State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,664 Missouri births in 2007 across 1,944 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#95Trenton#178 nationally
#70Gage#149 nationally
#74Payton#153 nationally
#79Braden#156 nationally
#97Jayden#172 nationally
#84Reagan#156 nationally
#54Lydia#124 nationally
#81Reese#150 nationally
#99Grant#161 nationally
#66Peyton#123 nationally
#40Gracie#96 nationally
#57Zoey#112 nationally

Girls

#1Emma462US #3
#2Madison416US #5
#3Ava405US #4
#4Addison391US #11
#5Olivia390US #7
#6Sophia370US #6
#7Abigail347US #8
#8Emily339US #1
#9Isabella321US #2
#10Hannah314US #9
#11Alyssa275US #14
#12Elizabeth273US #10
#13Chloe270US #16
#14Ella260US #21
#15Alexis237US #19
#16Grace234US #20
#17Lillian234US #33
#18Hailey233US #23
#19Taylor209US #24
#20Natalie199US #17
#21Lauren198US #28
#22Anna189US #25
#23Samantha187US #12
#24Sarah168US #18
#25Sydney168US #37
#26Lily164US #27
#27Kaylee163US #35
#28Morgan163US #43
#29Brooke157US #45
#30Brooklyn156US #57
#31Audrey153US #51
#32Claire152US #66
#33Mia150US #15
#34Nevaeh144US #31
#35Kaitlyn140US #44
#36Savannah137US #30
#37Kylie133US #63
#38Haley128US #76
#39Mackenzie127US #65
#40Gracie126US #96
#41Bailey124US #84
#42Avery121US #48
#43Katherine121US #39
#44Riley121US #52
#45Paige118US #89
#46Aubrey117US #69
#47Allison115US #46
#48Faith111US #74
#49Ashley110US #13
#50Brianna110US #22
#51Gabrielle107US #68
#52Jasmine107US #32
#53Trinity107US #72
#54Lydia106US #124
#55Zoe104US #56
#56Amelia103US #77
#57Zoey103US #112
#58Katelyn102US #75
#59Makayla102US #47
#60Destiny100US #41
#61Kennedy100US #110
#62Autumn99US #90
#63Madelyn99US #104
#64Julia98US #34
#65Mariah98US #92
#66Peyton98US #123
#67Mary96US #93
#68Caroline95US #99
#69Megan93US #78
#70Victoria93US #29
#71Isabelle90US #79
#72Molly90US #97
#73Madeline89US #61
#74Payton86US #153
#75Isabel84US #87
#76Jenna83US #103
#77Rachel83US #59
#78Sophie82US #82
#79Marissa81US #132
#80Rylee81US #130
#81Reese79US #150
#82Gabriella77US #38
#83Maya77US #62
#84Reagan76US #156
#85Jessica75US #42
#86Layla75US #85
#87Mya75US #102
#88Charlotte74US #101
#89Evelyn74US #55
#90Katie74US #114
#91Kayla74US #26
#92Rebecca74US #105
#93Leah73US #67
#94Jada72US #95
#95Lilly72US #146
#96Shelby72US #149
#97Jayden70US #172
#98Cheyenne67US #147
#99Alexa66US #40
#100Ashlyn66US #155

Boys

#1Jacob546US #1
#2Ethan444US #3
#3Logan432US #17
#4Andrew411US #10
#5William389US #8
#6Noah388US #14
#7Michael385US #2
#8Jackson351US #33
#9Mason331US #37
#10Tyler331US #21
#11James320US #15
#12Joseph316US #13
#13Gavin312US #32
#14Alexander310US #11
#15Landon310US #49
#16Joshua309US #4
#17Aiden305US #27
#18Matthew298US #9
#19John297US #19
#20Benjamin286US #26
#21Samuel283US #25
#22Hunter282US #57
#23Christopher278US #6
#24Nicholas267US #20
#25Elijah264US #30
#26Caleb258US #36
#27Dylan257US #29
#28Ryan255US #16
#29Anthony241US #7
#30Daniel241US #5
#31David241US #12
#32Wyatt238US #69
#33Evan236US #40
#34Austin235US #48
#35Brayden229US #64
#36Christian229US #22
#37Jayden229US #18
#38Nathan227US #24
#39Gabriel226US #28
#40Jack226US #38
#41Jordan226US #44
#42Lucas225US #53
#43Luke224US #46
#44Carter221US #80
#45Owen220US #56
#46Connor218US #55
#47Zachary216US #42
#48Chase213US #79
#49Hayden213US #71
#50Cameron209US #50
#51Isaac201US #41
#52Blake197US #88
#53Charles192US #62
#54Carson187US #91
#55Robert184US #47
#56Justin179US #45
#57Cooper178US #96
#58Isaiah178US #43
#59Thomas177US #52
#60Cole174US #84
#61Aidan169US #54
#62Jonathan164US #23
#63Brandon159US #31
#64Kaden157US #98
#65Aaron153US #51
#66Brody148US #106
#67Ian142US #75
#68Caden141US #92
#69Colton141US #118
#70Gage136US #149
#71Jaden136US #74
#72Kyle136US #86
#73Henry131US #90
#74Adam130US #65
#75Dominic126US #85
#76Parker125US #108
#77Brady123US #93
#78Tristan122US #87
#79Braden119US #156
#80Jeremiah118US #67
#81Kevin117US #39
#82Riley117US #109
#83Devin114US #100
#84Jason113US #59
#85Eli112US #129
#86Levi112US #131
#87Kaleb111US #113
#88Ayden110US #102
#89Xavier110US #68
#90Alex109US #72
#91Jesse109US #107
#92Preston107US #114
#93Nathaniel105US #82
#94Bryce100US #111
#95Trenton98US #178
#96Eric97US #83
#97Nolan97US #133
#98Timothy95US #99
#99Grant93US #161
#100Peyton93US #125

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑27Jayden#37
↑25Madelyn#63
↑24Lydia#54
↑23Nevaeh#34
↑22Brady#77
↑20Claire#32
↑19Caroline#68
↑19Payton#74

Falling

↓45Kayla#91
↓28Grant#99
↓23Allison#47
↓20Brandon#63
↓20Nathaniel#93
↓19Megan#69
↓19Leah#93
↓18Makayla#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.