State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,656 Missouri births in 2006 across 1,901 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#91Dalton#200 nationally
#94Trenton#192 nationally
#100Kelsey#185 nationally
#71Grant#155 nationally
#72Gage#154 nationally
#96Dakota#172 nationally
#76Kylee#146 nationally
#93Payton#163 nationally
#90Reagan#156 nationally
#95Reese#161 nationally
#96Margaret#160 nationally
#70Levi#133 nationally

Girls

#1Emma500US #2
#2Madison454US #3
#3Ava394US #5
#4Abigail384US #6
#5Emily380US #1
#6Hannah368US #8
#7Olivia365US #7
#8Isabella334US #4
#9Alexis317US #14
#10Elizabeth281US #11
#11Addison280US #28
#12Sophia277US #9
#13Chloe271US #18
#14Grace257US #16
#15Anna246US #22
#16Ella240US #21
#17Alyssa237US #19
#18Taylor237US #23
#19Lillian231US #38
#20Samantha213US #10
#21Lauren203US #24
#22Natalie196US #17
#23Hailey185US #25
#24Allison169US #47
#25Avery167US #52
#26Sydney167US #34
#27Lily164US #33
#28Kaylee163US #42
#29Audrey161US #69
#30Sarah161US #15
#31Morgan158US #35
#32Mackenzie153US #53
#33Riley151US #56
#34Mia150US #13
#35Brooke149US #44
#36Kylie147US #67
#37Savannah145US #30
#38Brooklyn144US #66
#39Brianna143US #20
#40Paige143US #77
#41Makayla141US #45
#42Kaitlyn138US #41
#43Katherine135US #37
#44Zoe135US #54
#45Trinity132US #64
#46Kayla129US #26
#47Haley128US #75
#48Ashley121US #12
#49Mary120US #80
#50Megan120US #60
#51Destiny119US #36
#52Claire117US #86
#53Gabrielle117US #63
#54Aubrey115US #93
#55Faith114US #62
#56Gracie112US #103
#57Nevaeh112US #43
#58Bailey109US #112
#59Rachel108US #48
#60Jasmine107US #29
#61Katelyn107US #61
#62Zoey107US #119
#63Mariah106US #82
#64Victoria105US #27
#65Madeline104US #71
#66Julia103US #31
#67Kennedy102US #115
#68Molly99US #105
#69Isabelle97US #84
#70Jessica96US #32
#71Jenna95US #88
#72Amelia94US #83
#73Autumn91US #95
#74Leah91US #68
#75Mya91US #102
#76Kylee90US #146
#77Gabriella89US #50
#78Lydia86US #130
#79Maya83US #57
#80Shelby83US #133
#81Jordan80US #97
#82Peyton80US #138
#83Maria79US #46
#84Rylee78US #135
#85Alexandra77US #40
#86Marissa77US #104
#87Caroline76US #89
#88Madelyn76US #113
#89Breanna75US #126
#90Reagan75US #156
#91Isabel73US #87
#92Lucy72US #153
#93Payton70US #163
#94Alexa69US #39
#95Reese69US #161
#96Margaret68US #160
#97Ashlyn67US #141
#98Jayla67US #99
#99Sara67US #72
#100Kelsey66US #185

Boys

#1Jacob558US #1
#2Logan450US #20
#3Andrew446US #7
#4Ethan444US #4
#5William435US #10
#6Michael390US #2
#7Tyler371US #18
#8Noah369US #15
#9Alexander363US #12
#10James343US #16
#11Joshua343US #3
#12Jackson334US #35
#13Landon328US #50
#14Joseph311US #11
#15Gavin305US #38
#16Matthew305US #5
#17Hunter301US #54
#18Caleb298US #34
#19John298US #19
#20Mason291US #40
#21Austin287US #41
#22Benjamin286US #24
#23Samuel284US #25
#24Dylan276US #26
#25Ryan272US #14
#26Nicholas271US #17
#27Christopher266US #8
#28Elijah266US #29
#29Christian261US #21
#30Aiden258US #32
#31Anthony245US #9
#32Evan237US #42
#33Zachary237US #33
#34David236US #13
#35Nathan231US #23
#36Lucas229US #59
#37Wyatt229US #82
#38Daniel227US #6
#39Jack224US #36
#40Hayden223US #73
#41Gabriel222US #28
#42Luke222US #43
#43Brandon219US #27
#44Connor218US #53
#45Carter215US #75
#46Owen210US #58
#47Brayden204US #79
#48Charles200US #60
#49Aidan199US #44
#50Jordan197US #46
#51Thomas197US #51
#52Chase194US #83
#53Isaac194US #48
#54Cameron193US #52
#55Jonathan193US #22
#56Robert193US #47
#57Blake182US #97
#58Kaden175US #92
#59Carson166US #87
#60Kyle166US #81
#61Isaiah162US #39
#62Aaron158US #57
#63Adam151US #64
#64Jayden148US #49
#65Ian146US #80
#66Cooper142US #113
#67Justin140US #45
#68Cole138US #84
#69Jason133US #55
#70Levi130US #133
#71Grant128US #155
#72Gage127US #154
#73Nathaniel127US #69
#74Xavier127US #78
#75Seth125US #103
#76Kaleb124US #115
#77Caden122US #91
#78Colton120US #135
#79Dominic118US #85
#80Jeremiah118US #71
#81Tristan118US #86
#82Parker117US #116
#83Jaden115US #88
#84Riley115US #101
#85Cody114US #105
#86Kevin114US #37
#87Bryce110US #109
#88Devin109US #100
#89Preston109US #114
#90Conner108US #144
#91Dalton108US #200
#92Henry107US #95
#93Sean103US #68
#94Trenton103US #192
#95Braden102US #143
#96Dakota100US #172
#97Alex99US #67
#98Timothy97US #93
#99Brady96US #106
#100Peyton96US #157

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑41Addison#11
↑39Aubrey#54
↑28Aiden#30
↑24Levi#70
↑21Claire#52
↑20Avery#25
↑19Cooper#66
↑19Grant#71

Falling

↓27Dalton#91
↓24Katelyn#61
↓24Jessica#70
↓23Shelby#80
↓19Faith#55
↓19Lydia#78
↓18Megan#50
↓18Jordan#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.