Popular baby names in Missouri, 2018

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2018 were Olivia for girls (345 babies) and Liam for boys (359). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 56,838 babies born in Missouri in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2018

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

Girls

Oaklee: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kimber: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Whitley: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hadlee: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Octavia: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Henley: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brylee: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hunter: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gracelynn: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Remington: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Raylan: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Augustus: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harley: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sylas: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Layton: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Houston: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Lane: 59 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tripp: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Layne: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rhett: 108 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	345	–	2
2	Emma	311	↑1	1
3	Charlotte	301	↑3	6
4	Harper	299	↑1	9
5	Ava	297	↓3	3
6	Amelia	265	↓2	8
7	Evelyn	242	↑2	10
8	Sophia	229	↓1	5
9	Isabella	210	↓1	4
10	Elizabeth	202	↑7	13
11	Avery	180	–	16
12	Lillian	177	↓2	34
13	Mia	173	↑2	7
14	Ella	169	↑4	15
15	Nora	161	↓1	30
16	Eleanor	160	↓4	32
17	Abigail	157	↓4	11
18	Zoey	156	↓2	29
19	Scarlett	151	↑5	20
20	Addison	145	–	35
21	Aria	141	↑8	19
22	Paisley	134	↓3	52
23	Grace	132	–	24
24	Hazel	131	↑11	42
25	Mila	131	new	14
26	Brooklyn	129	–	47
27	Willow	128	↑15	60
28	Caroline	126	new	56
29	Chloe	126	↓8	25
30	Stella	126	↑1	38
31	Layla	124	↑6	27
32	Ellie	123	↓7	36
33	Penelope	119	↓5	26
34	Kinsley	117	↓2	63
35	Lucy	117	↑11	51
36	Riley	116	↓9	28
37	Lily	115	↓4	31
38	Hadley	113	↑2	>100
39	Aubrey	112	↓9	37
40	Cora	112	new	73
41	Emily	112	↑2	12
42	Madison	112	↓20	22
43	Savannah	111	↑1	45
44	Violet	111	↑3	43
45	Audrey	110	new	46
46	Hannah	105	↓7	33
47	Everly	104	new	53
48	Piper	104	↑1	88
49	Nova	101	new	55
50	Sadie	100	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	359	↑1	1
2	Oliver	354	↑2	5
3	William	350	↓2	3
4	Henry	337	↑3	16
5	Noah	284	↓2	2
6	Wyatt	276	↑6	27
7	James	269	↓1	4
8	Benjamin	257	↑9	6
9	Elijah	257	↓4	7
10	Jackson	254	↓1	17
11	Carter	249	↑2	24
12	Grayson	239	↑7	32
13	Lucas	233	↓3	8
14	Logan	232	↓3	10
15	Mason	232	↓7	9
16	Hudson	230	↑15	55
17	Owen	228	↓1	25
18	Jack	217	↑10	28
19	Lincoln	210	↓5	41
20	Theodore	204	↑19	44
21	Michael	202	↓1	14
22	Alexander	199	↓4	11
23	Samuel	194	↓8	21
24	Levi	190	–	33
25	Easton	185	↑1	66
26	Jaxon	185	↑3	39
27	John	183	–	26
28	Joseph	182	↓3	23
29	Gabriel	178	↓6	35
30	Charles	177	↓8	53
31	Jacob	172	↓1	13
32	Maverick	164	↑12	73
33	Ethan	158	–	12
34	Aiden	157	↓2	19
35	Thomas	155	↑11	49
36	Colton	151	↑2	68
37	Hunter	151	↓16	56
38	Landon	151	↑10	61
39	Asher	150	↓4	47
40	Connor	143	↑1	58
41	Cooper	141	↑9	83
42	Daniel	141	↑3	15
43	Luke	141	↓7	30
44	Isaac	140	↓7	34
45	Carson	136	new	70
46	Matthew	136	new	20
47	Greyson	134	new	77
48	Eli	133	↓14	57
49	Nolan	133	new	65
50	Leo	127	new	50

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