Popular baby names in Missouri, 2016

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2016 were Olivia for girls (407 babies) and William for boys (373). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,737 babies born in Missouri in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2016

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

Girls

Maylee: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kynlee: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gracelynn: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Faye: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brenna: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vada: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Henley: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tinley: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hadleigh: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Millie: 34 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Kolten: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Benton: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Boone: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Thatcher: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Layton: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Baylor: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Stetson: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Remington: 75 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kaysen: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kase: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	407	↑1	2
2	Emma	386	↓1	1
3	Charlotte	320	↑2	7
4	Harper	297	–	11
5	Ava	287	↓2	3
6	Amelia	267	↑1	10
7	Sophia	248	↓1	4
8	Evelyn	221	↑1	12
9	Avery	219	↑1	16
10	Isabella	219	↑4	5
11	Abigail	214	↓3	8
12	Mia	190	↑5	6
13	Ella	187	↑5	17
14	Madison	186	↑1	15
15	Elizabeth	182	↓2	13
16	Eleanor	177	↑21	41
17	Nora	174	↓5	36
18	Lillian	170	↓7	28
19	Paisley	165	↑5	46
20	Scarlett	156	↑8	18
21	Addison	152	↑1	29
22	Brooklyn	144	↓6	34
23	Chloe	143	↑2	20
24	Riley	143	↑16	22
25	Stella	141	↑13	45
26	Lily	137	–	24
27	Aubrey	136	↓7	25
28	Ellie	135	↑2	43
29	Grace	135	↓10	19
30	Emily	134	↓7	9
31	Zoey	133	↓10	26
32	Violet	129	new	47
33	Aria	128	↑11	23
34	Piper	125	↑9	67
35	Penelope	122	↑6	27
36	Anna	120	↓1	49
37	Audrey	120	↓4	39
38	Layla	120	↓11	30
39	Caroline	116	new	56
40	Hannah	116	↓6	33
41	Willow	113	new	96
42	Claire	110	↓13	40
43	Savannah	109	↑7	38
44	Kinsley	108	new	86
45	Autumn	105	↑3	65
46	Kennedy	105	↑3	59
47	Lydia	104	↓15	80
48	Natalie	104	↓2	31
49	Hazel	102	new	52
50	Skylar	101	↓14	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	373	↑1	3
2	Liam	342	↓1	2
3	Mason	340	–	4
4	Noah	325	↑4	1
5	Oliver	321	↑2	12
6	Henry	320	↓2	22
7	Elijah	309	↓1	9
8	James	309	↑2	5
9	Lucas	280	↑3	14
10	Benjamin	271	↑7	6
11	Wyatt	266	–	33
12	Carter	262	↓3	26
13	Jackson	258	↓8	17
14	Owen	249	↓1	24
15	Grayson	233	↑17	37
16	Hunter	228	↑10	45
17	Samuel	228	↑2	21
18	Michael	219	↓3	8
19	Jacob	215	↓3	7
20	Lincoln	211	↑22	51
21	Hudson	208	↑16	61
22	Gabriel	202	↓2	25
23	Logan	201	↓9	18
24	Joseph	199	↑3	20
25	Luke	198	–	29
26	Charles	195	↑2	52
27	Daniel	195	↑22	13
28	Easton	195	↑7	66
29	Jaxon	193	↓7	41
30	Jack	192	↑3	38
31	Ethan	190	↓7	10
32	John	187	↓11	28
33	Aiden	184	↓10	16
34	Alexander	181	↓16	11
35	Levi	179	↑1	42
36	Eli	173	↓7	50
37	Chase	164	↑3	86
38	Isaac	164	↑3	31
39	Andrew	162	↓1	34
40	Landon	162	↓9	53
41	Cooper	161	↓2	79
42	David	160	↓12	19
43	Bentley	157	–	100
44	Connor	155	–	54
45	Colton	154	↓11	68
46	Matthew	146	–	15
47	Thomas	144	–	48
48	Asher	143	new	71
49	Caleb	141	new	44
50	Isaiah	137	new	47

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