Popular baby names in Missouri, 2009

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2009 were Emma for girls (434 babies) and Jacob for boys (399). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,471 babies born in Missouri in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2009

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

Girls

Raylee: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Karli: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Adalynn: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patience: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lillie: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Kinley: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Laney: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lydia: 119 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brooklynn: 83 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Allie: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Augustus: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
August: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Karter: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kale: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lane: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dayton: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dalton: 77 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Layne: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Blaine: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trenton: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	434	–	2
2	Olivia	428	↑2	3
3	Isabella	416	↑5	1
4	Madison	355	↓1	7
5	Ava	352	↓3	5
6	Sophia	334	↑1	4
7	Abigail	325	↓1	8
8	Chloe	309	↓3	9
9	Addison	300	–	12
10	Elizabeth	261	↑1	11
11	Lillian	254	↑1	27
12	Alexis	243	↑1	13
13	Ella	234	↑1	15
14	Emily	224	↓4	6
15	Grace	208	↑2	17
16	Brooklyn	195	↑14	37
17	Taylor	192	↓2	22
18	Kaylee	188	↑9	26
19	Natalie	188	↑3	16
20	Lily	175	↓4	18
21	Anna	172	↓1	28
22	Avery	165	↑2	32
23	Hannah	161	↓5	23
24	Riley	161	↑4	38
25	Hailey	159	↓2	25
26	Mia	152	↑13	10
27	Samantha	152	↓6	14
28	Alyssa	151	↓9	19
29	Morgan	149	↑8	57
30	Claire	145	↑5	53
31	Audrey	141	↑7	49
32	Peyton	141	↑10	42
33	Aubrey	138	↓8	41
34	Allison	134	↓8	30
35	Nevaeh	130	↑11	34
36	Savannah	124	↑7	39
37	Amelia	123	new	55
38	Zoey	121	new	75
39	Sydney	120	↓8	48
40	Lydia	119	new	>100
41	Brooke	117	–	54
42	Bailey	116	new	85
43	Mackenzie	116	↓9	77
44	Molly	116	new	92
45	Trinity	116	↑2	74
46	Payton	115	↓2	84
47	Sarah	115	↓7	21
48	Layla	113	new	45
49	Kylie	110	↓16	62
50	Leah	110	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Jacob	399	–	1
2	Ethan	390	–	2
3	William	384	–	5
4	Jackson	376	↑2	27
5	Aiden	366	↑8	12
6	Logan	363	↓2	17
7	Michael	323	–	3
8	Noah	323	↑1	9
9	Landon	306	↑3	36
10	Gavin	303	↑10	33
11	Chase	302	↓3	61
12	Andrew	301	↓2	16
13	Alexander	299	↓8	4
14	Mason	299	–	34
15	Benjamin	293	↑9	19
16	Samuel	291	↑6	24
17	James	285	↓6	18
18	Joseph	276	↓3	15
19	Caleb	274	↑9	31
20	Wyatt	272	↑14	60
21	Lucas	268	–	39
22	Tyler	261	↓5	28
23	Jayden	260	↑7	8
24	Elijah	259	↓6	21
25	Carter	254	↑11	50
26	Evan	249	–	35
27	Joshua	240	↓11	6
28	Hunter	239	↓3	56
29	Owen	239	new	51
30	Gabriel	233	↑5	22
31	Ryan	232	↓2	20
32	Brayden	230	↓9	48
33	Christopher	230	↓1	10
34	John	225	↓1	26
35	Daniel	221	↑9	7
36	Jack	221	new	42
37	Matthew	219	↓18	13
38	Anthony	214	↓1	11
39	David	213	↓1	14
40	Connor	209	↑10	52
41	Austin	208	↓10	63
42	Charles	201	↑5	64
43	Cooper	200	new	84
44	Christian	194	new	23
45	Nathan	187	↓6	25
46	Dylan	185	–	30
47	Zachary	184	↓4	53
48	Liam	183	new	49
49	Nicholas	180	↓22	32
50	Luke	179	↓10	47

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