Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,298
2	James	2,083
3	Robert	1,912
4	David	1,869
5	John	1,862
6	Mark	1,425
7	William	1,278
8	Richard	1,253
9	Steven	1,171
10	Thomas	1,007
11	Gary	922
12	Charles	889
13	Donald	791
14	Larry	717
15	Dennis	709
16	Ronald	706
17	Kevin	688
18	Daniel	684
19	Kenneth	680
20	Stephen	649
21	Paul	606
22	Timothy	587
23	Joseph	575
24	Gregory	574
25	Terry	562

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	529
27	Jeffrey	407
28	Jerry	397
29	Douglas	376
30	Keith	350
31	Bruce	327
32	Edward	325
33	George	320
34	Ricky	306
35	Roger	302
36	Anthony	290
37	Danny	273
38	Brian	265
39	Patrick	245
40	Randall	220
41	Carl	215
42	Russell	214
43	Scott	213
44	Christopher	209
45	Lawrence	206
46	Gerald	198
47	Dale	195
48	Stanley	191
49	Raymond	189
50	Alan	186
51	Rodney	183
52	Craig	174
53	Phillip	171
54	Frank	167
55	Billy	166
56	Darrell	165
57	Roy	164
58	Ronnie	160
59	Harold	153
60	Walter	152
61	Curtis	149
62	Steve	148
63	Joe	142
64	Glenn	140
65	Micheal	138
65	Rick	138
67	Jack	137
68	Matthew	127
69	Mike	126
69	Ralph	126
69	Wayne	126
72	Martin	124
73	Philip	117
74	Barry	113
74	Jeffery	113
76	Henry	110
76	Peter	110
78	Arthur	108
78	Eric	108
78	Jimmy	108
81	Andrew	104
81	Johnny	104
83	Bobby	103
84	Tony	99
85	Allen	98
85	Rickey	98
85	Samuel	98
88	Jay	97
88	Marvin	97
90	Eugene	94
91	Bradley	93
91	Fred	93
93	Jerome	91
94	Leonard	90
95	Eddie	89
96	Howard	87
96	Louis	87
96	Ray	87
99	Tommy	86
100	Frederick	85