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Most Popular Names in Missouri

The most common baby names registered in Missouri across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Missouri account for 2,982,712 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 126,468
2 John 113,255
3 Robert 112,224
4 Mary 106,327
5 Michael 97,265
6 William 96,337
7 David 80,320
8 Charles 67,280
9 Richard 56,353
10 Joseph 48,742
11 Thomas 48,089
12 Donald 43,140
13 Christopher 43,095
14 Linda 38,355
15 Patricia 38,041
16 Daniel 37,586
17 Matthew 36,234
18 Kenneth 36,055
19 Barbara 34,968
20 Mark 34,920
21 Betty 34,862
22 Paul 32,608
23 Dorothy 32,458
24 Elizabeth 32,451
25 Steven 32,208
26 Jennifer 31,045
27 Larry 29,795
28 Gary 28,989
29 Ronald 28,922
30 George 28,801
31 Andrew 28,287
32 Timothy 27,875
33 Kevin 26,872
34 Joshua 26,586
35 Margaret 26,485
36 Brian 25,235
37 Helen 25,146
38 Edward 24,494
39 Sarah 24,416
40 Jacob 24,265
41 Karen 24,223
42 Anthony 24,199
43 Donna 23,909
44 Susan 23,820
45 Jason 23,070
46 Jeffrey 22,841
47 Carol 22,764
48 Shirley 22,681
49 Jerry 22,569
50 Lisa 22,336
51 Nancy 21,998
52 Sharon 21,892
53 Jessica 21,640
54 Ryan 21,552
55 Ruth 21,219
56 Stephen 21,111
57 Virginia 20,797
58 Sandra 20,027
59 Jack 19,743
60 Anna 19,742
61 Kimberly 19,394
62 Deborah 19,140
63 Angela 19,004
64 Nicholas 18,910
65 Harold 18,864
66 Dennis 18,838
67 Emily 18,669
68 Rebecca 18,625
69 Amanda 18,568
70 Terry 18,551
71 Ashley 18,423
72 Raymond 18,377
73 Laura 18,285
74 Eric 17,819
75 Michelle 17,783
76 Scott 17,719
77 Justin 17,465
78 Amy 17,344
79 Samuel 17,114
80 Gregory 16,806
81 Benjamin 16,757
82 Melissa 16,213
83 Brandon 16,174
84 Carl 16,129
85 Janet 15,949
86 Carolyn 15,831
87 Tyler 15,788
88 Pamela 15,739
89 Stephanie 15,578
90 Emma 15,473
91 Brenda 15,253
92 Cynthia 15,248
93 Billy 15,191
94 Kathleen 15,077
95 Joyce 14,960
96 Katherine 14,794
97 Patrick 14,722
98 Aaron 14,406
99 Frank 14,405
100 Henry 14,340