State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2019 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,309 Missouri births in 2019 across 1,990 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#90Tucker#196 nationally
#66Rhett#166 nationally
#76August#167 nationally
#99Brynlee#187 nationally
#68Josie#155 nationally
#98Blakely#183 nationally
#69Emersyn#148 nationally
#38Waylon#113 nationally
#57Bentley#130 nationally
#47Bennett#108 nationally
#74Ryker#135 nationally
#75Beau#132 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia328US #1
#2Charlotte316US #6
#3Ava310US #3
#4Amelia299US #7
#5Emma292US #2
#6Evelyn271US #10
#7Harper264US #9
#8Sophia235US #4
#9Eleanor199US #27
#10Isabella182US #5
#11Abigail174US #11
#12Elizabeth171US #14
#13Ella166US #13
#14Lillian162US #37
#15Nora148US #29
#16Willow148US #45
#17Avery142US #18
#18Paisley142US #53
#19Mia139US #8
#20Everly138US #42
#21Hazel132US #33
#22Scarlett132US #21
#23Mila129US #19
#24Layla127US #23
#25Zoey123US #31
#26Aria118US #20
#27Penelope118US #22
#28Violet118US #36
#29Grace116US #28
#30Aurora113US #39
#31Chloe113US #24
#32Luna113US #16
#33Stella113US #40
#34Caroline107US #61
#35Nova107US #51
#36Riley106US #30
#37Addison105US #47
#38Kennedy105US #68
#39Lucy105US #48
#40Ellie104US #35
#41Lily102US #34
#42Madison102US #26
#43Cora101US #71
#44Aubrey100US #46
#45Audrey100US #49
#46Kinsley100US #74
#47Piper98US #84
#48Anna96US #63
#49Brooklyn96US #52
#50Emily95US #12
#51Lydia94US #94
#52Clara91US #95
#53Josephine91US #90
#54Hannah90US #32
#55Vivian89US #96
#56Hadley85US #112
#57Claire84US #55
#58Emery83US #93
#59Naomi83US #59
#60Raelynn83US #113
#61Ruby83US #66
#62Quinn82US #83
#63Everleigh80US #108
#64Autumn77US #82
#65Ivy75US #67
#66Natalie74US #41
#67Reagan74US #102
#68Josie73US #155
#69Emersyn72US #148
#70Skylar72US #56
#71Adeline71US #91
#72Rylee71US #100
#73Emilia70US #44
#74Leah70US #43
#75Lyla70US #121
#76Nevaeh70US #89
#77Serenity70US #77
#78Mary69US #126
#79Peyton68US #97
#80Charlie67US #132
#81Sadie67US #87
#82Adalynn66US #123
#83Alice66US #73
#84Sofia65US #17
#85Arya64US #92
#86Athena64US #104
#87Isla64US #57
#88Madelyn64US #72
#89Savannah62US #54
#90Delilah61US #88
#91Victoria61US #25
#92Bella59US #50
#93Eliana59US #62
#94Margaret59US #127
#95Parker59US #143
#96Rose59US #115
#97Amara58US #140
#98Blakely58US #183
#99Brynlee58US #187
#100Maya58US #64

Boys

#1Liam383US #1
#2Oliver377US #3
#3William333US #4
#4Henry316US #13
#5Elijah309US #5
#6Noah288US #2
#7James255US #6
#8Benjamin250US #7
#9Owen250US #21
#10Mason240US #9
#11Jackson236US #17
#12Lincoln229US #41
#13Samuel224US #22
#14Wyatt223US #29
#15Logan209US #16
#16Carter206US #30
#17Grayson200US #33
#18Theodore200US #36
#19Hudson198US #50
#20Jack195US #19
#21Lucas192US #8
#22Michael186US #14
#23John179US #28
#24Charles175US #52
#25Alexander173US #10
#26Asher173US #43
#27Maverick173US #58
#28Levi167US #25
#29Aiden163US #20
#30Jaxon161US #42
#31Gabriel156US #37
#32Joseph156US #24
#33Cooper154US #80
#34Luke154US #32
#35Jacob153US #12
#36Thomas153US #47
#37Easton150US #74
#38Waylon146US #113
#39Ethan143US #11
#40Nolan143US #65
#41Jameson140US #77
#42Colton138US #59
#43Leo138US #40
#44Daniel134US #15
#45Andrew132US #46
#46Carson129US #82
#47Bennett125US #108
#48David124US #27
#49Ezra120US #49
#50Hunter120US #66
#51Joshua120US #48
#52Josiah117US #45
#53Parker116US #98
#54Connor115US #68
#55Weston114US #104
#56Emmett113US #107
#57Bentley112US #130
#58Matthew112US #23
#59Eli111US #62
#60Everett111US #94
#61Christopher110US #44
#62Harrison110US #111
#63Isaac110US #34
#64Roman110US #72
#65Isaiah109US #53
#66Rhett108US #166
#67Sawyer106US #106
#68Jaxson105US #83
#69Jace104US #93
#70Landon103US #63
#71Anthony100US #38
#72Greyson100US #79
#73Miles100US #75
#74Ryker99US #135
#75Beau98US #132
#76August97US #167
#77Brooks97US #110
#78Rowan97US #118
#79Ryder97US #116
#80Elias94US #60
#81Robert93US #76
#82Kingston92US #117
#83Cameron91US #67
#84Silas90US #105
#85Christian88US #57
#86Declan88US #95
#87Sebastian88US #18
#88Caleb86US #51
#89Austin85US #88
#90Tucker85US #196
#91Bryson84US #102
#92Jayden83US #35
#93Ryan83US #54
#94Braxton82US #126
#95Brayden82US #101
#96Julian82US #31
#97Kayden82US #97
#98Jude81US #152
#99Wesley78US #99
#100Dylan77US #39

On the move since 2018

Rising

↑32Weston#55
↑29Ivy#65
↑29Josiah#52
↑27Everly#20
↑26Luna#32
↑26Jameson#41
↑25Bennett#47
↑21Aurora#30

Falling

↓46Savannah#89
↓33Landon#70
↓31Sadie#81
↓31Margaret#94
↓29Wesley#99
↓25Greyson#72
↓25Sebastian#87
↓23Brooklyn#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2018 rankings.