Name Legacy

Baby names in Missouri, 2010s

2010–2019 · 582,644 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in Missouri across the 2010s, with 3,893 births in the decade. The state recorded 582,644 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Missouri in the 2010s

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
Petie5
Lovina32
Truman170
Kamori30
Saloma17
Kolten169
Ruger79
Lane651

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma3,893
#2William3,822
#3Olivia3,726
#4Liam3,631
#5Mason3,522
#6Ava3,278
#7Noah3,110
#8Sophia3,080
#9Elijah3,018
#10Jackson2,973
#11James2,833
#12Logan2,827
#13Henry2,749
#14Wyatt2,639
#15Jacob2,633
#16Carter2,626
#17Benjamin2,604
#18Isabella2,567
#19Harper2,564
#20Avery2,550
#21Lucas2,525
#22Michael2,471
#23Oliver2,458
#24Charlotte2,433
#25Samuel2,403

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