Popular baby names in Missouri, 2017

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2017 were Olivia for girls (370 babies) and William for boys (348). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,575 babies born in Missouri in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2017

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

Girls

Emberlynn: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Kimber: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Harlee: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karlie: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kinley: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kynlee: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bristol: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ember: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Jolene: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Henley: 27 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Truman: 24 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Gatlin: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kolten: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Augustus: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Boone: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brecken: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lane: 66 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Korbin: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Colten: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clay: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Olivia	370	–	2
2	Ava	353	↑3	3
3	Emma	343	↓1	1
4	Amelia	319	↑2	8
5	Harper	298	↓1	11
6	Charlotte	296	↓3	7
7	Sophia	236	–	5
8	Isabella	217	↑2	4
9	Evelyn	211	↓1	9
10	Lillian	202	↑8	27
11	Avery	188	↓2	14
12	Eleanor	179	↑4	36
13	Abigail	178	↓2	10
14	Nora	176	↑3	29
15	Mia	172	↓3	6
16	Zoey	163	↑15	28
17	Elizabeth	161	↓2	13
18	Ella	161	↓5	16
19	Paisley	159	–	45
20	Addison	141	↑1	34
21	Chloe	141	↑2	22
22	Madison	137	↓8	17
23	Grace	134	↑6	21
24	Scarlett	132	↓4	18
25	Ellie	130	↑3	44
26	Brooklyn	128	↓4	39
27	Riley	128	↓3	25
28	Penelope	127	↑7	24
29	Aria	126	↑4	20
30	Aubrey	126	↓3	31
31	Stella	124	↓6	42
32	Kinsley	123	↑12	59
33	Lily	122	↓7	33
34	Anna	120	↑2	53
35	Hazel	118	↑14	43
36	Claire	117	↑6	49
37	Layla	117	↑1	26
38	Aurora	116	new	51
39	Hannah	111	↑1	32
40	Hadley	110	new	>100
41	Kennedy	109	↑5	58
42	Willow	109	↓1	80
43	Emily	108	↓13	12
44	Savannah	106	↓1	38
45	Autumn	101	–	75
46	Lucy	101	new	52
47	Violet	101	↓15	47
48	Nevaeh	100	new	74
49	Piper	98	↓15	81
50	Quinn	97	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	William	348	–	3
2	Liam	346	–	1
3	Noah	321	↑1	2
4	Oliver	319	↑1	10
5	Elijah	304	↑2	8
6	James	300	↑2	4
7	Henry	288	↓1	19
8	Mason	277	↓5	7
9	Jackson	269	↑4	20
10	Lucas	266	↓1	11
11	Logan	258	↑12	5
12	Wyatt	258	↓1	25
13	Carter	257	↓1	24
14	Lincoln	252	↑6	41
15	Samuel	250	↑2	21
16	Owen	235	↓2	28
17	Benjamin	234	↓7	6
18	Alexander	223	↑16	13
19	Grayson	220	↓4	34
20	Michael	203	↓2	12
21	Hunter	197	↓5	53
22	Charles	195	↑4	48
23	Gabriel	195	↓1	31
24	Levi	195	↑11	35
25	Joseph	193	↓1	18
26	Easton	191	↑2	66
27	John	191	↑5	27
28	Jack	178	↑2	36
29	Jaxon	178	–	43
30	Jacob	175	↓11	9
31	Hudson	172	↓10	64
32	Aiden	168	↑1	17
33	Ethan	167	↓2	14
34	Eli	163	↑2	54
35	Asher	157	↑13	59
36	Luke	156	↓11	30
37	Isaac	155	↑1	32
38	Colton	154	↑7	70
39	Theodore	153	new	61
40	Andrew	151	↓1	40
41	Connor	148	↑3	56
42	David	144	–	22
43	Isaiah	139	↑7	46
44	Maverick	139	new	84
45	Daniel	138	↓18	15
46	Thomas	137	↑1	49
47	Bentley	136	↓4	>100
48	Landon	135	↓8	57
49	Joshua	131	new	38
50	Cooper	130	↓9	88

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