Popular baby names in Missouri, 2024

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2024 were Amelia for girls (295 babies) and Oliver for boys (427). Amelia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,219 babies born in Missouri in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Missouri in 2024

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

Girls

Brylee: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fallon: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gracelynn: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maren: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Baylor: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wrenley: 99 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paislee: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Whitley: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Berkley: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hattie: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Brewer: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Korbin: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Creed: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kolter: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reuben: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ledger: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ridge: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Boone: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Huxley: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Truett: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Missouri, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Amelia	295	↑2	3
2	Charlotte	293	↓1	4
3	Olivia	254	↓1	1
4	Eleanor	228	↑1	14
5	Evelyn	215	↑2	8
6	Sophia	205	↑2	6
7	Emma	200	↓1	2
8	Harper	190	↓4	12
9	Hazel	175	↑1	19
10	Violet	175	↑5	15
11	Lainey	159	↑7	38
12	Elizabeth	158	↑2	17
13	Ava	157	↓4	9
14	Mia	153	↑5	5
15	Ellie	151	↑9	21
16	Willow	146	↓5	41
17	Aurora	144	–	16
18	Nora	140	↓5	22
19	Isabella	138	↓7	7
20	Paisley	137	↓4	61
21	Nova	135	↑4	39
22	Penelope	126	↑8	28
23	Lucy	124	↑6	34
24	Ivy	123	↑2	36
25	Ella	120	↓3	30
26	Avery	119	↓6	31
27	Lillian	114	↓4	54
28	Scarlett	114	↓7	27
29	Josephine	111	↓1	56
30	Layla	108	↑10	37
31	Lily	107	↑6	24
32	Isla	105	↑1	35
33	Delilah	104	↑10	50
34	Grace	101	↑10	40
35	Vivian	101	↓3	77
36	Wrenley	99	new	>100
37	Naomi	97	↑1	44
38	Millie	96	↓2	87
39	Kinsley	92	↑9	85
40	Riley	90	↑10	42
41	Stella	90	↓10	49
42	Lydia	89	new	97
43	Clara	88	new	78
44	Abigail	87	↓5	32
45	Eloise	86	↑4	64
46	Parker	83	new	>100
47	Addison	81	↓5	68
48	Chloe	81	↓13	20
49	Daisy	81	new	76
50	Blakely	80	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Oliver	427	–	3
2	Henry	325	–	6
3	Theodore	304	↑2	4
4	Noah	283	↓1	2
5	Liam	279	↓1	1
6	James	251	↑2	5
7	William	251	↓1	10
8	Hudson	248	↓1	22
9	Elijah	211	–	8
10	Jack	195	↑4	15
11	Asher	192	↑2	20
12	Maverick	184	↑4	36
13	Waylon	179	↓1	65
14	Cooper	178	↑10	50
15	Wyatt	178	↑16	38
16	Owen	177	↓6	26
17	Samuel	175	–	17
18	Carter	173	↑9	46
19	Levi	173	↓1	12
20	Benjamin	171	↓9	11
21	Jackson	171	–	35
22	Bennett	169	↑3	60
23	Lucas	168	↑6	9
24	John	163	↓2	21
25	August	154	↑8	88
26	Grayson	154	↓11	48
27	Mason	153	↑5	42
28	Beau	151	↑14	69
29	Charles	148	↓1	51
30	Michael	143	↑9	18
31	Miles	143	↓11	37
32	Lincoln	142	↑2	73
33	Ezra	141	↓14	13
34	Luke	139	↑4	34
35	Thomas	139	↓12	39
36	Weston	135	↑9	70
37	Daniel	134	↑3	16
38	Joseph	131	↓1	32
39	Rowan	130	new	71
40	Leo	129	↓14	24
41	Walker	126	↓5	82
42	Roman	124	new	52
43	Elias	121	new	25
44	Wesley	118	↑4	58
45	Alexander	117	↓1	27
46	Logan	117	↑3	45
47	David	111	new	31
48	Gabriel	109	↓2	43
49	Mateo	109	new	7
50	Everett	108	↓15	85

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