State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,025 Missouri births in 2005 across 1,839 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#64Dalton#180 nationally
#83Trenton#190 nationally
#81Cheyenne#171 nationally
#95Lilly#180 nationally
#88Lucy#172 nationally
#81Gage#151 nationally
#90Grant#154 nationally
#94Courtney#157 nationally
#87Dakota#148 nationally
#97Payton#158 nationally
#57Shelby#117 nationally
#59Lydia#119 nationally

Girls

#1Emma575US #2
#2Madison511US #3
#3Emily429US #1
#4Abigail417US #4
#5Olivia393US #5
#6Hannah369US #7
#7Grace321US #14
#8Alexis302US #13
#9Chloe298US #19
#10Elizabeth287US #11
#11Isabella280US #6
#12Ava260US #9
#13Sophia259US #12
#14Hailey246US #26
#15Alyssa242US #16
#16Lauren241US #21
#17Ella236US #23
#18Taylor229US #24
#19Anna226US #22
#20Samantha218US #8
#21Natalie208US #18
#22Sarah204US #15
#23Lillian197US #50
#24Paige175US #60
#25Morgan172US #33
#26Allison171US #45
#27Sydney170US #30
#28Kaylee164US #40
#29Kaitlyn158US #34
#30Kylie150US #57
#31Mackenzie145US #51
#32Megan145US #41
#33Trinity143US #48
#34Brianna142US #20
#35Lily142US #39
#36Faith141US #49
#37Katelyn141US #59
#38Savannah141US #35
#39Mia140US #17
#40Gabrielle139US #55
#41Riley137US #54
#42Ashley134US #10
#43Audrey132US #77
#44Haley131US #53
#45Avery130US #67
#46Jessica130US #27
#47Brooke128US #47
#48Makayla125US #44
#49Katherine123US #36
#50Kayla123US #25
#51Jasmine122US #29
#52Addison121US #106
#53Zoe116US #58
#54Brooklyn113US #78
#55Mary113US #72
#56Rachel113US #38
#57Shelby113US #117
#58Gracie112US #94
#59Lydia112US #119
#60Victoria107US #28
#61Julia106US #31
#62Destiny105US #32
#63Jordan105US #86
#64Jada102US #76
#65Madeline100US #70
#66Mariah100US #85
#67Jenna98US #62
#68Nevaeh97US #69
#69Bailey96US #108
#70Molly96US #97
#71Autumn88US #90
#72Katie88US #99
#73Claire86US #95
#74Isabelle86US #96
#75Rylee86US #128
#76Leah85US #68
#77Kennedy79US #118
#78Maria78US #46
#79Alexandra77US #37
#80Amelia77US #84
#81Cheyenne76US #171
#82Caroline74US #83
#83Mya74US #98
#84Breanna73US #124
#85Rebecca73US #81
#86Madelyn71US #107
#87Aaliyah69US #93
#88Lucy69US #172
#89Nicole69US #56
#90Marissa68US #91
#91Maya68US #73
#92Ashlyn67US #127
#93Aubrey67US #153
#94Courtney67US #157
#95Lilly67US #180
#96Reagan66US #139
#97Payton65US #158
#98Peyton65US #131
#99Angel64US #143
#100Jade64US #114

Boys

#1Jacob550US #1
#2Ethan500US #5
#3William464US #11
#4Andrew452US #6
#5Tyler428US #16
#6Logan420US #26
#7Joshua395US #3
#8Michael386US #2
#9Alexander360US #13
#10Matthew349US #4
#11Joseph347US #9
#12Jackson340US #44
#13Samuel327US #21
#14James323US #17
#15Mason321US #42
#16Ryan315US #14
#17Noah303US #23
#18Nicholas292US #15
#19Austin289US #38
#20Christopher289US #10
#21Benjamin285US #25
#22Nathan283US #20
#23Zachary282US #29
#24John274US #18
#25Dylan267US #24
#26Caleb264US #35
#27Elijah262US #31
#28Daniel260US #7
#29Gavin259US #47
#30David250US #12
#31Landon250US #61
#32Gabriel242US #28
#33Evan241US #39
#34Hunter241US #53
#35Anthony239US #8
#36Jack238US #34
#37Luke227US #41
#38Carter217US #77
#39Connor215US #48
#40Charles213US #56
#41Jordan211US #46
#42Brandon210US #27
#43Christian210US #22
#44Robert206US #37
#45Aidan204US #43
#46Thomas204US #40
#47Cameron202US #52
#48Hayden202US #76
#49Isaac202US #49
#50Wyatt199US #81
#51Lucas195US #58
#52Brayden190US #80
#53Owen190US #60
#54Blake187US #99
#55Cole182US #79
#56Chase176US #82
#57Isaiah176US #45
#58Aiden168US #50
#59Ian167US #68
#60Kyle164US #69
#61Jonathan162US #19
#62Justin162US #36
#63Adam149US #64
#64Dalton142US #180
#65Jayden142US #54
#66Jason139US #51
#67Kaden139US #100
#68Nathaniel133US #67
#69Dominic129US #85
#70Seth129US #91
#71Caden126US #98
#72Ashton125US #107
#73Jeremiah123US #78
#74Devin122US #90
#75Aaron121US #57
#76Carson118US #101
#77Trevor118US #112
#78Kevin116US #33
#79Garrett114US #124
#80Conner112US #127
#81Gage112US #151
#82Timothy112US #84
#83Trenton112US #190
#84Kaleb111US #121
#85Cooper110US #120
#86Bryce109US #109
#87Dakota109US #148
#88Parker107US #119
#89Alex104US #71
#90Grant104US #154
#91Braden103US #133
#92Cody103US #96
#93Eric102US #66
#94Levi102US #141
#95Tanner100US #131
#96Brady98US #110
#97Peyton98US #138
#98Jesse96US #89
#99Colin95US #95
#100Riley93US #106

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑35Brooklyn#54
↑23Savannah#38
↑23Addison#52
↑23Brayden#52
↑22Katelyn#37
↑21Rylee#75
↑20Jackson#12
↑18Nevaeh#68

Falling

↓23Kayla#50
↓22Jenna#67
↓22Cody#92
↓21Thomas#46
↓21Colin#99
↓20Breanna#84
↓20Levi#94
↓19Claire#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.