#8Nicholas463US #6
#9Ethan452US #17
#10Zachary450US #16
#11William434US #10
#12Joseph413US #8
#13Dylan387US #21
#14Alexander382US #20
#15Logan382US #29
#16Samuel358US #26
#17John352US #14
#18James343US #19
#19Christopher338US #5
#20Caleb328US #37
#21Brandon323US #18
#22Ryan306US #15
#23Anthony300US #11
#24Benjamin294US #27
#25Noah294US #28
#26Hunter277US #36
#27Daniel275US #9
#28Kyle263US #40
#29Justin262US #22
#30David258US #12
#31Christian257US #24
#32Blake254US #77
#33Cameron251US #35
#34Nathan250US #31
#35Jordan234US #39
#36Jack224US #48
#37Robert224US #30
#38Mason221US #54
#39Thomas221US #33
#40Gabriel220US #38
#41Jackson211US #60
#42Dalton203US #98
#43Luke203US #50
#44Jonathan197US #23
#45Cody190US #64
#46Connor190US #49
#47Aaron189US #42
#48Garrett185US #80
#49Dakota184US #93
#50Adam181US #51
#51Charles180US #55
#52Elijah173US #45
#53Evan172US #56
#54Cole171US #74
#55Devin171US #71
#56Seth166US #68
#57Chase163US #79
#58Isaac162US #47
#59Nathaniel158US #61
#60Trevor157US #76
#61Timothy156US #67
#62Gavin145US #78
#63Wyatt143US #107
#64Isaiah142US #43
#65Eric140US #44
#66Lucas139US #83
#67Tanner135US #101
#68Ian133US #70
#69Jason131US #41
#70Kaleb131US #116
#71Sean128US #57
#72Carson127US #95
#73Grant123US #135
#74Riley122US #105
#75Kevin121US #32
#76Colton120US #118
#77Steven119US #63
#78Trenton118US #181
#79Clayton117US #162
#80Jared113US #65
#81Hayden110US #117
#82Brian109US #46
#83Bryce107US #92
#84Gage105US #144
#85Patrick104US #72
#86Brendan103US #115
#87Alex102US #62
#88Carter98US #111
#89Tristan95US #108
#90Spencer94US #103
#91Colby93US #99
#92Richard91US #73
#93Parker90US #123
#94Dominic89US #106
#95Bradley87US #145
#96Aidan85US #86
#97Levi85US #171
#98Dustin83US #158
#99Jesse83US #91
#100Preston83US #152

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑30Jenna#34
↑26Kaleb#70
↑23Riley#65
↑22Isabella#49
↑22Madelyn#67
↑20Carson#72
↑19Zoe#58
↑18Lillian#78

Falling

↓20Courtney#61
↓19Amanda#59
↓18Jordan#55
↓18Clayton#79
↓17Jason#69
↓16Mariah#75
↓16Seth#56
↓16Jared#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.