Most Popular Baby Names in Missouri (2025)

The most popular baby names in Missouri in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Oliver for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Missouri than in the country as a whole include Millie, Lydia, Wrenley, Waylon, August, and Archer.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Missouri

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	334	↑ 1
2	Amelia	288	↓ 1
3	Olivia	260	–
4	Eleanor	248	–
5	Evelyn	227	–
6	Sophia	211	–
7	Emma	196	–
8	Violet	183	↑ 2
9	Willow	183	↑ 7
10	Harper	176	↓ 2
11	Aurora	167	↑ 6
12	Nora	164	↑ 6
13	Elizabeth	154	↓ 1
14	Ava	148	↓ 1
15	Ellie	148	–
16	Lucy	147	↑ 7
17	Lainey	145	↓ 6
18	Hazel	143	↓ 9
19	Isabella	136	–
20	Penelope	136	↑ 2
21	Mia	126	↓ 7
22	Ivy	123	↑ 2
23	Nova	123	↓ 2
24	Lily	120	↑ 7
25	Scarlett	120	↑ 3
26	Ella	117	↓ 1
27	Lillian	117	–
28	Millie	116	↑ 10
29	Paisley	111	↓ 9
30	Isla	109	↑ 2
31	Avery	108	↓ 5
32	Josephine	108	↓ 3
33	Sadie	107	↑ 21
34	Vivian	106	↑ 1
35	Eloise	105	↑ 10
36	Clara	102	↑ 7
37	Delilah	101	↓ 4
38	Naomi	101	↓ 1
39	Eliana	100	↑ 13
40	Iris	99	↑ 15
41	Lydia	94	↑ 1
42	Wrenley	91	↓ 6
43	Eden	87	↑ 29
44	Stella	87	↓ 3
45	Riley	86	↓ 5
46	Chloe	85	↑ 2
47	Emery	84	↑ 22
48	Ruby	84	↑ 5
49	Layla	83	↓ 19
50	Daisy	81	↓ 1
51	Georgia	81	↑ 14
52	Grace	81	↓ 18
53	Adeline	80	↑ 15
54	Madison	80	↑ 24
55	Ember	79	↑ 4
56	Lyla	79	↑ 27
57	Raelynn	79	↓ 1
58	Sofia	79	↑ 6
59	Autumn	78	↑ 30
60	Elsie	78	↑ 20
61	Margaret	78	↑ 20
62	Alice	76	↑ 23
63	Caroline	76	↓ 1
64	Josie	76	↓ 7
65	Scottie	75	new
66	Sophie	75	↑ 22
67	Addison	74	↓ 20
68	Juniper	73	↑ 3
69	Kennedy	73	↑ 8
70	Aria	72	–
71	Abigail	71	↓ 27
72	Gianna	71	↑ 4
73	Hadley	71	↓ 13
74	Magnolia	71	↑ 10
75	Luna	70	↓ 9
76	Mila	70	↓ 18
77	Anna	69	new
78	Emersyn	68	new
79	Kinsley	68	↓ 40
80	Claire	67	↓ 29
81	Oakley	66	↓ 14
82	June	64	new
83	Natalie	64	↑ 11
84	Parker	64	↓ 38
85	Genevieve	63	↑ 10
86	Quinn	63	↓ 7
87	Rylee	63	↑ 9
88	Ailany	62	new
89	Mary	62	↑ 9
90	Blair	61	new
91	Emerson	61	new
92	Everleigh	61	↑ 8
93	Hallie	61	new
94	Hannah	61	↓ 12
95	Blakely	59	↓ 45
96	Elena	59	new
97	Emily	59	↓ 24
98	Everly	59	↓ 35
99	Zoe	59	new
100	Brooklyn	58	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Oliver	405	–
2	Theodore	393	↑ 1
3	Henry	327	↓ 1
4	Noah	322	–
5	Hudson	284	↑ 3
6	Liam	284	↓ 1
7	William	253	–
8	James	248	↓ 2
9	Cooper	222	↑ 5
10	Bennett	216	↑ 12
11	Elijah	210	↓ 2
12	Levi	199	↑ 7
13	Waylon	199	–
14	Jack	179	↓ 4
15	Samuel	175	↑ 2
16	Benjamin	174	↑ 4
