State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,940 Missouri births in 2008 across 1,978 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#96Trenton#196 nationally
#94Brooklynn#183 nationally
#98Jayden#176 nationally
#85Cheyenne#160 nationally
#83Braden#156 nationally
#32Gracie#99 nationally
#75Kylee#142 nationally
#79Grant#143 nationally
#96Shelby#158 nationally
#8Chase#67 nationally
#87Reagan#143 nationally
#92Gage#146 nationally

Girls

#1Emma449US #1
#2Ava383US #5
#3Madison382US #6
#4Olivia379US #4
#5Chloe341US #10
#6Abigail332US #8
#7Sophia318US #7
#8Isabella317US #2
#9Addison311US #12
#10Emily287US #3
#11Elizabeth279US #9
#12Lillian256US #29
#13Alexis250US #15
#14Ella248US #19
#15Taylor247US #22
#16Lily228US #24
#17Grace222US #21
#18Hannah204US #17
#19Alyssa203US #16
#20Anna199US #26
#21Samantha190US #11
#22Natalie181US #13
#23Hailey171US #25
#24Avery167US #38
#25Aubrey160US #42
#26Allison159US #32
#27Kaylee159US #31
#28Riley152US #39
#29Lauren151US #30
#30Brooklyn144US #48
#31Sydney143US #49
#32Gracie142US #99
#33Kylie141US #51
#34Mackenzie141US #65
#35Claire138US #62
#36Makayla138US #37
#37Morgan136US #46
#38Audrey135US #44
#39Mia135US #14
#40Sarah131US #20
#41Brooke130US #52
#42Savannah126US #33
#43Peyton125US #60
#44Payton123US #91
#45Kaitlyn121US #53
#46Nevaeh117US #34
#47Trinity117US #70
#48Madelyn116US #64
#49Brianna115US #23
#50Madeline115US #56
#51Mariah114US #77
#52Paige114US #89
#53Zoe113US #58
#54Katherine112US #45
#55Leah112US #40
#56Bailey108US #82
#57Molly108US #104
#58Gabriella107US #35
#59Lucy106US #112
#60Faith105US #90
#61Victoria104US #27
#62Zoey104US #98
#63Kayla101US #28
#64Amelia99US #68
#65Destiny98US #47
#66Autumn96US #87
#67Katelyn96US #80
#68Layla96US #55
#69Rylee96US #116
#70Lydia93US #120
#71Gabrielle88US #79
#72Julia87US #41
#73Isabelle85US #93
#74Jenna85US #108
#75Kylee85US #142
#76Jordan83US #128
#77Kennedy83US #115
#78Mary83US #96
#79Jasmine82US #43
#80Lilly81US #125
#81Ashley80US #18
#82Miley79US #129
#83Mya79US #103
#84Megan78US #100
#85Cheyenne77US #160
#86Caroline75US #94
#87Reagan75US #143
#88Serenity75US #111
#89Jessica70US #59
#90Evelyn69US #54
#91Haley69US #102
#92Sadie69US #109
#93Jayla68US #117
#94Brooklynn67US #183
#95Katie67US #126
#96Shelby67US #158
#97Danielle66US #141
#98Jayden66US #176
#99Sophie64US #75
#100Ashlyn63US #152

Boys

#1Jacob483US #1
#2Ethan401US #3
#3William399US #8
#4Logan370US #19
#5Alexander347US #6
#6Jackson343US #32
#7Michael340US #2
#8Chase338US #67
#9Noah336US #15
#10Andrew335US #12
#11James323US #17
#12Landon319US #45
#13Aiden311US #16
#14Mason311US #35
#15Joseph303US #13
#16Joshua301US #4
#17Tyler301US #28
#18Elijah299US #22
#19Matthew299US #10
#20Gavin298US #30
#21Lucas285US #46
#22Samuel278US #27
#23Brayden271US #51
#24Benjamin267US #25
#25Hunter263US #54
#26Evan258US #38
#27Nicholas256US #29
#28Caleb253US #34
#29Ryan253US #18
#30Jayden250US #11
#31Austin246US #55
#32Christopher246US #9
#33John246US #20
#34Wyatt242US #62
#35Gabriel237US #24
#36Carter235US #65
#37Anthony221US #7
#38David213US #14
#39Nathan213US #21
#40Luke212US #43
#41Brody211US #70
#42Cameron204US #53
#43Zachary203US #47
#44Daniel200US #5
#45Hayden200US #76
#46Dylan199US #31
#47Charles198US #63
#48Isaac190US #37
#49Carson189US #89
#50Connor187US #57
#51Jack187US #39
#52Cooper186US #92
#53Blake178US #90
#54Owen176US #58
#55Thomas173US #52
#56Christian168US #23
#57Robert167US #49
#58Jordan164US #48
#59Colton163US #98
#60Kaden163US #100
#61Cole162US #85
#62Henry161US #78
#63Isaiah160US #42
#64Levi155US #116
#65Brandon154US #33
#66Parker146US #103
#67Jonathan142US #26
#68Aaron138US #50
#69Caden131US #96
#70Justin129US #44
#71Jeremiah128US #68
#72Xavier128US #71
#73Tristan126US #81
#74Brady125US #94
#75Ayden123US #91
#76Dominic121US #93
#77Eli121US #99
#78Aidan119US #59
#79Grant117US #143
#80Adam116US #72
#81Ian116US #80
#82Nathaniel116US #77
#83Braden113US #156
#84Alex111US #84
#85Jason110US #60
#86Jaden105US #88
#87Kevin104US #41
#88Peyton103US #130
#89Riley103US #106
#90Timothy101US #107
#91Preston99US #124
#92Gage98US #146
#93Seth97US #128
#94Josiah96US #95
#95Liam94US #75
#96Trenton94US #196
#97Colin90US #114
#98Cody89US #123
#99Maxwell87US #134
#100Collin86US #141

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑40Chase#8
↑38Leah#55
↑30Payton#44
↑28Kayla#63
↑25Brody#41
↑24Gabriella#58
↑23Makayla#36
↑23Peyton#43

Falling

↓53Haley#91
↓32Ashley#81
↓27Jasmine#79
↓22Gage#92
↓21Sophie#99
↓20Gabrielle#71
↓20Christian#56
↓19Dylan#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.