State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,701 Missouri births in 2016 across 2,033 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#70August#193 nationally
#96Finley#191 nationally
#94Charlie#185 nationally
#91Tucker#173 nationally
#84Raelynn#158 nationally
#79Ryker#148 nationally
#76Maverick#139 nationally
#74Emmett#136 nationally
#66Braxton#125 nationally
#98Brantley#156 nationally
#43Bentley#100 nationally
#41Willow#96 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia407US #2
#2Emma386US #1
#3Charlotte320US #7
#4Harper297US #11
#5Ava287US #3
#6Amelia267US #10
#7Sophia248US #4
#8Evelyn221US #12
#9Avery219US #16
#10Isabella219US #5
#11Abigail214US #8
#12Mia190US #6
#13Ella186US #17
#14Madison186US #15
#15Elizabeth182US #13
#16Eleanor177US #41
#17Nora174US #36
#18Lillian170US #28
#19Paisley164US #46
#20Scarlett156US #18
#21Addison152US #29
#22Brooklyn144US #34
#23Chloe143US #20
#24Riley143US #22
#25Stella141US #45
#26Lily137US #24
#27Aubrey136US #25
#28Ellie135US #43
#29Grace135US #19
#30Emily134US #9
#31Zoey133US #26
#32Violet129US #47
#33Aria128US #23
#34Piper125US #67
#35Penelope122US #27
#36Anna120US #49
#37Audrey120US #39
#38Layla120US #30
#39Caroline116US #56
#40Hannah116US #33
#41Willow113US #96
#42Claire110US #40
#43Savannah109US #38
#44Kinsley108US #86
#45Autumn105US #65
#46Kennedy105US #59
#47Natalie104US #31
#48Lydia103US #80
#49Hazel102US #52
#50Skylar101US #42
#51Cora99US #87
#52Serenity98US #70
#53Madelyn97US #62
#54Quinn97US #79
#55Adeline96US #63
#56Lucy96US #55
#57Aurora95US #66
#58Hadley92US #108
#59Sofia92US #14
#60Sadie91US #60
#61Clara89US #100
#62Ruby89US #71
#63Josephine88US #114
#64Nevaeh87US #73
#65Peyton86US #81
#66Alexis85US #118
#67Aubree85US #84
#68Vivian85US #95
#69Allison84US #50
#70Mackenzie84US #85
#71Mila83US #48
#72Gabriella81US #61
#73Rylee80US #105
#74Annabelle78US #104
#75Leah77US #37
#76Victoria76US #21
#77Emery74US #130
#78Zoe74US #35
#79Bailey73US #116
#80Faith73US #99
#81Isabelle73US #102
#82Naomi72US #75
#83Kaylee71US #72
#84Raelynn69US #158
#85Reagan69US #98
#86Trinity69US #137
#87Sarah67US #57
#88Taylor67US #89
#89Samantha66US #44
#90Alice65US #76
#91Eva65US #74
#92Everly64US #107
#93Kylie64US #83
#94Charlie63US #185
#95Khloe63US #125
#96Finley62US #191
#97Margaret61US #139
#98Mary61US #126
#99Norah61US #154
#100Katherine60US #91

Boys

#1William373US #3
#2Liam342US #2
#3Mason340US #4
#4Noah325US #1
#5Oliver321US #12
#6Henry320US #22
#7James309US #5
#8Elijah308US #9
#9Lucas280US #14
#10Benjamin271US #6
#11Wyatt266US #33
#12Carter262US #26
#13Jackson258US #17
#14Owen249US #24
#15Grayson233US #37
#16Hunter228US #45
#17Samuel228US #21
#18Michael219US #8
#19Jacob214US #7
#20Lincoln211US #51
#21Hudson208US #61
#22Gabriel202US #25
#23Logan201US #18
#24Joseph199US #20
#25Luke198US #29
#26Charles195US #52
#27Easton195US #66
#28Daniel194US #13
#29Jaxon193US #41
#30Jack192US #38
#31Ethan190US #10
#32John187US #28
#33Aiden184US #16
#34Alexander181US #11
#35Levi179US #42
#36Eli173US #50
#37Chase164US #86
#38Isaac163US #31
#39Andrew162US #34
#40Landon162US #53
#41Cooper161US #79
#42David160US #19
#43Bentley157US #100
#44Connor155US #54
#45Colton154US #68
#46Matthew146US #15
#47Thomas144US #48
#48Asher143US #71
#49Caleb141US #44
#50Isaiah137US #47
#51Joshua135US #35
#52Christopher131US #36
#53Jace130US #76
#54Carson127US #81
#55Parker127US #87
#56Brayden124US #64
#57Jeremiah124US #58
#58Cameron123US #57
#59Sawyer122US #97
#60Anthony120US #30
#61Dylan119US #32
#62Jaxson119US #82
#63Bryson118US #94
#64Evan116US #69
#65Nolan114US #67
#66Braxton112US #125
#67Ezra112US #85
#68Ryan111US #40
#69Jayden109US #27
#70August106US #193
#71Theodore106US #83
#72Jordan104US #65
#73Josiah103US #55
#74Emmett102US #136
#75Harrison102US #107
#76Maverick102US #139
#77Robert101US #62
#78Dominic100US #72
#79Ryker100US #148
#80Leo99US #74
#81Christian96US #46
#82Greyson96US #95
#83Aaron95US #49
#84Miles95US #105
#85Silas93US #119
#86Bennett91US #140
#87Everett91US #114
#88Ryder91US #102
#89Xavier91US #88
#90Kayden90US #101
#91Tucker89US #173
#92Abel88US #137
#93Gavin88US #80
#94Maxwell88US #111
#95Tyler88US #91
#96Austin87US #73
#97Weston87US #121
#98Brantley85US #156
#99Camden85US #124
#100Jameson85US #128

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑34Kinsley#44
↑33Aurora#57
↑33Clara#61
↑25Ezra#67
↑25Jordan#72
↑24Evan#64
↑22Willow#41
↑22Rylee#73

Falling

↓32Alice#90
↓25Lucy#56
↓25Nevaeh#64
↓24Gavin#93
↓23Weston#97
↓22Khloe#95
↓21Zoe#78
↓20Christian#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.