Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,057
2	Michael	2,033
3	John	1,848
4	James	1,758
5	Mark	1,640
6	Robert	1,601
7	William	982
8	Steven	933
9	Richard	912
10	Kevin	864
11	Jeffrey	831
12	Charles	790
13	Thomas	709
14	Timothy	672
15	Kenneth	659
16	Paul	603
17	Daniel	587
17	Donald	587
19	Gary	577
20	Gregory	573
21	Scott	544
22	Terry	536
23	Joseph	512
24	Larry	488
25	Ronald	482

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	460
27	Douglas	434
28	Dennis	409
29	Keith	406
30	Christopher	404
31	Randy	400
32	Stephen	393
33	Mike	392
34	Jerry	389
35	Steve	380
36	Anthony	371
37	Ricky	320
38	Craig	318
39	Jeff	312
40	Danny	311
41	Roger	281
42	Edward	278
43	George	257
44	Bruce	232
45	Chris	226
45	Randall	226
47	Tim	221
48	Eric	220
49	Jim	219
49	Patrick	219
51	Jeffery	207
52	Russell	203
53	Alan	202
54	Dale	200
55	Carl	199
55	Rodney	199
57	Raymond	194
58	Phillip	193
59	Billy	187
60	Tony	185
61	Matthew	178
61	Tom	178
63	Joe	171
64	Todd	161
65	Darryl	160
66	Bobby	159
67	Curtis	158
67	Ronnie	158
69	Bryan	157
70	Bill	154
71	Frank	152
72	Greg	147
72	Jimmy	147
74	Gerald	143
74	Rick	143
76	Darrell	139
77	Roy	136
78	Bradley	133
78	Wayne	133
80	Barry	131
81	Lawrence	127
82	Andrew	122
82	Glenn	122
84	Martin	121
85	Harold	117
86	Dan	113
87	Bob	111
88	Micheal	110
89	Johnny	109
90	Allen	108
91	Eddie	103
91	Jack	103
93	Don	102
94	Dwayne	98
95	Jay	95
96	Peter	94
97	Stanley	93
98	Philip	91
99	Jon	89
99	Tommy	89
99	Walter	89