Popular baby names in Missouri, 2003

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2003 were Emma for girls (635 babies) and Jacob for boys (720). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 62,185 babies born in Missouri in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2003

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

Girls

Ashton: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Justice: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hadley: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aubree: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kiley: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Abbigail: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Mattie: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Laney: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Macey: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Addison: 75 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Cale: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lane: 75 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gannon: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Davion: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Grant: 171 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Blaine: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clayton: 115 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kolton: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Keaton: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Dayton: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emma	635	↑3	2
2	Emily	539	↑1	1
3	Madison	490	↓2	3
4	Hannah	446	↓2	4
5	Abigail	415	–	6
6	Olivia	407	↑2	5
7	Alexis	384	↓1	7
8	Grace	373	↓1	13
9	Elizabeth	343	–	9
10	Taylor	294	–	19
11	Lauren	273	–	15
12	Alyssa	266	↑2	14
13	Anna	249	–	21
14	Samantha	237	↑3	10
15	Hailey	232	↑7	26
16	Chloe	229	↓1	24
17	Isabella	215	↑13	12
18	Sarah	214	↓6	11
19	Sydney	213	–	25
20	Morgan	207	↑3	29
21	Ashley	201	↓3	8
22	Sophia	195	↓2	20
23	Megan	194	↓7	30
24	Natalie	192	↑13	23
25	Allison	191	↑10	46
26	Paige	185	↓5	47
27	Mackenzie	184	↑2	45
28	Kaitlyn	178	↓1	32
29	Haley	176	↓5	34
30	Kayla	168	↑2	16
31	Makayla	166	↑3	51
32	Brooke	159	↑11	43
33	Brianna	157	↓8	17
34	Rachel	157	↓1	28
35	Katherine	156	↑6	35
36	Kaylee	154	↑9	53
37	Kylie	153	↑3	52
38	Jessica	150	↓12	18
39	Ella	148	new	44
40	Savannah	147	↑2	41
41	Victoria	141	↓3	22
42	Katelyn	139	↓6	58
43	Jordan	138	↓12	48
44	Mary	134	new	59
45	Lillian	131	new	76
46	Shelby	128	–	94
47	Faith	127	↓8	50
48	Riley	127	new	72
49	Destiny	126	↓21	37
50	Jasmine	126	↓6	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	720	–	1
2	Ethan	495	–	7
3	Tyler	494	↑6	15
4	Andrew	487	↓1	5
5	William	458	↑5	11
6	Michael	457	↓1	2
7	Joshua	415	↓1	3
8	Joseph	409	↓1	6
9	Logan	401	↑4	28
10	Alexander	385	↑5	16
11	Matthew	385	↓3	4
12	Zachary	365	↓1	20
13	Austin	346	↓9	33
14	Samuel	337	–	23
15	John	336	↑3	17
16	Ryan	334	↑4	13
17	Nicholas	330	↓5	12
18	Christopher	322	↑1	9
19	Dylan	312	↓2	19
20	James	307	↓4	18
21	Benjamin	299	–	24
22	Hunter	294	↑2	41
23	Caleb	285	↓1	34
24	Daniel	282	↓1	8
25	Nathan	275	–	26
26	Connor	270	↑14	43
27	Noah	270	↓1	31
28	Anthony	260	↑1	10
29	David	260	↓1	14
30	Elijah	255	↑8	37
31	Luke	250	↑11	46
32	Justin	248	↓1	27
33	Cameron	244	↑4	40
34	Mason	239	↑10	54
35	Brandon	237	↓8	21
36	Christian	236	↓1	25
37	Jackson	235	↓3	52
38	Gavin	229	↑7	51
39	Kyle	228	↓9	53
40	Thomas	228	↓8	36
41	Evan	226	new	44
42	Jack	218	↑5	45
43	Gabriel	216	↓2	29
44	Jordan	211	↓11	38
45	Jonathan	210	↓6	22
46	Blake	206	↓10	79
47	Robert	201	↓4	35
48	Aidan	196	new	39
49	Isaac	183	new	48
50	Chase	181	new	87

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