17	Maverick	174	↓ 5
18	Thomas	173	↑ 17
19	Wyatt	173	↓ 4
20	August	168	↑ 5
21	John	166	↑ 3
22	Owen	161	↓ 6
23	Weston	158	↑ 13
24	Beau	157	↑ 4
25	Michael	155	↑ 5
26	Asher	154	↓ 15
27	Jackson	153	↓ 6
28	Lucas	153	↓ 5
29	Charles	152	–
30	Grayson	152	↓ 4
31	Luke	151	↑ 3
32	Ezra	150	↑ 1
33	Miles	149	↓ 2
34	Leo	144	↑ 6
35	Brooks	141	↑ 16
36	Wesley	141	↑ 8
37	Carter	137	↓ 19
38	Daniel	135	↓ 1
39	Elias	134	↑ 4
40	Lincoln	134	↓ 8
41	Nolan	129	↑ 14
42	Atlas	128	↑ 31
43	Joseph	126	↓ 5
44	Everett	125	↑ 6
45	Rowan	125	↓ 6
46	Silas	123	↑ 14
47	David	115	–
48	Mason	114	↓ 21
49	Archer	112	↑ 23
50	Walker	110	↓ 9
51	Roman	107	↓ 9
52	Harrison	105	↑ 14
53	Mateo	104	↓ 4
54	Stetson	104	↑ 4
55	Jacob	103	↑ 2
56	Luca	100	↑ 9
57	Alexander	98	↓ 12
58	Isaiah	97	↓ 2
59	Ethan	96	↑ 18
60	Matthew	96	↓ 6
61	Sebastian	95	↑ 14
62	Cameron	93	↑ 22
63	Gabriel	93	↓ 15
64	Isaac	93	↓ 11
65	Dean	90	new
66	Easton	90	↓ 14
67	River	90	↑ 16
68	Arthur	89	↓ 4
69	Colter	89	↑ 18
70	Ezekiel	89	↑ 22
71	Beckett	88	↑ 15
72	Joshua	85	↑ 22
73	Josiah	84	↑ 6
74	Dawson	82	↑ 2
75	Graham	82	↓ 12
76	Myles	82	↓ 7
77	Colton	81	new
78	Emmett	79	↑ 3
79	Logan	78	↓ 33
80	Anthony	77	↑ 20
81	Barrett	77	new
82	Robert	77	new
83	Sawyer	77	↓ 13
84	Rhett	76	new
85	Parker	74	↓ 26
86	Jasper	73	↓ 15
87	Xavier	73	new
88	Julian	72	↑ 2
89	Carson	71	new
90	Theo	71	↓ 12
91	Christopher	70	↑ 8
92	Andrew	69	↓ 31
93	Ryder	69	↑ 2
94	Ryker	69	↑ 2
95	Callahan	68	new
96	Vincent	68	↑ 2
97	Calvin	67	↓ 23
98	Eli	66	new
99	George	66	↓ 14
100	Hunter	66	↓ 11

Names more popular in Missouri

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Missouri than across the US.

Girls

Name	Missouri	US
Millie	#28	#73
Lydia	#41	#92
Wrenley	#42	#159

Boys

Name	Missouri	US
Waylon	#13	#56
August	#20	#81
Archer	#49	#98

Number-one names in Missouri by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (334)	Oliver (405)
2024	Amelia (295)	Oliver (427)
2023	Charlotte (284)	Oliver (356)
2022	Charlotte (325)	Oliver (391)
2021	Olivia (345)	Oliver (362)
2020	Olivia (332)	Oliver (345)
2019	Olivia (328)	Liam (384)
2018	Olivia (345)	Liam (359)
2017	Olivia (370)	William (348)
2016	Olivia (407)	William (373)
2015	Emma (396)	Liam (383)
2014	Emma (437)	Liam (414)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Missouri

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Missouri

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Missouri by year

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