Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,153
2	David	1,977
3	James	1,938
4	John	1,743
5	Robert	1,711
6	Mark	1,521
7	William	1,187
8	Richard	1,141
9	Steven	956
10	Thomas	882
11	Charles	782
12	Kevin	736
13	Kenneth	713
14	Donald	685
15	Ronald	664
16	Larry	662
17	Gary	658
18	Timothy	652
19	Dennis	623
20	Daniel	618
21	Gregory	586
22	Joseph	568
23	Terry	557
24	Randy	546
25	Paul	535

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	485
27	Jeffrey	460
28	Mike	399
29	Ricky	396
30	Keith	389
31	Steve	365
32	Douglas	362
33	Scott	361
34	Jerry	353
35	Edward	347
36	Brian	328
37	Danny	327
38	Anthony	313
39	George	292
40	Bruce	248
41	Patrick	245
41	Roger	245
43	Dale	244
44	Christopher	240
45	Randall	230
46	Russell	218
47	Carl	214
48	Billy	203
49	Rick	202
50	Eric	188
51	Jim	186
52	Stanley	185
53	Darrell	180
54	Raymond	179
55	Alan	176
56	Frank	175
57	Tim	170
58	Ronnie	169
59	Matthew	168
60	Joe	166
61	Craig	163
62	Phillip	158
63	Wayne	156
64	Rodney	155
65	Jeff	154
66	Jeffery	152
67	Gerald	150
68	Lawrence	148
69	Bobby	147
70	Bill	146
70	Curtis	146
70	Tony	146
73	Chris	144
74	Harold	142
74	Micheal	142
76	Roy	140
77	Bryan	139
78	Greg	133
79	Jack	130
80	Jimmy	129
81	Tom	124
82	Arthur	121
82	Walter	121
84	Martin	119
85	Ralph	116
86	Don	115
87	Rickey	113
88	Allen	112
89	Andrew	109
89	Johnny	109
91	Barry	105
92	Dan	98
92	Peter	98
94	Philip	96
95	Glen	95
95	Willie	95
97	Bob	94
98	Jay	93
99	Glenn	91
100	Marvin	90