Popular baby names in Missouri, 2006

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2006 were Emma for girls (501 babies) and Jacob for boys (558). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 64,664 babies born in Missouri in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2006

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

Girls

Karlie: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shyann: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kenzie: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kinley: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patience: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Macie: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Norah: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Libby: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Macey: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Kali: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Layne: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lane: 68 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cale: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dayton: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clayton: 93 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dalton: 108 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kolton: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trenton: 103 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brenden: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
August: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emma	501	–	2
2	Madison	454	–	3
3	Ava	394	↑9	5
4	Abigail	384	–	6
5	Emily	380	↓2	1
6	Hannah	368	–	8
7	Olivia	365	↓2	7
8	Isabella	334	↑3	4
9	Alexis	317	↓1	14
10	Elizabeth	281	–	11
11	Addison	280	new	28
12	Sophia	277	↑1	9
13	Chloe	271	↓4	18
14	Grace	257	↓7	16
15	Anna	246	↑4	22
16	Ella	241	↑1	21
17	Alyssa	237	↓2	19
18	Taylor	237	–	23
19	Lillian	231	↑4	38
20	Samantha	213	–	10
21	Lauren	203	↓5	24
22	Natalie	196	↓1	17
23	Hailey	185	↓9	25
24	Allison	169	↑2	47
25	Avery	167	↑20	52
26	Sydney	167	↑1	34
27	Lily	164	↑8	33
28	Kaylee	163	–	42
29	Audrey	161	↑14	69
30	Sarah	161	↓8	15
31	Morgan	158	↓6	35
32	Mackenzie	153	↓1	53
33	Riley	151	↑8	56
34	Mia	150	↑5	13
35	Brooke	149	↑12	44
36	Kylie	147	↓6	67
37	Savannah	145	↑1	30
38	Brooklyn	144	new	66
39	Brianna	143	↓5	20
40	Paige	143	↓16	77
41	Makayla	141	↑7	45
42	Kaitlyn	138	↓13	41
43	Katherine	135	↑6	37
44	Zoe	135	new	54
45	Trinity	132	↓12	64
46	Kayla	129	↑4	26
47	Haley	128	↓3	75
48	Ashley	121	↓6	12
49	Mary	120	new	80
50	Megan	120	↓18	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	558	–	1
2	Logan	450	↑4	20
3	Andrew	446	↑1	7
4	Ethan	444	↓2	4
5	William	435	↓2	10
6	Michael	390	↑2	2
7	Tyler	371	↓2	18
8	Noah	369	↑9	15
9	Alexander	363	–	12
10	James	343	↑4	16
11	Joshua	343	↓4	3
12	Jackson	334	–	35
13	Landon	328	↑18	50
14	Joseph	311	↓3	11
15	Gavin	305	↑14	38
16	Matthew	305	↓6	5
17	Hunter	301	↑17	54
18	Caleb	298	↑8	34
19	John	298	↑5	19
20	Mason	291	↓5	40
21	Austin	287	↓2	41
22	Benjamin	286	↓1	24
23	Samuel	284	↓10	25
24	Dylan	276	↑1	26
25	Ryan	272	↓9	14
26	Nicholas	271	↓8	17
27	Christopher	266	↓7	8
28	Elijah	266	↓1	29
29	Christian	261	↑14	21
30	Aiden	258	new	32
31	Anthony	245	↑4	9
32	Evan	237	↑1	42
33	Zachary	237	↓10	33
34	David	236	↓4	13
35	Nathan	231	↓13	23
36	Lucas	229	new	59
37	Wyatt	229	↑13	82
38	Daniel	227	↓10	6
39	Jack	224	↓3	36
40	Hayden	223	↑8	73
41	Gabriel	222	↓9	28
42	Luke	222	↓5	43
43	Brandon	219	↓1	27
44	Connor	218	↓5	53
45	Carter	215	↓7	75
46	Owen	210	new	58
47	Brayden	204	new	79
48	Charles	200	↓8	60
49	Aidan	199	↓4	44
50	Jordan	197	↓9	46

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