Popular baby names in Missouri, 2022

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2022 were Charlotte for girls (325 babies) and Oliver for boys (391). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,191 babies born in Missouri in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2022

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

Girls

Tinley: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Betty: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brylee: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Wrenley: 62 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marleigh: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Adley: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emberlynn: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ensley: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Macie: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karsyn: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Creed: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Thatcher: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dayton: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brecken: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Quinton: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colter: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Augustus: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gatlin: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ledger: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Drake: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Charlotte	325	↑1	3
2	Olivia	299	↓1	1
3	Amelia	260	–	4
4	Emma	256	↑1	2
5	Ava	221	↓1	7
6	Evelyn	221	↑3	9
7	Harper	213	↓1	11
8	Eleanor	202	–	16
9	Sophia	191	↓2	5
10	Violet	166	↑20	20
11	Willow	163	↑4	37
12	Nora	160	↑1	28
13	Elizabeth	153	↓1	15
14	Nova	150	–	32
15	Hazel	148	↑1	27
16	Aurora	144	↑13	31
17	Avery	142	↓6	26
18	Lillian	141	↑9	50
19	Paisley	140	↓2	53
20	Mia	135	↑8	8
21	Isabella	132	↓11	6
22	Ella	127	↓4	25
23	Scarlett	127	↑2	14
24	Penelope	123	↓5	21
25	Ellie	119	↓4	33
26	Josephine	116	↑10	70
27	Layla	114	↑7	29
28	Stella	114	↓6	40
29	Abigail	113	↓6	24
30	Luna	113	↓6	10
31	Lucy	108	↑11	48
32	Mila	106	↑15	18
33	Chloe	104	↓13	19
34	Grace	104	↓2	35
35	Lily	101	↑4	30
36	Isla	100	↓3	36
37	Addison	99	↑3	54
38	Ivy	99	↓1	42
39	Everly	98	↓8	56
40	Aria	97	↓5	23
41	Lydia	96	↑8	93
42	Raelynn	95	new	99
43	Riley	94	↓5	39
44	Ruby	94	new	62
45	Kinsley	91	↓19	61
46	Clara	87	new	>100
47	Sadie	87	new	68
48	Natalie	86	new	55
49	Caroline	84	new	77
50	Emery	83	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Oliver	391	–	3
2	Theodore	321	↑7	10
3	Henry	308	↓1	7
4	Liam	296	↓1	1
5	William	272	↓1	6
6	Noah	265	–	2
7	Elijah	250	↓2	5
8	James	248	↓1	4
9	Hudson	245	↑2	27
10	Benjamin	211	↓2	9
11	Grayson	202	↑2	37
12	Owen	201	–	18
13	Wyatt	190	↑1	38
14	Jackson	184	↑2	23
15	Lincoln	183	↑2	54
16	Leo	180	↑16	22
17	Lucas	179	↑2	8
18	Waylon	177	↑3	66
19	Asher	176	↓4	20
20	Levi	176	–	12
21	Maverick	176	↓3	40
22	Cooper	170	↑12	53
23	Mason	170	↑3	24
24	Jack	164	↓14	15
25	Carter	158	↓3	47
26	John	155	↓2	26
27	Charles	154	↑6	50
28	Samuel	154	↓5	19
29	Michael	146	↓4	16
30	Joseph	142	↑1	30
31	Nolan	142	↓1	65
32	Thomas	136	↑9	45
33	Bennett	134	↑4	83
34	Brooks	133	↓7	77
35	Alexander	132	↑5	17
36	Luke	131	↑3	34
37	Beau	129	new	90
38	Ezra	128	↓9	25
39	Miles	127	↑6	56
40	Silas	126	new	87
41	Logan	125	↓5	33
42	August	124	↑8	>100
43	Gabriel	122	new	36
44	Jameson	121	↓16	85
45	Weston	121	↑1	82
46	David	120	new	31
47	Easton	120	↓9	80
48	Everett	119	↓5	81
49	Aiden	118	↓7	29
50	Walker	118	new	78

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