Popular baby names in Missouri, 2000

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2000 were Hannah for girls (606 babies) and Jacob for boys (902). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 63,798 babies born in Missouri in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2000

Names given at least 15 times in Missouri that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Zoie: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Macey: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Addison: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raegan: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Madilyn: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laney: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gracie: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Montana: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Micah: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Reagan: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dayton: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colten: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clayton: 152 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trenton: 124 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lane: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Davion: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
August: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tristin: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dalton: 232 babies, 3× the national rate
Blaine: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	606	↑1	2
2	Emily	605	↓1	1
3	Madison	502	–	3
4	Taylor	429	–	10
5	Alexis	422	–	6
6	Grace	366	↑11	19
7	Abigail	346	↑3	14
8	Emma	346	↑5	17
9	Sarah	339	↓2	5
10	Lauren	336	↓1	11
11	Samantha	335	↓3	7
12	Elizabeth	333	↓6	9
13	Ashley	312	↓2	4
14	Megan	312	↑1	18
15	Olivia	300	↑7	16
16	Anna	297	↑3	22
17	Alyssa	284	↓3	12
18	Sydney	276	↓2	23
19	Jessica	264	↓7	8
20	Morgan	256	–	25
21	Kayla	237	↓3	13
22	Haley	231	↑4	28
23	Kaitlyn	231	↑4	30
24	Rachel	225	↓1	21
25	Brianna	200	↓4	15
26	Allison	199	↓2	44
27	Mackenzie	199	↑2	43
28	Chloe	190	new	38
29	Hailey	190	↑14	35
30	Katherine	182	↓2	33
31	Victoria	182	↑2	20
32	Makayla	175	↑8	67
33	Bailey	171	↓8	68
34	Brooke	171	↑13	51
35	Destiny	168	↓3	24
36	Mary	168	↑12	46
37	Jordan	162	↑7	50
38	Faith	158	new	66
39	Paige	158	–	69
40	Amanda	153	↑2	32
41	Courtney	153	↓10	59
42	Kaylee	146	↑8	72
43	Sophia	146	new	42
44	Shelby	145	↓14	70
45	Natalie	143	↓4	34
46	Katelyn	141	↓8	54
47	Madeline	137	new	56
48	Gabrielle	136	↓2	49
49	Danielle	135	↓12	48
50	Savannah	135	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	902	–	1
2	Tyler	581	↑4	10
3	Michael	579	↑2	2
4	Matthew	546	–	3
5	Joshua	518	↑4	4
6	Nicholas	517	↑2	6
7	Austin	514	↓5	23
8	Andrew	502	↓5	7
9	Zachary	489	↓2	15
10	Joseph	473	↑1	8
11	William	422	↓1	11
12	Ethan	411	↑17	25
13	John	395	–	14
14	Christopher	393	↑1	5
15	Ryan	385	↓1	13
16	Brandon	378	↑1	12
17	Dylan	361	↓1	24
18	James	354	↓6	18
19	Alexander	343	↓1	20
20	Caleb	341	↑4	38
21	Benjamin	323	↑9	26
22	Samuel	321	↓3	28
23	Jordan	314	↓1	36
24	Justin	310	↓4	19
25	Nathan	308	↑9	30
26	David	303	↓3	16
27	Noah	301	↓1	27
28	Logan	298	–	40
29	Daniel	293	↓2	9
30	Hunter	292	↑6	35
31	Anthony	290	↑1	17
32	Cameron	283	↓7	31
33	Kyle	273	↓12	37
34	Thomas	264	↑1	33
35	Jonathan	262	↑2	21
36	Christian	258	↑4	22
37	Dalton	232	↑1	91
38	Robert	230	↓7	29
39	Blake	226	↑3	80
40	Seth	217	↑3	63
41	Aaron	214	–	41
42	Cody	206	↓9	60
43	Adam	202	↑1	45
44	Charles	201	↑2	51
45	Mason	201	↑5	64
46	Garrett	200	new	74
47	Connor	191	–	50
48	Dakota	189	↓9	88
49	Luke	187	new	59
50	Jack	184	new	46

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