State roster

Top names in Missouri

The names most likely to appear on 2023 Missouri birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,248 Missouri births in 2023 across 1,944 distinct names.

Distinctively Missouri

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

#73Tuckeroutside the national top 200
#83Beckett#196 nationally
#66Wrenley#175 nationally
#88Tate#197 nationally
#92Knoxoutside the national top 200
#97Finleyoutside the national top 200
#80Stetson#183 nationally
#82Ryker#184 nationally
#99Beckham#199 nationally
#63Oaklynn#157 nationally
#84Reese#174 nationally
#96Bentley#186 nationally

Girls

#1Charlotte284US #3
#2Olivia280US #1
#3Amelia255US #4
#4Eleanor217US #14
#5Harper217US #11
#6Emma212US #2
#7Evelyn200US #9
#8Sophia197US #5
#9Ava178US #8
#10Hazel162US #18
#11Willow156US #41
#12Isabella152US #7
#13Nora151US #24
#14Elizabeth141US #15
#15Violet140US #16
#16Paisley134US #56
#17Aurora132US #22
#18Lainey131US #54
#19Mia129US #6
#20Avery128US #29
#21Scarlett125US #17
#22Ella123US #32
#23Lillian122US #55
#24Ellie121US #27
#25Nova121US #35
#26Ivy120US #38
#27Luna113US #10
#28Josephine111US #64
#29Lucy110US #40
#30Penelope108US #23
#31Stella106US #46
#32Vivian106US #87
#33Isla102US #33
#34Chloe100US #26
#35Aria99US #25
#36Millie98US #105
#37Lily96US #20
#38Naomi96US #44
#39Abigail95US #31
#40Layla94US #30
#41Mila92US #28
#42Addison91US #62
#43Delilah90US #52
#44Grace86US #39
#45Sadie86US #59
#46Madison85US #37
#47Georgia84US #128
#48Kinsley84US #67
#49Eloise83US #81
#50Riley82US #43
#51Zoey80US #51
#52Cora79US #93
#53Josie78US #108
#54Kennedy78US #72
#55Raelynn78US #112
#56Caroline76US #83
#57Lydia76US #94
#58Ruby76US #65
#59Sofia76US #12
#60Emery73US #70
#61Eden72US #77
#62Hadley72US #119
#63Oaklynn72US #157
#64Audrey71US #74
#65Juniper70US #113
#66Wrenley69US #175
#67Iris68US #78
#68Sophie66US #60
#69Alice65US #66
#70Blakely65US #156
#71Hannah65US #48
#72Madelyn65US #58
#73Maeve65US #73
#74Oakley65US #153
#75Rylee65US #118
#76Elena64US #47
#77Emersyn64US #147
#78Margaret64US #132
#79Anna63US #79
#80Quinn63US #86
#81Brooklyn62US #84
#82Everly62US #69
#83Adeline61US #71
#84Reese60US #174
#85Emilia59US #42
#86Clara58US #98
#87Elsie58US #163
#88Savannah58US #92
#89Adalynn57US #129
#90Charlie57US #125
#91Daisy57US #110
#92Everleigh57US #149
#93Aubrey56US #101
#94Leah56US #53
#95Lyla56US #99
#96Parker55US #122
#97Finley54
#98Magnolia54US #145
#99Rose54US #124
#100Serenity54US #102

Boys

#1Oliver356US #3
#2Henry312US #8
#3Noah292US #2
#4Liam288US #1
#5Theodore278US #7
#6William263US #10
#7Hudson246US #21
#8James235US #4
#9Elijah220US #5
#10Owen208US #20
#11Benjamin205US #11
#12Waylon203US #63
#13Asher194US #23
#14Jack179US #14
#15Grayson176US #44
#16Maverick174US #37
#17Samuel172US #19
#18Levi167US #12
#19Ezra159US #15
#20Miles157US #43
#21Jackson152US #28
#22John152US #26
#23Thomas152US #41
#24Cooper151US #52
#25Bennett149US #74
#26Leo149US #18
#27Carter146US #48
#28Charles145US #54
#29Lucas145US #9
#30Nolan144US #57
#31Wyatt144US #47
#32Mason142US #30
#33August140US #104
#34Lincoln137US #64
#35Everett132US #89
#36Walker131US #85
#37Joseph130US #29
#38Luke127US #31
#39Michael126US #16
#40Daniel125US #17
#41Brooks121US #73
#42Beau116US #81
#43Easton115US #98
#44Weston114US #75
#45Alexander112US #22
#46Gabriel112US #38
#47Isaiah112US #56
#48Wesley112US #70
#49Logan111US #39
#50Silas108US #80
#51Matthew106US #32
#52Aiden105US #40
#53Jacob105US #35
#54Elias104US #36
#55Isaac104US #42
#56Mateo104US #6
#57Cameron98US #58
#58Eli98US #79
#59David97US #27
#60Roman96US #66
#61Luca95US #25
#62Colton93US #94
#63Sawyer93US #127
#64Parker92US #91
#65Robert92US #88
#66Emmett90US #117
#67Andrew88US #65
#68Harrison88US #119
#69Rowan88US #76
#70Jameson85US #102
#71Myles84US #107
#72Josiah83US #53
#73Tucker83
#74Anthony82US #46
#75Ezekiel81US #50
#76Jasper81US #122
#77Jaxon80US #86
#78Theo79US #78
#79Ryder77US #128
#80Stetson77US #183
#81Landon76US #97
#82Ryker76US #184
#83Beckett75US #196
#84Christian75US #77
#85Sebastian75US #13
#86Christopher74US #55
#87Carson73US #112
#88Tate73US #197
#89Atlas72US #111
#90River72US #116
#91Archer71US #129
#92Knox71
#93Hunter70US #115
#94Jordan70US #96
#95Milo70US #121
#96Bentley69US #186
#97Dawson69US #149
#98Ethan69US #24
#99Beckham68US #199
#100Caleb68US #51

On the move since 2022

Rising

↑48Georgia#47
↑47Millie#36
↑41Vivian#32
↑37Eloise#49
↑34Oaklynn#63
↑27Myles#71
↑25Mateo#56
↑24Delilah#43

Falling

↓43Everly#82
↓40Clara#86
↓38Everleigh#92
↓31Ethan#98
↓26Jameson#70
↓22Oakley#74
↓22Parker#96
↓20Quinn#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2022 rankings.