State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2010 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,996 Missouri births in 2010 across 1,946 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#89Kinleyoutside the national top 200
#94Josephine#185 nationally
#93Alivia#175 nationally
#91Braxton#170 nationally
#90Eleanor#166 nationally
#57Gracie#130 nationally
#67Reese#137 nationally
#85Grant#155 nationally
#80Peyton#149 nationally
#84Gage#152 nationally
#61Harper#120 nationally
#52Lydia#110 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella427US #1
#2Emma400US #3
#3Olivia390US #4
#4Sophia379US #2
#5Ava330US #5
#6Abigail323US #7
#7Addison305US #11
#8Madison300US #8
#9Chloe293US #9
#10Emily240US #6
#11Lillian235US #22
#12Ella232US #13
#13Elizabeth231US #12
#14Grace191US #18
#15Alexis188US #16
#16Avery186US #23
#17Brooklyn179US #34
#18Natalie166US #14
#19Amelia161US #41
#20Kaylee160US #35
#21Taylor156US #37
#22Anna154US #27
#23Hannah153US #20
#24Zoey150US #47
#25Lily149US #17
#26Layla148US #36
#27Allison142US #38
#28Peyton140US #51
#29Audrey137US #52
#30Claire137US #53
#31Hailey137US #19
#32Aubrey135US #45
#33Nevaeh134US #25
#34Charlotte129US #46
#35Riley129US #40
#36Samantha128US #15
#37Leah126US #24
#38Mia125US #10
#39Kylie121US #57
#40Trinity121US #72
#41Zoe117US #31
#42Alyssa116US #21
#43Bailey111US #78
#44Lucy111US #75
#45Khloe107US #42
#46Gabriella106US #33
#47Molly106US #87
#48Autumn105US #81
#49Savannah103US #44
#50Lauren102US #58
#51Makayla100US #43
#52Lydia98US #110
#53Payton98US #79
#54Morgan97US #63
#55Sydney97US #60
#56Faith96US #74
#57Gracie96US #130
#58Sarah96US #26
#59Bella93US #48
#60Mackenzie89US #68
#61Harper88US #120
#62Lilly88US #106
#63Rylee87US #102
#64Sophie87US #59
#65Destiny85US #71
#66Evelyn83US #39
#67Reese83US #137
#68Brooke82US #73
#69Mya80US #101
#70Stella80US #85
#71Gabrielle79US #94
#72Kennedy79US #111
#73Caroline78US #88
#74Ellie78US #104
#75Madelyn78US #76
#76Paige78US #100
#77Serenity77US #83
#78Eva76US #91
#79Julia76US #55
#80Kaitlyn76US #90
#81London76US #109
#82Katherine74US #70
#83Isabelle71US #105
#84Jordyn71US #112
#85Mary71US #108
#86Annabelle70US #117
#87Brianna70US #30
#88Kylee70US #139
#89Kinley69
#90Eleanor68US #166
#91Reagan68US #127
#92Brooklynn67US #142
#93Alivia66US #175
#94Josephine66US #185
#95Mariah66US #97
#96Arianna65US #54
#97Makenzie65US #153
#98Violet65US #122
#99Lyla64US #135
#100Victoria64US #32

Boys

#1Jacob421US #1
#2Mason383US #12
#3William366US #5
#4Logan360US #17
#5Jackson352US #25
#6Elijah319US #18
#7Noah318US #7
#8Michael316US #3
#9James311US #19
#10Ethan308US #2
#11Landon307US #33
#12Aiden304US #9
#13Joseph287US #20
#14Lucas284US #35
#15Samuel273US #24
#16Benjamin271US #22
#17Alexander262US #6
#18Wyatt259US #57
#19Andrew252US #14
#20Liam252US #30
#21Carter251US #48
#22Chase247US #66
#23Gavin245US #38
#24Brayden243US #40
#25Gabriel238US #21
#26Joshua234US #11
#27Caleb232US #32
#28Tyler229US #34
#29Jayden228US #4
#30John228US #26
#31Matthew223US #16
#32Luke217US #41
#33Christopher212US #13
#34Evan212US #36
#35David200US #15
#36Connor199US #49
#37Hunter199US #58
#38Anthony194US #10
#39Jack193US #45
#40Ryan193US #23
#41Owen187US #47
#42Cooper185US #75
#43Daniel185US #8
#44Nicholas185US #37
#45Austin184US #64
#46Charles179US #63
#47Carson176US #82
#48Isaac176US #39
#49Dylan175US #31
#50Eli174US #65
#51Zachary170US #61
#52Henry169US #67
#53Christian166US #29
#54Colton166US #73
#55Levi165US #70
#56Cameron164US #60
#57Jeremiah162US #51
#58Brody158US #83
#59Isaiah158US #43
#60Thomas158US #62
#61Nathan155US #27
#62Blake152US #87
#63Robert141US #54
#64Jordan138US #46
#65Jonathan136US #28
#66Hayden135US #96
#67Parker134US #85
#68Bentley133US #100
#69Brandon127US #44
#70Cole127US #90
#71Dominic123US #74
#72Kaden123US #106
#73Ian120US #72
#74Jaxon120US #99
#75Tristan114US #84
#76Aaron111US #55
#77Xavier108US #71
#78Oliver107US #88
#79Caden106US #119
#80Peyton106US #149
#81Josiah105US #77
#82Nolan105US #104
#83Justin103US #50
#84Gage100US #152
#85Grant99US #155
#86Kayden99US #123
#87Easton98US #145
#88Jace98US #146
#89Colin96US #111
#90Ayden93US #78
#91Braxton93US #170
#92Micah93US #108
#93Ashton92US #127
#94Grayson91US #122
#95Brady89US #126
#96Hudson85US #139
#97Bryce84US #112
#98Max84US #98
#99Adam83US #80
#100Riley83US #105

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑42Charlotte#34
↑30Khloe#45
↑28Liam#20
↑25Sophie#64
↑24Jeremiah#57
↑23Lucy#44
↑22Layla#26
↑19Makayla#51

Falling

↓33Mary#85
↓30Riley#100
↓29Victoria#100
↓27Brooke#68
↓25Morgan#54
↓23Brooklynn#92
↓22Brianna#87
↓19Madelyn#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.