State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,229 Missouri births in 2002 across 1,639 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#178 nationally
#77Trenton#180 nationally
#67Gracie#153 nationally
#78Levi#164 nationally
#85Braden#168 nationally
#56Grant#127 nationally
#48Dalton#117 nationally
#100Kylee#161 nationally
#84Landon#142 nationally
#81Brayden#138 nationally
#53Dakota#107 nationally
#84Kennedy#136 nationally

Girls

#1Madison579US #2
#2Hannah505US #3
#3Emily499US #1
#4Emma444US #4
#5Abigail435US #7
#6Alexis409US #5
#7Grace375US #15
#8Olivia357US #10
#9Elizabeth323US #11
#10Taylor300US #18
#11Lauren298US #13
#12Sarah272US #8
#13Anna262US #20
#14Alyssa250US #12
#15Chloe249US #25
#16Megan244US #22
#17Samantha239US #9
#18Ashley223US #6
#19Sydney207US #23
#20Sophia203US #27
#21Paige200US #51
#22Hailey197US #31
#23Morgan194US #29
#24Haley190US #35
#25Brianna189US #17
#26Jessica188US #16
#27Kaitlyn185US #32
#28Destiny182US #34
#29Mackenzie179US #42
#30Isabella175US #14
#31Jordan170US #45
#32Kayla165US #19
#33Rachel162US #24
#34Makayla159US #50
#35Allison153US #44
#36Katelyn149US #53
#37Natalie146US #30
#38Victoria142US #21
#39Faith139US #48
#40Kylie139US #61
#41Katherine138US #36
#42Savannah137US #39
#43Brooke134US #52
#44Jasmine134US #26
#45Kaylee130US #57
#46Shelby130US #75
#47Madeline124US #56
#48Jenna120US #47
#49Sierra120US #62
#50Gabrielle118US #66
#51Mary118US #49
#52Riley118US #77
#53Trinity117US #70
#54Claire116US #95
#55Autumn113US #73
#56Rebecca112US #54
#57Mia110US #43
#58Zoe107US #60
#59Bailey105US #84
#60Julia105US #33
#61Lillian103US #96
#62Audrey100US #100
#63Danielle98US #71
#64Caroline97US #67
#65Ella96US #89
#66Amanda95US #46
#67Gracie94US #153
#68Alexandria93US #106
#69Nicole92US #37
#70Jade91US #86
#71Amber87US #65
#72Katie87US #103
#73Lily87US #79
#74Molly85US #107
#75Kathryn83US #108
#76Madelyn83US #120
#77Courtney82US #88
#78Jada82US #78
#79Kelsey82US #118
#80Sara81US #59
#81Alexandra80US #38
#82Erin80US #72
#83Cheyenne79US #127
#84Kennedy79US #136
#85Lydia79US #137
#86Breanna78US #104
#87Margaret78US #129
#88Maria76US #40
#89Mariah76US #130
#90Leah75US #87
#91Ava74US #82
#92Andrea73US #55
#93Lindsey72US #122
#94Avery71US #132
#95Alexa70US #69
#96Isabelle70US #111
#97Mikayla69US #124
#98Marissa68US #99
#99Aaliyah67US #64
#100Kylee66US #161

Boys

#1Jacob760US #1
#2Ethan530US #5
#3Andrew516US #6
#4Austin463US #26
#5Michael456US #2
#6Joshua455US #3
#7Joseph446US #7
#8Matthew441US #4
#9Tyler440US #14
#10William438US #11
#11Zachary419US #19
#12Nicholas404US #9
#13Logan399US #29
#14Samuel388US #25
#15Alexander352US #15
#16James352US #18
#17Dylan346US #23
#18John337US #17
#19Christopher330US #8
#20Ryan325US #16
#21Benjamin315US #27
#22Caleb301US #35
#23Daniel295US #10
#24Hunter295US #38
#25Nathan277US #28
#26Noah276US #31
#27Brandon275US #20
#28David275US #13
#29Anthony267US #12
#30Kyle261US #40
#31Justin253US #22
#32Thomas249US #36
#33Jordan245US #37
#34Jackson244US #50
#35Christian237US #24
#36Blake235US #76
#37Cameron227US #39
#38Elijah224US #41
#39Jonathan224US #21
#40Connor222US #47
#41Gabriel222US #32
#42Luke220US #46
#43Robert218US #34
#44Mason217US #53
#45Gavin203US #61
#46Adam200US #55
#47Jack195US #44
#48Dalton190US #117
#49Aaron187US #43
#50Cole177US #69
#51Evan163US #56
#52Ian159US #67
#53Dakota156US #107
#54Charles154US #58
#55Seth153US #72
#56Grant151US #127
#57Isaac148US #48
#58Timothy147US #70
#59Cody145US #71
#60Devin145US #74
#61Chase142US #82
#62Isaiah142US #45
#63Lucas140US #75
#64Garrett138US #91
#65Jason138US #42
#66Trevor133US #81
#67Nathaniel131US #62
#68Eric129US #52
#69Alex127US #63
#70Carter127US #108
#71Hayden127US #96
#72Aidan125US #60
#73Clayton122US #178
#74Sean122US #59
#75Tanner122US #112
#76Wyatt119US #121
#77Trenton118US #180
#78Levi117US #164
#79Bryce112US #97
#80Riley112US #99
#81Brayden108US #138
#82Kevin108US #33
#83Dominic106US #83
#84Landon105US #142
#85Braden104US #168
#86Jeremiah102US #86
#87Richard102US #77
#88Kaleb101US #111
#89Colton100US #128
#90Carson99US #105
#91Gage99US #140
#92Parker99US #126
#93Tristan98US #103
#94Steven97US #68
#95Jesse96US #90
#96Brian95US #51
#97Spencer95US #110
#98Xavier88US #88
#99Brendan86US #124
#100Kenneth82US #104

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑31Mia#57
↑26Kylie#40
↑24Jordan#31
↑24Aidan#72
↑21Lily#73
↑20Audrey#62
↑19Isabella#30
↑19Jade#70

Falling

↓32Amber#71
↓26Marissa#98
↓20Mikayla#97
↓18Alexandra#81
↓18Erin#82
↓18Kaleb#88
↓18Carson#90
↓17Steven#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.