Missouri — #10248 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Missouri

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,595 babies named Missouri between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Missouri currently holds the #10248 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1889, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Missouri performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 278 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Missouri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Missouri in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Missouri in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,595 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.