State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,447 Missouri births in 2009 across 1,951 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#98Josephineoutside the national top 200
#100Trentonoutside the national top 200
#91Cheyenne#186 nationally
#69Brooklynn#162 nationally
#95Alivia#178 nationally
#40Lydia#117 nationally
#78Ellie#145 nationally
#77Gage#141 nationally
#84Reese#144 nationally
#60Rylee#118 nationally
#58Gracie#114 nationally
#79Collin#134 nationally

Girls

#1Emma434US #2
#2Olivia428US #3
#3Isabella416US #1
#4Madison355US #7
#5Ava352US #5
#6Sophia334US #4
#7Abigail325US #8
#8Chloe309US #9
#9Addison300US #12
#10Elizabeth261US #11
#11Lillian254US #27
#12Alexis243US #13
#13Ella234US #15
#14Emily224US #6
#15Grace208US #17
#16Brooklyn195US #37
#17Taylor192US #22
#18Kaylee188US #26
#19Natalie188US #16
#20Lily175US #18
#21Anna172US #28
#22Avery165US #32
#23Hannah161US #23
#24Riley161US #38
#25Hailey159US #25
#26Mia152US #10
#27Samantha152US #14
#28Alyssa151US #19
#29Morgan149US #57
#30Claire145US #53
#31Audrey141US #49
#32Peyton141US #42
#33Aubrey138US #41
#34Allison134US #30
#35Nevaeh130US #34
#36Savannah124US #39
#37Amelia123US #55
#38Zoey121US #75
#39Sydney120US #48
#40Lydia119US #117
#41Brooke117US #54
#42Bailey116US #85
#43Mackenzie116US #77
#44Molly116US #92
#45Trinity116US #74
#46Payton115US #84
#47Sarah115US #21
#48Layla113US #45
#49Kylie110US #62
#50Leah110US #29
#51Zoe109US #47
#52Mary108US #102
#53Gabriella105US #33
#54Bella103US #58
#55Evelyn102US #40
#56Madelyn102US #59
#57Autumn99US #81
#58Gracie99US #114
#59Paige99US #98
#60Rylee99US #118
#61Faith94US #79
#62Kaitlyn94US #67
#63Lauren94US #46
#64Lilly93US #116
#65Brianna89US #24
#66Katherine89US #60
#67Lucy89US #101
#68Caroline86US #87
#69Brooklynn83US #162
#70Makayla83US #44
#71Victoria83US #31
#72Julia81US #50
#73Mya81US #97
#74Gabrielle78US #96
#75Khloe78US #95
#76Charlotte77US #68
#77Destiny77US #56
#78Ellie76US #145
#79London76US #122
#80Megan75US #105
#81Isabelle74US #100
#82Kennedy74US #115
#83Reagan74US #127
#84Reese73US #144
#85Serenity73US #93
#86Arianna72US #52
#87Katelyn71US #90
#88Madeline71US #64
#89Sophie71US #65
#90Kayla69US #35
#91Cheyenne68US #186
#92Jasmine68US #51
#93Mariah67US #88
#94Jenna66US #121
#95Alivia65US #178
#96Haley65US #123
#97Hayden65US #131
#98Josephine65
#99Rachel62US #89
#100Piper61US #147

Boys

#1Jacob399US #1
#2Ethan390US #2
#3William384US #5
#4Jackson376US #27
#5Aiden366US #12
#6Logan363US #17
#7Michael323US #3
#8Noah323US #9
#9Landon306US #36
#10Gavin303US #33
#11Chase302US #61
#12Andrew301US #16
#13Alexander299US #4
#14Mason299US #34
#15Benjamin293US #19
#16Samuel290US #24
#17James285US #18
#18Joseph275US #15
#19Caleb274US #31
#20Wyatt272US #60
#21Lucas268US #39
#22Tyler261US #28
#23Jayden260US #8
#24Elijah259US #21
#25Carter254US #50
#26Evan249US #35
#27Joshua240US #6
#28Hunter239US #56
#29Owen239US #51
#30Gabriel233US #22
#31Ryan232US #20
#32Brayden230US #48
#33Christopher230US #10
#34John225US #26
#35Daniel221US #7
#36Jack221US #42
#37Matthew219US #13
#38Anthony214US #11
#39David213US #14
#40Connor209US #52
#41Austin208US #63
#42Charles201US #64
#43Cooper200US #84
#44Christian194US #23
#45Nathan187US #25
#46Dylan185US #30
#47Zachary184US #53
#48Liam183US #49
#49Nicholas180US #32
#50Luke179US #47
#51Brody174US #77
#52Isaac174US #40
#53Henry173US #71
#54Carson172US #88
#55Cameron171US #58
#56Colton167US #93
#57Blake157US #89
#58Brandon156US #38
#59Hayden156US #91
#60Isaiah156US #41
#61Levi156US #85
#62Thomas156US #57
#63Cole155US #82
#64Parker152US #96
#65Jordan148US #45
#66Jonathan147US #29
#67Kaden142US #102
#68Robert139US #55
#69Eli129US #90
#70Riley116US #107
#71Oliver112US #98
#72Tristan112US #80
#73Ayden111US #87
#74Aaron110US #54
#75Aidan110US #72
#76Caden110US #103
#77Gage110US #141
#78Justin109US #46
#79Collin105US #134
#80Ian105US #73
#81Jeremiah104US #65
#82Xavier104US #68
#83Brady102US #110
#84Bryce100US #111
#85Jaxon99US #124
#86Dominic98US #81
#87Kaleb97US #108
#88Nathaniel95US #75
#89Adam94US #74
#90Alex94US #83
#91Kevin92US #44
#92Max92US #104
#93Nolan92US #122
#94Trevor90US #149
#95Jason89US #66
#96Kayden87US #138
#97Ashton86US #115
#98Grant86US #145
#99Preston86US #120
#100Trenton86

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑47Liam#48
↑35Evelyn#55
↑30Lydia#40
↑27Amelia#37
↑26Mary#52
↑25Brooklynn#69
↑25Owen#29
↑24Zoey#38

Falling

↓42Mariah#93
↓38Madeline#88
↓34Lauren#63
↓34Makayla#70
↓27Kayla#90
↓26Gracie#58
↓22Nicholas#49
↓20Katelyn#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.