Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1953

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,207
2	James	2,115
3	Robert	1,953
4	David	1,873
5	John	1,800
6	Richard	1,469
7	William	1,405
8	Gary	1,114
9	Thomas	1,041
10	Steven	1,025
11	Charles	1,006
12	Dennis	949
13	Larry	842
14	Mark	834
15	Donald	796
16	Ronald	786
17	Stephen	696
18	Kenneth	659
19	Daniel	582
20	Terry	567
21	Paul	565
22	Joseph	564
23	Jerry	465
24	Gregory	417
25	Edward	407

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	398
27	Timothy	371
28	George	362
29	Danny	323
30	Randy	313
31	Douglas	293
32	Ricky	283
33	Bruce	281
34	Kevin	261
35	Patrick	251
36	Raymond	237
37	Lawrence	232
38	Dale	227
39	Carl	226
40	Jeffrey	222
41	Harold	220
42	Keith	213
43	Gerald	207
44	Stanley	195
45	Frank	194
45	Randall	194
47	Alan	182
48	Roy	173
49	Phillip	170
49	Rodney	170
51	Billy	168
52	Anthony	167
53	Ronnie	162
54	Jack	150
55	Russell	146
56	Christopher	145
57	Craig	141
58	Darrell	136
59	Johnny	135
59	Ralph	135
61	Wayne	134
62	Walter	133
63	Bobby	126
64	Micheal	123
65	Scott	120
66	Jimmy	119
67	Melvin	117
67	Rick	117
69	Glenn	116
70	Arthur	114
71	Henry	113
72	Samuel	111
73	Joe	110
74	Martin	106
74	Philip	106
76	Steve	105
77	Frederick	104
77	Marvin	104
79	Eugene	103
80	Barry	102
81	Fred	99
82	Albert	98
82	Allen	98
84	Norman	96
85	Harry	95
86	Howard	92
87	Eric	91
88	Tommy	90
89	Curtis	89
90	Earl	88
91	Brian	87
91	Leonard	87
93	Clifford	86
94	Louis	85
95	Lloyd	84
96	Rickey	83
97	Lonnie	79
97	Peter	79
99	Willie	78
100	Don	77
100	Glen	77