Popular baby names in Missouri, 2005

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2005 were Emma for girls (575 babies) and Jacob for boys (550). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 63,042 babies born in Missouri in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2005

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

Girls

Reece: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kinley: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mariyah: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Libby: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Macey: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaidyn: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Destini: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laney: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carlee: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Macie: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

August: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dalton: 142 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lane: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kendall: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trenton: 112 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colten: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Drake: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Quinton: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Triston: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karson: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emma	575	–	2
2	Madison	511	–	3
3	Emily	429	–	1
4	Abigail	417	–	4
5	Olivia	393	–	5
6	Hannah	369	–	7
7	Grace	321	–	14
8	Alexis	302	↑1	13
9	Chloe	298	↑2	19
10	Elizabeth	287	↓2	11
11	Isabella	280	↑5	6
12	Ava	260	↑12	9
13	Sophia	259	↑2	12
14	Hailey	246	↑5	26
15	Alyssa	242	↓5	16
16	Lauren	241	↑1	21
17	Ella	236	↑3	23
18	Taylor	229	↓6	24
19	Anna	226	↓6	22
20	Samantha	218	↓2	8
21	Natalie	208	↑7	18
22	Sarah	204	↓8	15
23	Lillian	197	↑2	50
24	Paige	175	↓3	60
25	Morgan	172	↓2	33
26	Allison	171	↑3	45
27	Sydney	170	↓5	30
28	Kaylee	164	↑9	40
29	Kaitlyn	158	↑4	34
30	Kylie	150	↑13	57
31	Mackenzie	145	↑3	51
32	Megan	145	↑6	41
33	Trinity	143	↑9	48
34	Brianna	142	↓3	20
35	Lily	142	↑15	39
36	Faith	141	new	49
37	Katelyn	141	new	59
38	Savannah	141	new	35
39	Mia	140	new	17
40	Gabrielle	139	↑9	55
41	Riley	137	↓5	54
42	Ashley	134	↓12	10
43	Audrey	132	↑1	77
44	Haley	131	↓18	53
45	Avery	130	new	67
46	Jessica	130	↓14	27
47	Brooke	128	↓12	47
48	Makayla	125	↓7	44
49	Katherine	123	new	36
50	Kayla	123	↓23	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jacob	550	–	1
2	Ethan	500	–	5
3	William	464	↑4	11
4	Andrew	452	↓1	6
5	Tyler	428	↓1	16
6	Logan	420	↑3	26
7	Joshua	395	↑1	3
8	Michael	386	↓3	2
9	Alexander	360	↑7	13
10	Matthew	350	–	4
11	Joseph	347	↓5	9
12	Jackson	340	↑20	44
13	Samuel	327	↑1	21
14	James	323	↑1	17
15	Mason	321	↑14	42
16	Ryan	315	↓5	14
17	Noah	303	↑10	23
18	Nicholas	292	↓6	15
19	Austin	289	↓6	38
20	Christopher	289	↑4	10
21	Benjamin	285	–	25
22	Nathan	283	↑6	20
23	Zachary	282	↓6	29
24	John	274	↓6	18
25	Dylan	267	↓6	24
26	Caleb	264	↓6	35
27	Elijah	262	↓4	31
28	Daniel	260	↓6	7
29	Gavin	259	↑7	47
30	David	250	–	12
31	Landon	250	↑10	61
32	Gabriel	242	↑8	28
33	Evan	241	↑2	39
34	Hunter	241	–	53
35	Anthony	239	↓9	8
36	Jack	238	↑6	34
37	Luke	227	↑1	41
38	Carter	217	new	77
39	Connor	215	↓8	48
40	Charles	213	↑9	56
41	Jordan	211	↓4	46
42	Brandon	210	↓9	27
43	Christian	210	↑2	22
44	Robert	206	↑2	37
45	Aidan	204	↑3	43
46	Thomas	204	↓21	40
47	Cameron	202	↓8	52
48	Hayden	202	new	76
49	Isaac	202	↑1	49
50	Wyatt	199	new	81

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