Popular baby names in Missouri, 2002

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2002 were Madison for girls (579 babies) and Jacob for boys (760). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,230 babies born in Missouri in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2002

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

Girls

Hadley: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kenzie: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Macey: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laney: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Reese: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kiley: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gracie: 94 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Adrienne: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shyanne: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Addison: 59 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 74 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Colten: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Layne: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Keaton: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dalton: 191 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dayton: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clayton: 122 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Drake: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trenton: 118 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gunner: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	579	↑2	2
2	Hannah	505	↓1	3
3	Emily	499	↓1	1
4	Emma	444	↑4	4
5	Abigail	435	↓1	7
6	Alexis	409	↓1	5
7	Grace	375	↓1	15
8	Olivia	357	↑2	10
9	Elizabeth	323	–	11
10	Taylor	300	↓3	18
11	Lauren	298	↑3	13
12	Sarah	272	↓1	8
13	Anna	262	–	20
14	Alyssa	250	↑1	12
15	Chloe	249	↑8	25
16	Megan	244	↑2	22
17	Samantha	239	–	9
18	Ashley	223	↓6	6
19	Sydney	207	↓3	23
20	Sophia	203	↑16	27
21	Paige	200	↑14	51
22	Hailey	197	↑2	31
23	Morgan	194	↓2	29
24	Haley	190	↓2	35
25	Brianna	189	↑2	17
26	Jessica	188	↓7	16
27	Kaitlyn	185	↓2	32
28	Destiny	182	–	34
29	Mackenzie	179	↓9	42
30	Isabella	175	↑19	14
31	Jordan	170	new	45
32	Kayla	165	↓6	19
33	Rachel	162	↓3	24
34	Makayla	159	↓2	50
35	Allison	153	↓6	44
36	Katelyn	149	↑5	53
37	Natalie	146	–	30
38	Victoria	142	↓5	21
39	Faith	139	↓1	48
40	Kylie	139	new	61
41	Katherine	138	↓10	36
42	Savannah	137	–	39
43	Brooke	134	↑2	52
44	Jasmine	134	new	26
45	Kaylee	130	↑1	57
46	Shelby	130	↓3	75
47	Madeline	124	↑3	56
48	Jenna	120	↓14	47
49	Sierra	120	new	62
50	Gabrielle	118	↓10	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	760	–	1
2	Ethan	530	↑7	5
3	Andrew	516	↓1	6
4	Austin	463	–	26
5	Michael	456	↓2	2
6	Joshua	455	↑1	3
7	Joseph	446	↑5	7
8	Matthew	441	↓3	4
9	Tyler	440	↓3	14
10	William	438	↑1	11
11	Zachary	419	↓1	19
12	Nicholas	404	↓4	9
13	Logan	399	↑2	29
14	Samuel	388	↑2	25
15	Alexander	352	↓1	15
16	James	352	↑2	18
17	Dylan	346	↓4	23
18	John	337	↓1	17
19	Christopher	330	–	8
20	Ryan	325	↑2	16
21	Benjamin	315	↑3	27
22	Caleb	301	↓2	35
23	Daniel	295	↑4	10
24	Hunter	295	↑2	38
25	Nathan	277	↑9	28
26	Noah	276	↓1	31
27	Brandon	275	↓6	20
28	David	275	↑2	13
29	Anthony	267	↓6	12
30	Kyle	261	↓2	40
31	Justin	253	↓2	22
32	Thomas	249	↑7	36
33	Jordan	245	↑2	37
34	Jackson	244	↑7	50
35	Christian	237	↓4	24
36	Blake	235	↓4	76
37	Cameron	227	↓4	39
38	Elijah	224	new	41
39	Jonathan	224	↑5	21
40	Connor	222	↑6	47
41	Gabriel	222	↓1	32
42	Luke	220	↑1	46
43	Robert	218	↓6	34
44	Mason	217	↓6	53
45	Gavin	203	new	61
46	Adam	200	↑4	55
47	Jack	195	↓11	44
48	Dalton	191	↓6	>100
49	Aaron	187	↓2	43
50	Cole	177	new	69

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