Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,944
2	Michael	1,878
3	John	1,760
4	James	1,662
5	Robert	1,519
6	Mark	1,465
7	William	968
8	Steven	877
9	Jeffrey	873
10	Kevin	853
11	Richard	821
12	Thomas	723
13	Charles	676
14	Timothy	650
15	Scott	637
16	Daniel	618
17	Kenneth	597
18	Joseph	595
19	Gary	583
20	Donald	552
21	Gregory	529
22	Paul	493
23	Brian	488
24	Ronald	487
25	Douglas	450

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	426
27	Larry	420
28	Christopher	415
29	Randy	395
30	Anthony	393
31	Stephen	381
32	Dennis	368
33	Jerry	367
34	Keith	364
34	Mike	364
36	Jeff	322
37	Roger	306
38	Edward	300
39	Steve	283
40	Ricky	258
41	Danny	257
42	Jeffery	256
43	Craig	231
44	Bruce	225
45	Patrick	224
46	Chris	220
47	Todd	218
48	Russell	217
49	Alan	215
50	Eric	213
51	Tim	209
52	Carl	208
52	George	208
54	Randall	196
55	Matthew	193
56	Dale	192
57	Tony	187
58	Billy	182
58	Jim	182
60	Curtis	178
61	Darryl	172
62	Phillip	170
63	Joe	168
63	Rodney	168
65	Raymond	166
66	Greg	158
67	Bryan	157
68	Ronnie	155
69	Jimmy	148
70	Martin	146
71	Andrew	145
72	Bradley	142
73	Frank	140
74	Bobby	138
74	Gerald	138
76	Darrell	135
77	Johnny	131
78	Lawrence	130
79	Bill	126
80	Barry	121
80	Harold	121
82	Kent	120
83	Troy	117
84	Tom	115
85	Allen	114
86	Jack	109
87	Kelly	107
87	Rick	107
87	Wayne	107
90	Jay	103
90	Roy	103
92	Vincent	101
93	Eddie	100
94	Dwayne	96
95	Glenn	95
95	Walter	95
97	Micheal	93
98	Philip	90
99	Samuel	87
100	Peter	86