State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2020 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,935 Missouri births in 2020 across 1,969 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#74Brynlee#191 nationally
#82Ada#185 nationally
#99Finleyoutside the national top 200
#91Tucker#191 nationally
#66August#155 nationally
#83Blakely#167 nationally
#79Rhett#159 nationally
#72Ryker#148 nationally
#30Waylon#103 nationally
#45Harrison#114 nationally
#97Emersyn#164 nationally
#35Bennett#101 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia332US #1
#2Amelia315US #6
#3Charlotte315US #5
#4Emma289US #2
#5Harper253US #10
#6Ava235US #3
#7Evelyn228US #9
#8Sophia221US #4
#9Eleanor205US #22
#10Isabella179US #7
#11Nora165US #30
#12Avery153US #19
#13Ella149US #15
#14Mia149US #8
#15Nova133US #38
#16Willow133US #48
#17Hazel130US #31
#18Scarlett128US #21
#19Elizabeth126US #16
#20Paisley126US #49
#21Abigail123US #12
#22Aria118US #27
#23Lillian118US #46
#24Everly116US #43
#25Mila116US #20
#26Penelope116US #26
#27Zoey114US #32
#28Addison113US #47
#29Layla113US #24
#30Ellie111US #29
#31Luna110US #14
#32Riley108US #33
#33Violet106US #37
#34Lydia105US #95
#35Aurora104US #36
#36Kinsley102US #59
#37Lily101US #35
#38Piper98US #91
#39Stella97US #42
#40Chloe94US #25
#41Lucy94US #50
#42Brooklyn90US #54
#43Kennedy89US #72
#44Everleigh88US #94
#45Grace88US #28
#46Vivian87US #101
#47Madison86US #23
#48Cora85US #88
#49Emily85US #18
#50Nevaeh85US #83
#51Raelynn85US #104
#52Hadley83US #111
#53Sadie82US #78
#54Emery81US #89
#55Aubrey80US #56
#56Claire80US #58
#57Anna79US #68
#58Gianna79US #13
#59Delilah78US #70
#60Isla78US #44
#61Naomi78US #52
#62Emilia75US #41
#63Natalie74US #51
#64Quinn74US #84
#65Ruby74US #74
#66Serenity74US #69
#67Adalynn73US #116
#68Audrey73US #60
#69Mary73US #123
#70Skylar73US #64
#71Hannah72US #39
#72Caroline70US #71
#73Clara70US #103
#74Brynlee69US #191
#75Ivy68US #57
#76Josephine67US #87
#77Lyla66US #118
#78Josie65US #135
#79Sophie65US #75
#80Sofia64US #17
#81Madelyn63US #66
#82Ada62US #185
#83Blakely61US #167
#84Gabriella61US #77
#85Parker61US #128
#86Autumn60US #82
#87Leah60US #45
#88Rylee59US #102
#89Alice58US #76
#90Elena58US #55
#91Bella57US #63
#92Iris56US #127
#93Hailey55US #81
#94Reese55US #146
#95Remi55US #125
#96Zoe55US #40
#97Emersyn54US #164
#98Isabelle54US #121
#99Finley53
#100Margaret53US #126

Boys

#1Oliver345US #3
#2Liam319US #1
#3William309US #5
#4Henry283US #9
#5Noah272US #2
#6Elijah270US #4
#7Theodore259US #23
#8Benjamin248US #7
#9James244US #6
#10Wyatt237US #29
#11Lincoln232US #40
#12Hudson223US #43
#13Owen216US #22
#14Grayson209US #35
#15Mason206US #11
#16Jack205US #21
#17Lucas204US #8
#18Jackson201US #17
#19Levi201US #18
#20Carter191US #33
#21Maverick182US #50
#22Samuel171US #25
#23Asher165US #32
#24John165US #27
#25Alexander157US #10
#26Colton157US #66
#27Charles156US #46
#28Michael156US #12
#29Logan153US #16
#30Waylon148US #103
#31Leo147US #36
#32Thomas147US #45
#33Easton142US #73
#34Cooper140US #75
#35Bennett136US #101
#36Luke134US #31
#37Gabriel132US #38
#38Jacob132US #15
#39Everett131US #90
#40Ezra131US #44
#41Joseph129US #26
#42Jaxon125US #48
#43David124US #28
#44Emmett123US #107
#45Harrison122US #114
#46Isaac122US #39
#47Jameson121US #79
#48Daniel119US #14
#49Andrew115US #52
#50Greyson115US #81
#51Nolan115US #61
#52Hunter114US #68
#53Aiden113US #24
#54Isaiah113US #51
#55Robert111US #80
#56Josiah110US #49
#57Matthew106US #30
#58Weston106US #104
#59Rowan105US #113
#60Silas105US #100
#61Brooks104US #92
#62Miles104US #59
#63Ryder104US #108
#64Anthony101US #41
#65Beau101US #109
#66August100US #155
#67Carson98US #84
#68Connor97US #78
#69Sawyer96US #116
#70Eli95US #60
#71Landon94US #69
#72Ryker94US #148
#73Ryan93US #57
#74Braxton92US #131
#75Cameron91US #65
#76Christopher90US #47
#77Jace90US #96
#78Jaxson90US #85
#79Rhett90US #159
#80Parker89US #95
#81Ethan86US #13
#82Bryson84US #115
#83Kingston84US #118
#84Chase83US #123
#85Ezekiel83US #64
#86Wesley83US #98
#87Declan82US #102
#88Jordan82US #82
#89Joshua82US #53
#90Bentley81US #141
#91Tucker81US #191
#92Aaron80US #63
#93River79US #129
#94Xavier79US #91
#95Jasper78US #138
#96Sebastian78US #19
#97Dylan77US #42
#98Jayden77US #37
#99Mateo77US #20
#100Calvin76US #144

On the move since 2019

Rising

↑31Delilah#59
↑28Sadie#53
↑27Isla#60
↑26Nevaeh#50
↑26Robert#55
↑25Brynlee#74
↑24Silas#60
↑22Greyson#50

Falling

↓42Ethan#81
↓38Caroline#72
↓38Joshua#89
↓33Bentley#90
↓28Emersyn#97
↓27Parker#80
↓24Aiden#53
↓23Audrey#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2019 rankings.