Popular baby names in Missouri, 2012

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2012 were Emma for girls (476 babies) and Mason for boys (441). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,675 babies born in Missouri in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2012

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

Girls

Macey: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hattie: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kynlee: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mattie: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Addilyn: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mollie: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paityn: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Charlee: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adley: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kimber: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Truman: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cale: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Fletcher: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kolby: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kale: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Memphis: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lane: 68 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Remington: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Layton: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Augustus: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	476	–	2
2	Sophia	419	–	1
3	Olivia	344	–	4
4	Ava	313	–	5
5	Isabella	301	–	3
6	Abigail	250	↑1	7
7	Harper	238	↑15	24
8	Avery	237	↑7	13
9	Lillian	236	↑1	25
10	Addison	222	↓4	14
11	Ella	219	↑2	12
12	Elizabeth	215	–	10
13	Chloe	211	↓5	11
14	Madison	211	↓5	9
15	Zoey	204	↑2	20
16	Amelia	201	↑9	23
17	Brooklyn	199	↓3	29
18	Emily	196	↓7	6
19	Aubrey	181	↓3	15
20	Lily	173	↓1	16
21	Charlotte	170	–	19
22	Grace	169	↓4	21
23	Hannah	161	↑8	22
24	Mia	155	↑2	8
25	Layla	142	↑17	31
26	Alexis	141	↓2	40
27	Natalie	135	↓7	17
28	Evelyn	133	↑4	27
29	Claire	131	↑10	45
30	Riley	130	↑13	47
31	Peyton	128	↓8	53
32	Audrey	121	↑9	41
33	Anna	117	↓5	34
34	Kaylee	116	↑2	35
35	Ellie	110	new	85
36	Savannah	110	↓2	43
37	Lucy	109	↑8	66
38	Nora	109	new	>100
39	Gabriella	107	↑9	37
40	Allison	106	↓2	38
41	Nevaeh	105	↓12	39
42	Bailey	104	new	81
43	Kennedy	104	new	84
44	Khloe	104	↓7	55
45	Autumn	102	new	68
46	Skylar	102	new	87
47	Lydia	101	↓3	95
48	Caroline	100	new	80
49	Mackenzie	97	new	71
50	Kylie	96	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	441	–	2
2	William	426	–	5
3	Liam	411	↑2	6
4	Jackson	344	↑2	21
5	Jacob	333	↓2	1
6	Ethan	319	↑4	3
7	Noah	314	↓3	4
8	Aiden	298	↓1	10
9	Elijah	298	–	13
10	Landon	292	↑1	35
11	Logan	286	↓3	22
12	Carter	285	↑9	36
13	Wyatt	285	↑5	41
14	Michael	284	↓2	7
15	James	281	–	14
16	Alexander	279	↓2	9
17	Benjamin	270	↓4	16
18	Hunter	259	↑8	45
19	Lucas	256	↑1	27
20	Samuel	249	↓4	25
21	Henry	231	↑4	44
22	Joseph	224	↑7	19
23	Owen	224	↑5	38
24	Gabriel	222	↓1	24
25	Gavin	217	↓3	40
26	John	214	↑7	28
27	Eli	213	↑11	43
28	Andrew	210	↓9	18
29	Bentley	198	↑5	75
30	Joshua	197	↑1	17
31	Levi	197	↑8	55
32	Brayden	195	↓15	39
33	Caleb	194	↑4	32
34	Matthew	194	↓7	12
35	Chase	193	↓11	77
36	Jaxon	192	new	66
37	Colton	183	↑4	65
38	Daniel	182	↑8	11
39	Christopher	180	↓4	23
40	Jack	180	↑10	46
41	Luke	177	↑3	37
42	Cooper	175	↑1	83
43	Blake	174	new	71
44	Jayden	173	↓14	8
45	Charles	171	↓3	62
46	Ryan	171	↑1	26
47	David	170	new	20
48	Anthony	169	↓8	15
49	Isaac	168	–	30
50	Tyler	165	↓14	50

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