Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,350
2	James	2,136
3	David	1,945
4	John	1,936
5	Robert	1,862
6	William	1,441
7	Richard	1,302
8	Gary	1,081
9	Steven	1,064
10	Mark	1,044
11	Thomas	1,027
12	Charles	913
13	Dennis	834
14	Donald	828
15	Larry	814
16	Ronald	794
17	Kenneth	702
18	Stephen	661
19	Terry	641
20	Daniel	594
21	Paul	561
22	Joseph	555
23	Jerry	435
24	Timothy	430
25	Gregory	428

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	402
27	Edward	400
28	Randy	393
29	Roger	336
30	George	322
31	Ricky	316
32	Douglas	314
33	Danny	310
34	Bruce	289
35	Jeffrey	288
36	Keith	279
37	Carl	254
38	Lawrence	236
39	Patrick	235
40	Anthony	233
41	Raymond	230
42	Stanley	229
43	Dale	212
44	Gerald	208
44	Randall	208
46	Roy	189
47	Frank	183
48	Billy	180
49	Alan	176
50	Rodney	175
51	Harold	167
52	Jack	159
53	Wayne	158
54	Darrell	156
54	Micheal	156
56	Ronnie	152
57	Scott	148
58	Christopher	147
59	Russell	144
60	Craig	142
60	Ralph	142
62	Walter	141
63	Joe	140
64	Arthur	138
65	Glenn	132
66	Phillip	128
67	Eugene	126
68	Henry	123
69	Steve	121
70	Bobby	120
71	Allen	119
72	Johnny	117
73	Barry	112
74	Philip	111
75	Samuel	108
76	Curtis	107
76	Rick	107
76	Rickey	107
79	Albert	106
79	Jimmy	106
79	Martin	106
82	Marvin	103
83	Earl	101
84	Louis	100
85	Harry	97
86	Howard	94
87	Fred	93
88	Jackie	92
89	Jerome	91
90	Leonard	90
90	Norman	90
92	Brian	89
93	Frederick	87
93	Melvin	87
95	Clifford	86
95	Eddie	86
95	Tommy	86
98	Ernest	85
99	Bradley	84
100	Peter	83