State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,179 Missouri births in 2003 across 1,715 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#78Clayton#183 nationally
#86Addison#191 nationally
#89Trenton#179 nationally
#56Grant#137 nationally
#87Levi#166 nationally
#91Rylee#167 nationally
#68Dalton#143 nationally
#100Hope#172 nationally
#63Cheyenne#134 nationally
#98Abby#164 nationally
#65Dakota#126 nationally
#66Gracie#126 nationally

Girls

#1Emma635US #2
#2Emily539US #1
#3Madison490US #3
#4Hannah446US #4
#5Abigail415US #6
#6Olivia407US #5
#7Alexis384US #7
#8Grace373US #13
#9Elizabeth343US #9
#10Taylor294US #19
#11Lauren273US #15
#12Alyssa266US #14
#13Anna249US #21
#14Samantha237US #10
#15Hailey232US #26
#16Chloe229US #24
#17Isabella215US #12
#18Sarah214US #11
#19Sydney213US #25
#20Morgan207US #29
#21Ashley201US #8
#22Sophia195US #20
#23Megan194US #30
#24Natalie192US #23
#25Allison191US #46
#26Paige185US #47
#27Mackenzie184US #45
#28Kaitlyn178US #32
#29Haley176US #34
#30Kayla168US #16
#31Makayla166US #51
#32Brooke159US #43
#33Brianna157US #17
#34Rachel157US #28
#35Katherine156US #35
#36Kaylee154US #53
#37Kylie153US #52
#38Jessica150US #18
#39Ella148US #44
#40Savannah147US #41
#41Victoria141US #22
#42Katelyn139US #58
#43Jordan138US #48
#44Mary134US #59
#45Lillian131US #76
#46Shelby128US #94
#47Faith127US #50
#48Riley127US #72
#49Destiny126US #37
#50Jasmine126US #27
#51Madeline121US #61
#52Julia120US #33
#53Mia120US #36
#54Ava117US #39
#55Gabrielle114US #66
#56Bailey112US #98
#57Claire111US #92
#58Jenna111US #55
#59Trinity109US #56
#60Audrey108US #78
#61Molly107US #99
#62Sierra106US #73
#63Cheyenne105US #134
#64Lily105US #69
#65Zoe101US #57
#66Gracie100US #126
#67Breanna95US #105
#68Avery94US #89
#69Rebecca93US #63
#70Autumn90US #75
#71Lydia90US #127
#72Kathryn89US #117
#73Alexandra88US #38
#74Courtney87US #103
#75Kennedy86US #122
#76Angel84US #119
#77Alexandria82US #123
#78Kelsey82US #130
#79Danielle81US #82
#80Katie81US #107
#81Amber79US #74
#82Caroline78US #68
#83Jade78US #101
#84Marissa78US #95
#85Amanda76US #54
#86Addison75US #191
#87Margaret75US #128
#88Nicole74US #40
#89Mariah73US #113
#90Mya72US #116
#91Rylee72US #167
#92Jada70US #79
#93Brooklyn69US #118
#94Madelyn69US #115
#95Kylee68US #154
#96Ashlyn67US #139
#97Sara67US #65
#98Abby66US #164
#99Amelia66US #111
#100Hope66US #172

Boys

#1Jacob720US #1
#2Ethan494US #7
#3Tyler494US #15
#4Andrew487US #5
#5William458US #11
#6Michael457US #2
#7Joshua415US #3
#8Joseph409US #6
#9Logan401US #28
#10Alexander385US #16
#11Matthew385US #4
#12Zachary365US #20
#13Austin346US #33
#14Samuel337US #23
#15John336US #17
#16Ryan334US #13
#17Nicholas330US #12
#18Christopher322US #9
#19Dylan312US #19
#20James307US #18
#21Benjamin299US #24
#22Hunter294US #41
#23Caleb285US #34
#24Daniel281US #8
#25Nathan275US #26
#26Connor270US #43
#27Noah270US #31
#28Anthony260US #10
#29David260US #14
#30Elijah255US #37
#31Luke250US #46
#32Justin248US #27
#33Cameron244US #40
#34Mason239US #54
#35Brandon237US #21
#36Christian236US #25
#37Jackson235US #52
#38Gavin229US #51
#39Kyle228US #53
#40Thomas228US #36
#41Evan226US #44
#42Jack218US #45
#43Gabriel216US #29
#44Jordan211US #38
#45Jonathan210US #22
#46Blake206US #79
#47Robert201US #35
#48Aidan196US #39
#49Isaac183US #48
#50Chase181US #87
#51Aaron180US #50
#52Landon176US #97
#53Lucas174US #71
#54Cole173US #69
#55Seth173US #80
#56Grant171US #137
#57Charles162US #57
#58Cody162US #78
#59Hayden161US #84
#60Carson158US #89
#61Ian157US #65
#62Adam156US #58
#63Devin152US #74
#64Dominic148US #81
#65Dakota142US #126
#66Isaiah142US #49
#67Nathaniel141US #63
#68Dalton138US #143
#69Wyatt137US #109
#70Brayden134US #110
#71Carter134US #102
#72Garrett134US #106
#73Eric132US #56
#74Jason130US #42
#75Owen130US #72
#76Kevin128US #32
#77Trevor117US #99
#78Clayton115US #183
#79Riley114US #104
#80Bryce113US #103
#81Kaden113US #121
#82Alex111US #62
#83Aiden109US #73
#84Gage109US #136
#85Jaden109US #82
#86Colton107US #135
#87Levi106US #166
#88Tanner105US #120
#89Trenton105US #179
#90Steven104US #70
#91Colin101US #88
#92Parker100US #125
#93Timothy99US #76
#94Caden96US #113
#95Jeremiah96US #90
#96Brian94US #59
#97Tristan94US #112
#98Kaleb90US #118
#99Sean88US #61
#100Ashton86US #101

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑37Ava#54
↑32Landon#52
↑30Carson#60
↑26Ella#39
↑26Avery#68
↑24Aidan#48
↑20Cheyenne#63
↑19Breanna#67

Falling

↓35Timothy#93
↓25Sean#99
↓21Destiny#49
↓20Dalton#68
↓19Amanda#85
↓19Nicole#88
↓18Caroline#82
↓18Madelyn#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.