Popular baby names in Missouri, 2020

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2020 were Olivia for girls (332 babies) and Oliver for boys (345). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,972 babies born in Missouri in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2020

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

Girls

Austyn: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Whitley: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fallon: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Jovie: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Mavis: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hattie: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brylee: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Henley: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Louise: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wrenley: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dayton: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brecken: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Colten: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Boone: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gatlin: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Augustus: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Huxley: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sutton: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anakin: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Houston: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	332	–	1
2	Amelia	315	↑2	6
3	Charlotte	315	↓1	5
4	Emma	289	↑1	2
5	Harper	253	↑2	10
6	Ava	235	↓3	3
7	Evelyn	228	↓1	9
8	Sophia	221	–	4
9	Eleanor	205	–	22
10	Isabella	180	–	7
11	Nora	165	↑4	30
12	Avery	153	↑5	19
13	Ella	149	–	15
14	Mia	149	↑5	8
15	Nova	133	↑20	38
16	Willow	133	–	48
17	Hazel	130	↑4	31
18	Scarlett	128	↑4	21
19	Elizabeth	126	↓7	16
20	Paisley	126	↓2	49
21	Abigail	123	↓10	12
22	Lillian	119	↓8	46
23	Aria	118	↑3	27
24	Everly	116	↓4	43
25	Mila	116	↓2	20
26	Penelope	116	↑1	26
27	Layla	114	↓3	24
28	Zoey	114	↓3	32
29	Addison	113	↑8	47
30	Ellie	111	↑10	29
31	Luna	110	↑1	14
32	Riley	108	↑4	33
33	Aurora	106	↓3	36
34	Lydia	106	new	95
35	Violet	106	↓7	37
36	Kinsley	102	↑10	59
37	Lily	101	↑4	35
38	Piper	99	↑9	91
39	Stella	97	↓6	42
40	Chloe	94	↓9	25
41	Lucy	94	↓2	50
42	Brooklyn	90	↑7	54
43	Kennedy	89	↓5	72
44	Everleigh	88	new	94
45	Grace	88	↓16	28
46	Madison	87	↓4	23
47	Vivian	87	new	>100
48	Cora	85	↓5	88
49	Emily	85	↑1	18
50	Nevaeh	85	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Oliver	345	↑1	3
2	Liam	319	↓1	1
3	William	309	–	5
4	Henry	283	–	9
5	Noah	273	↑1	2
6	Elijah	270	↓1	4
7	Theodore	259	↑11	23
8	Benjamin	249	–	7
9	James	244	↓2	6
10	Wyatt	237	↑4	29
11	Lincoln	232	↑1	40
12	Hudson	223	↑7	43
13	Owen	216	↓4	22
14	Grayson	209	↑3	35
15	Mason	206	↓5	11
16	Jack	205	↑4	21
17	Lucas	204	↑4	8
18	Jackson	201	↓7	17
19	Levi	201	↑9	18
20	Carter	191	↓4	33
21	Maverick	182	↑4	50
22	Samuel	172	↓9	25
23	Asher	165	↑4	32
24	John	165	↓1	27
25	Alexander	158	↑1	10
26	Charles	157	↓2	46
27	Colton	157	↑15	66
28	Michael	156	↓6	12
29	Logan	154	↓14	16
30	Waylon	148	↑8	>100
31	Leo	147	↑12	36
32	Thomas	147	↑4	45
33	Easton	142	↑4	73
34	Cooper	140	↓1	75
35	Bennett	136	↑12	>100
36	Luke	134	↓1	31
37	Gabriel	132	↓6	38
38	Jacob	132	↓4	15
39	Everett	131	new	90
40	Ezra	131	↑9	44
41	Joseph	129	↓9	26
42	Jaxon	125	↓12	48
43	David	124	↑5	28
44	Emmett	123	new	>100
45	Harrison	122	new	>100
46	Isaac	122	new	39
47	Jameson	121	↓6	79
48	Daniel	119	↓4	14
49	Andrew	115	↓4	52
50	Greyson	115	new	81

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