Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,327
2	David	2,123
3	James	2,048
4	Robert	1,847
5	John	1,828
6	William	1,354
7	Richard	1,280
8	Mark	1,232
9	Steven	1,181
10	Gary	1,028
11	Thomas	988
12	Charles	906
13	Donald	799
14	Dennis	762
15	Larry	739
16	Ronald	730
17	Kenneth	671
18	Daniel	640
19	Stephen	624
20	Terry	620
21	Joseph	584
22	Paul	572
23	Gregory	541
24	Timothy	529
25	Kevin	501

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	498
27	Jerry	424
28	Jeffrey	394
29	Edward	369
30	Roger	340
31	Douglas	330
32	Bruce	320
33	Ricky	315
34	George	310
35	Danny	309
36	Keith	293
37	Carl	271
38	Patrick	244
39	Anthony	229
40	Dale	228
41	Lawrence	219
42	Stanley	213
43	Randall	211
44	Raymond	203
45	Harold	200
46	Alan	192
46	Billy	192
46	Gerald	192
49	Christopher	189
50	Scott	181
51	Phillip	179
52	Frank	171
53	Craig	169
54	Russell	164
55	Roy	154
56	Jack	150
57	Rodney	149
58	Micheal	147
59	Brian	144
60	Bobby	141
60	Darrell	141
62	Steve	140
63	Ronnie	136
63	Wayne	136
65	Walter	134
66	Allen	131
67	Samuel	127
68	Johnny	125
68	Marvin	125
70	Glenn	122
70	Jimmy	122
72	Barry	119
73	Curtis	115
74	Ralph	114
75	Arthur	109
76	Joe	108
77	Rickey	107
78	Jeffery	106
79	Howard	101
80	Eugene	100
81	Andrew	99
82	Earl	97
82	Peter	97
84	Melvin	96
85	Fred	87
86	Frederick	86
87	Bradley	84
87	Martin	84
87	Rick	84
90	Leonard	82
91	Eddie	81
91	Henry	81
91	Lloyd	81
91	Mike	81
91	Norman	81
91	Vincent	81
97	Clifford	80
97	Eric	80
97	Jerome	80
97	Tommy	80