State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2015 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,768 Missouri births in 2015 across 1,975 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#81August#195 nationally
#93Tucker#186 nationally
#85Gracie#165 nationally
#73Ryker#149 nationally
#93Brooklynn#169 nationally
#74Molly#144 nationally
#42Hadley#103 nationally
#100Norah#159 nationally
#68Adalynn#124 nationally
#68Braxton#121 nationally
#43Bentley#92 nationally
#63Willow#111 nationally

Girls

#1Emma396US #1
#2Olivia379US #2
#3Ava328US #4
#4Harper300US #10
#5Charlotte273US #9
#6Sophia267US #3
#7Amelia255US #12
#8Abigail236US #7
#9Evelyn223US #15
#10Avery222US #16
#11Lillian199US #26
#12Nora198US #41
#13Elizabeth197US #13
#14Isabella191US #5
#15Madison182US #11
#16Brooklyn181US #31
#17Mia181US #6
#18Ella177US #18
#19Grace163US #19
#20Aubrey160US #21
#21Zoey160US #23
#22Addison156US #24
#23Emily155US #8
#24Paisley155US #45
#25Chloe154US #17
#26Layla141US #30
#27Lily140US #25
#28Scarlett134US #22
#29Claire132US #49
#30Ellie132US #48
#31Lucy127US #55
#32Audrey124US #37
#33Lydia124US #80
#34Hannah123US #28
#35Anna121US #44
#36Skylar121US #42
#37Eleanor115US #60
#38Stella112US #51
#39Nevaeh111US #70
#40Riley110US #35
#41Penelope108US #34
#42Hadley107US #103
#43Piper107US #67
#44Aria106US #29
#45Cora106US #88
#46Natalie106US #27
#47Sadie106US #52
#48Autumn104US #69
#49Kennedy102US #58
#50Savannah102US #38
#51Violet101US #50
#52Caroline95US #62
#53Allison93US #39
#54Alexis92US #85
#55Peyton92US #72
#56Serenity92US #71
#57Zoe92US #33
#58Alice91US #87
#59Quinn91US #97
#60Madelyn89US #59
#61Annabelle88US #92
#62Hazel88US #63
#63Willow88US #111
#64Mackenzie86US #73
#65Sofia86US #14
#66Leah84US #36
#67Ruby84US #83
#68Adalynn83US #124
#69Vivian83US #95
#70Gabriella82US #54
#71Aubree81US #79
#72Kaylee80US #61
#73Khloe80US #101
#74Molly79US #144
#75Kylie78US #66
#76Mila78US #53
#77Aaliyah76US #47
#78Kinsley76US #113
#79Naomi76US #75
#80Faith75US #90
#81Bella74US #74
#82Hailey74US #64
#83Bailey73US #107
#84Josephine73US #131
#85Gracie72US #165
#86Sarah72US #57
#87Eva70US #76
#88Mary70US #123
#89Trinity70US #129
#90Aurora69US #78
#91Morgan69US #121
#92Reagan69US #99
#93Brooklynn67US #169
#94Clara67US #98
#95Rylee66US #120
#96Samantha66US #40
#97Taylor66US #77
#98Emery65US #134
#99Katherine63US #84
#100Norah63US #159

Boys

#1Liam383US #2
#2William362US #5
#3Mason352US #3
#4Henry326US #29
#5Jackson311US #17
#6Elijah306US #11
#7Oliver304US #19
#8Noah295US #1
#9Carter276US #24
#10James276US #7
#11Wyatt264US #34
#12Lucas250US #16
#13Owen249US #36
#14Logan248US #14
#15Michael243US #9
#16Jacob240US #4
#17Benjamin239US #10
#18Alexander237US #8
#19Samuel236US #23
#20Gabriel226US #22
#21John225US #26
#22Jaxon222US #44
#23Aiden219US #13
#24Ethan215US #6
#25Luke213US #28
#26Hunter211US #41
#27Joseph210US #21
#28Charles208US #50
#29Eli201US #53
#30David198US #18
#31Landon192US #46
#32Grayson190US #47
#33Jack187US #40
#34Colton184US #60
#35Easton178US #78
#36Levi178US #42
#37Hudson175US #65
#38Andrew173US #30
#39Cooper167US #77
#40Chase161US #74
#41Isaac157US #31
#42Lincoln157US #66
#43Bentley154US #92
#44Connor154US #55
#45Jace151US #75
#46Matthew151US #15
#47Thomas147US #51
#48Christopher146US #32
#49Daniel143US #12
#50Joshua139US #33
#51Asher138US #82
#52Parker136US #72
#53Isaiah134US #49
#54Carson133US #89
#55Jaxson133US #84
#56Caleb132US #37
#57Brayden131US #61
#58Nolan131US #71
#59Anthony130US #25
#60Jayden126US #20
#61Christian125US #43
#62Robert125US #63
#63Dominic123US #68
#64Sawyer121US #94
#65Josiah117US #57
#66Theodore117US #99
#67Ryan116US #39
#68Braxton113US #121
#69Gavin113US #70
#70Brody112US #106
#71Ryder112US #98
#72Cameron109US #56
#73Ryker109US #149
#74Weston108US #120
#75Tyler105US #81
#76Leo104US #91
#77Austin103US #69
#78Brantley103US #122
#79Jeremiah102US #54
#80Nicholas100US #62
#81August98US #195
#82Dylan98US #27
#83Blake97US #96
#84Maxwell97US #113
#85Jonathan95US #48
#86Cole94US #115
#87Harrison94US #119
#88Evan93US #67
#89Kayden93US #95
#90Camden92US #104
#91Zachary92US #88
#92Ezra91US #93
#93Tucker90US #186
#94Miles89US #107
#95Silas89US #128
#96Emmett88US #139
#97Jordan88US #59
#98Sebastian88US #35
#99Aaron87US #52
#100Wesley84US #126

On the move since 2014

Rising

↑38Asher#51
↑34Sawyer#64
↑32Penelope#41
↑28Quinn#59
↑24Nevaeh#39
↑24Hazel#62
↑23Mila#76
↑23Lincoln#42

Falling

↓41Blake#83
↓36Evan#88
↓30Katherine#99
↓29Rylee#95
↓28Reagan#92
↓27Taylor#97
↓26Faith#80
↓25Aubree#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2014 rankings.