Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,709
2	John	1,554
3	David	1,543
4	James	1,525
5	Robert	1,328
6	Mark	1,004
7	Kevin	833
8	William	807
9	Jeffrey	800
10	Timothy	756
11	Richard	753
12	Steven	679
13	Thomas	624
14	Scott	583
15	Charles	567
16	Brian	562
17	Kenneth	535
18	Joseph	524
19	Christopher	517
20	Paul	511
21	Daniel	496
22	Gregory	440
23	Donald	430
24	Ronald	420
25	Gary	383

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	365
27	Douglas	357
28	Stephen	348
29	Eric	344
30	Keith	324
31	Larry	322
32	Terry	311
33	Patrick	284
34	Jerry	279
34	Randy	279
36	Rodney	267
37	Matthew	254
38	Dennis	249
39	Edward	247
40	Todd	242
41	Jeffery	212
42	Mike	211
43	Darren	208
44	Craig	198
45	Bryan	193
46	Chris	182
46	Jeff	182
48	Roger	180
49	George	175
50	Russell	170
50	Steve	170
52	Carl	169
53	Ricky	166
54	Bradley	158
54	Danny	158
56	Andrew	154
56	Tony	154
58	Raymond	151
59	Randall	142
60	Bruce	140
60	Tim	140
62	Curtis	136
62	Gerald	136
62	Phillip	136
65	Joe	134
66	Billy	132
67	Dale	130
68	Alan	119
68	Shawn	119
70	Frank	118
71	Troy	117
72	Bobby	113
73	Darryl	111
74	Darrell	110
75	Vincent	107
76	Jim	103
76	Lawrence	103
78	Harold	102
78	Jimmy	102
78	Martin	102
81	Kelly	99
82	Johnny	96
83	Tracy	95
84	Ronnie	93
85	Kent	92
86	Darin	90
86	Peter	90
88	Wayne	88
89	Kurt	86
89	Micheal	86
89	Roy	86
92	Allen	85
92	Greg	85
94	Philip	84
95	Marvin	83
96	Jon	81
97	Barry	80
98	Brent	78
98	Jay	78
100	Darrin	75
100	Walter	75