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Baby names in Missouri, 2000s

2000–2009 · 629,390 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Missouri across the 2000s, with 6,407 births in the decade. The state recorded 629,390 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Missouri in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Ajla43
Martez86
Lane651
Clayton1,017
Darrion99
Truman104
Kannon62
Klayton48

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob6,407
#2Emma4,792
#3Madison4,768
#4Ethan4,611
#5Andrew4,450
#6Emily4,373
#7Michael4,257
#8William4,242
#9Tyler4,217
#10Logan4,081
#11Hannah3,936
#12Abigail3,872
#13Joshua3,866
#14Olivia3,765
#15Joseph3,713
#16Matthew3,707
#17Alexander3,471
#18Austin3,446
#19Alexis3,426
#20Nicholas3,340
#21James3,284
#22Jordan3,257
#23Samuel3,211
#24Taylor3,182
#25Zachary3,172

Other decades in Missouri

All Missouri names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org