Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,086
2	David	2,050
3	James	1,781
4	Mark	1,707
5	Robert	1,705
6	John	1,680
7	Richard	1,094
8	William	987
9	Steven	957
10	Kevin	844
11	Thomas	821
12	Charles	811
13	Timothy	751
14	Donald	692
15	Kenneth	667
16	Gary	652
17	Larry	611
18	Dennis	594
18	Ronald	594
20	Daniel	588
21	Terry	584
22	Paul	568
23	Randy	546
24	Jeffrey	542
25	Gregory	530

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	524
27	Mike	496
28	Stephen	420
29	Jerry	402
30	Keith	388
31	Ricky	386
32	Scott	380
33	Steve	378
34	Brian	376
35	Douglas	374
36	Anthony	313
37	Danny	296
38	Edward	295
39	Bruce	272
40	Roger	270
41	Christopher	267
42	Tim	265
43	Carl	258
43	Dale	258
45	Craig	253
46	George	236
47	Jeff	232
48	Randall	227
49	Jim	224
50	Eric	212
51	Tony	211
52	Russell	203
53	Billy	202
54	Patrick	195
54	Tom	195
56	Joe	185
57	Chris	184
58	Raymond	181
59	Alan	176
59	Phillip	176
61	Darrell	175
61	Matthew	175
63	Rick	172
64	Rodney	170
65	Curtis	167
66	Bill	166
67	Ronnie	164
68	Frank	158
69	Gerald	153
70	Jeffery	148
71	Jimmy	146
72	Harold	143
73	Bobby	139
74	Bryan	138
75	Greg	137
76	Lawrence	136
77	Jack	131
78	Johnny	129
79	Dan	127
80	Stanley	126
81	Wayne	125
82	Roy	124
83	Micheal	121
84	Ralph	120
85	Martin	119
86	Don	115
87	Barry	109
88	Marvin	107
89	Andrew	106
89	Peter	106
91	Walter	104
92	Darryl	103
93	Allen	102
93	Samuel	102
95	Eddie	101
96	Bob	100
97	Melvin	98
98	Jay	96
99	Tommy	94
100	Earl	92