Popular baby names in Missouri, 2015

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2015 were Emma for girls (396 babies) and Liam for boys (383). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,795 babies born in Missouri in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2015

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

Girls

Addilynn: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Laney: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Harlee: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hattie: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Micah: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brylee: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Remington: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Briley: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marleigh: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Kolten: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gauge: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Drake: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wade: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Augustus: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Oakley: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harley: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stetson: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brecken: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lane: 59 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	396	–	1
2	Olivia	379	–	2
3	Ava	328	–	4
4	Harper	300	↑1	10
5	Charlotte	273	↑5	9
6	Sophia	267	↓2	3
7	Amelia	255	↑4	12
8	Abigail	236	↑1	7
9	Evelyn	223	↑5	15
10	Avery	222	↓4	16
11	Lillian	199	↓4	26
12	Nora	198	↑8	41
13	Elizabeth	197	↓1	13
14	Isabella	191	↓6	5
15	Madison	182	–	11
16	Brooklyn	181	↑3	31
17	Mia	181	↑7	6
18	Ella	177	↓1	18
19	Grace	163	↑3	19
20	Aubrey	160	↑3	21
21	Zoey	160	–	23
22	Addison	156	↓6	24
23	Emily	155	↓5	8
24	Paisley	155	↑2	45
25	Chloe	154	↓12	17
26	Lily	142	↑9	25
27	Layla	141	–	30
28	Scarlett	134	↑12	22
29	Claire	132	↑18	49
30	Ellie	132	↑1	48
31	Lucy	128	↓2	55
32	Lydia	126	↓2	80
33	Audrey	124	↑3	37
34	Hannah	123	↓6	28
35	Anna	121	↓10	44
36	Skylar	121	new	42
37	Eleanor	115	↑1	60
38	Stella	112	new	51
39	Nevaeh	111	new	70
40	Riley	110	↑4	35
41	Penelope	108	new	34
42	Hadley	107	↓3	>100
43	Piper	107	↓11	67
44	Aria	106	↑5	29
45	Cora	106	new	88
46	Natalie	106	↓12	27
47	Sadie	106	↓10	52
48	Autumn	104	↓7	69
49	Kennedy	102	↓16	58
50	Savannah	102	↓8	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Liam	383	–	2
2	William	363	–	5
3	Mason	352	–	3
4	Henry	326	↑5	29
5	Jackson	311	↑1	17
6	Elijah	306	↓2	11
7	Oliver	304	↑17	19
8	Noah	295	↓3	1
9	Carter	276	↑4	24
10	James	276	↓3	7
11	Wyatt	264	↓3	34
12	Lucas	250	↑4	16
13	Owen	249	↑4	36
14	Logan	248	↓4	14
15	Michael	243	↓3	9
16	Jacob	241	↑2	4
17	Benjamin	239	↑2	10
18	Alexander	237	↑5	8
19	Samuel	236	↓8	23
20	Gabriel	226	↑6	22
21	John	225	↑7	26
22	Jaxon	223	↑3	44
23	Aiden	219	↓3	13
24	Ethan	215	↓3	6
25	Luke	213	↓3	28
26	Hunter	211	↓12	41
27	Joseph	210	↓12	21
28	Charles	208	↑3	50
29	Eli	201	↑3	53
30	David	198	↑11	18
31	Landon	192	↓2	46
32	Grayson	190	↑13	47
33	Jack	187	↓3	40
34	Colton	184	↑16	60
35	Easton	178	–	78
36	Levi	178	↓9	42
37	Hudson	175	↑2	65
38	Andrew	173	↓5	30
39	Cooper	167	↑5	77
40	Chase	161	–	74
41	Isaac	157	new	31
42	Lincoln	157	new	66
43	Bentley	154	↓7	92
44	Connor	154	↑2	55
45	Jace	151	↓8	75
46	Matthew	151	↓12	15
47	Thomas	147	–	51
48	Christopher	146	new	32
49	Daniel	143	↓6	12
50	Joshua	139	new	33

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