Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,223
2	James	2,015
3	David	2,003
4	Robert	1,788
5	John	1,731
6	Mark	1,599
7	William	1,211
8	Richard	1,136
9	Steven	1,115
10	Thomas	908
11	Charles	853
12	Gary	782
13	Kevin	732
14	Donald	704
14	Kenneth	704
16	Ronald	690
17	Larry	662
18	Daniel	654
19	Dennis	628
20	Terry	611
21	Gregory	609
22	Joseph	600
23	Timothy	573
24	Paul	550
25	Stephen	547

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	524
27	Jeffrey	437
28	Keith	373
29	Douglas	368
30	Jerry	366
31	Edward	355
31	Ricky	355
33	Anthony	336
34	Roger	321
35	Brian	306
36	Bruce	292
36	George	292
36	Steve	292
39	Danny	290
40	Scott	273
41	Carl	271
42	Mike	257
43	Randall	236
44	Raymond	225
45	Dale	222
45	Patrick	222
47	Christopher	214
48	Alan	198
49	Lawrence	197
50	Gerald	192
51	Russell	178
52	Billy	177
53	Ronnie	172
54	Craig	170
55	Harold	168
56	Rodney	165
57	Rick	164
57	Wayne	164
59	Darrell	158
59	Frank	158
59	Roy	158
62	Joe	157
62	Stanley	157
64	Jeffery	148
65	Jack	145
66	Phillip	140
67	Jimmy	139
68	Micheal	137
69	Bobby	132
69	Eric	132
69	Tony	132
69	Walter	132
73	Jim	127
74	Martin	123
75	Matthew	121
76	Arthur	118
76	Ralph	118
78	Johnny	116
79	Curtis	115
79	Tom	115
81	Andrew	113
82	Chris	111
83	Rickey	109
84	Bill	107
84	Eugene	107
86	Allen	105
87	Marvin	103
88	Tommy	102
89	Glenn	99
89	Peter	99
91	Dan	98
91	Melvin	98
93	Philip	97
93	Tim	97
95	Barry	95
96	Frederick	94
96	Samuel	94
98	Greg	93
99	Jeff	91
100	Jay	89