Popular baby names in Missouri, 2023

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (284 babies) and Oliver for boys (356). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,334 babies born in Missouri in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2023

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

Girls

Wrenlee: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wrenleigh: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lakelynn: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Kimber: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emberlynn: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Henley: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Madalyn: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Goldie: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kya: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Gatlin: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Briar: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Creed: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Drake: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Colter: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Reuben: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Truett: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Augustus: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Porter: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Atticus: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	284	–	3
2	Olivia	280	–	1
3	Amelia	255	–	4
4	Harper	218	↑3	11
5	Eleanor	217	↑3	14
6	Emma	212	↓2	2
7	Evelyn	200	↓1	9
8	Sophia	197	↑1	5
9	Ava	179	↓4	8
10	Hazel	162	↑5	18
11	Willow	156	–	41
12	Isabella	152	↑9	7
13	Nora	151	↓1	24
14	Elizabeth	141	↓1	15
15	Violet	140	↓5	16
16	Paisley	134	↑3	56
17	Aurora	132	↓1	22
18	Lainey	131	new	54
19	Mia	130	↑1	6
20	Avery	128	↓3	29
21	Scarlett	125	↑2	17
22	Ella	123	–	32
23	Lillian	122	↓5	55
24	Ellie	121	↑1	27
25	Nova	121	↓11	35
26	Ivy	120	↑12	38
27	Luna	113	↑3	10
28	Josephine	111	↓2	64
29	Lucy	110	↑2	40
30	Penelope	108	↓6	23
31	Stella	106	↓3	46
32	Vivian	106	new	87
33	Isla	102	↑3	33
34	Aria	100	↑6	25
35	Chloe	100	↓2	26
36	Millie	98	new	>100
37	Lily	96	↓2	20
38	Naomi	96	new	44
39	Abigail	95	↓10	31
40	Layla	94	↓13	30
41	Mila	92	↓9	28
42	Addison	91	↓5	62
43	Delilah	90	new	52
44	Grace	86	↓10	39
45	Sadie	86	↑2	59
46	Madison	85	new	37
47	Georgia	84	new	>100
48	Kinsley	84	↓3	67
49	Eloise	83	new	81
50	Riley	82	↓7	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Oliver	356	–	3
2	Henry	312	↑1	8
3	Noah	292	↑3	2
4	Liam	288	–	1
5	Theodore	278	↓3	7
6	William	264	↓1	10
7	Hudson	247	↑2	21
8	James	235	–	4
9	Elijah	221	↓2	5
10	Owen	208	↑2	20
11	Benjamin	206	↓1	11
12	Waylon	203	↑6	63
13	Asher	194	↑6	23
14	Jack	179	↑10	14
15	Grayson	177	↓4	44
16	Maverick	175	↑5	37
17	Samuel	172	↑11	19
18	Levi	167	↑2	12
19	Ezra	159	↑19	15
20	Miles	157	↑19	43
21	Jackson	152	↓7	28
22	John	152	↑4	26
23	Thomas	152	↑9	41
24	Cooper	151	↓2	52
25	Bennett	149	↑8	74
26	Leo	149	↓10	18
27	Carter	147	↓2	48
28	Charles	145	↓1	54
29	Lucas	145	↓12	9
30	Nolan	145	↑1	57
31	Wyatt	144	↓18	47
32	Mason	142	↓9	30
33	August	140	↑9	>100
34	Lincoln	137	↓19	64
35	Everett	132	↑13	89
36	Walker	131	↑14	85
37	Joseph	130	↓7	29
38	Luke	127	↓2	31
39	Michael	126	↓10	16
40	Daniel	125	new	17
41	Brooks	122	↓7	73
42	Beau	116	↓5	81
43	Easton	115	↑4	98
44	Alexander	114	↓9	22
45	Weston	114	–	75
46	Gabriel	112	↓3	38
47	Isaiah	112	new	56
48	Wesley	112	new	70
49	Logan	111	↓8	39
50	Silas	108	↓10	80

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