Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1966
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,702 |
| 2 | James | 1,595 |
| 3 | David | 1,518 |
| 4 | John | 1,499 |
| 5 | Robert | 1,139 |
| 6 | Jeffrey | 881 |
| 7 | Timothy | 833 |
| 8 | Mark | 831 |
| 9 | Kevin | 804 |
| 10 | William | 760 |
| 11 | Richard | 722 |
| 12 | Steven | 690 |
| 13 | Brian | 655 |
| 14 | Scott | 639 |
| 15 | Christopher | 573 |
| 16 | Thomas | 553 |
| 17 | Paul | 536 |
| 18 | Charles | 526 |
| 19 | Daniel | 521 |
| 20 | Kenneth | 458 |
| 21 | Joseph | 450 |
| 22 | Gregory | 414 |
| 23 | Gary | 390 |
| 24 | Stephen | 378 |
| 25 | Donald | 374 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ronald | 368 |
| 27 | Anthony | 363 |
| 28 | Keith | 340 |
| 29 | Eric | 330 |
| 30 | Douglas | 320 |
| 31 | Larry | 307 |
| 32 | Todd | 289 |
| 33 | Matthew | 288 |
| 34 | Terry | 287 |
| 35 | Patrick | 277 |
| 36 | Jerry | 268 |
| 37 | Rodney | 258 |
| 38 | Edward | 234 |
| 39 | Dennis | 232 |
| 40 | Randy | 224 |
| 41 | Craig | 222 |
| 42 | Jeffery | 219 |
| 43 | Bryan | 183 |
| 44 | Andrew | 182 |
| 45 | Darren | 171 |
| 46 | Mike | 170 |
| 47 | Randall | 169 |
| 48 | Tony | 167 |
| 49 | Chris | 163 |
| 49 | George | 163 |
| 51 | Bradley | 161 |
| 52 | Jeff | 160 |
| 53 | Roger | 157 |
| 54 | Troy | 156 |
| 55 | Billy | 154 |
| 56 | Shawn | 139 |
| 57 | Phillip | 136 |
| 57 | Russell | 136 |
| 59 | Tim | 135 |
| 60 | Bruce | 133 |
| 60 | Raymond | 133 |
| 62 | Carl | 132 |
| 63 | Danny | 128 |
| 64 | Dale | 126 |
| 65 | Steve | 125 |
| 66 | Frank | 120 |
| 67 | Curtis | 119 |
| 68 | Ricky | 115 |
| 69 | Sean | 114 |
| 70 | Gerald | 106 |
| 71 | Alan | 103 |
| 72 | Darrell | 102 |
| 72 | Jimmy | 102 |
| 74 | Kelly | 100 |
| 75 | Lawrence | 97 |
| 76 | Bobby | 95 |
| 77 | Jon | 92 |
| 77 | Micheal | 92 |
| 79 | Aaron | 91 |
| 80 | Harold | 88 |
| 81 | Brent | 87 |
| 81 | Vincent | 87 |
| 83 | Dean | 86 |
| 83 | Kurt | 86 |
| 85 | Ronnie | 85 |
| 85 | Roy | 85 |
| 87 | Greg | 83 |
| 88 | Wayne | 81 |
| 89 | Joe | 80 |
| 90 | Jim | 79 |
| 90 | Peter | 79 |
| 92 | Tracy | 78 |
| 93 | Jason | 77 |
| 93 | Philip | 77 |
| 95 | Samuel | 76 |
| 96 | Darin | 73 |
| 96 | Johnny | 73 |
| 98 | Barry | 72 |
| 99 | Darryl | 71 |
| 99 | Jack | 71 |
| 99 | Jonathan | 71 |
| 99 | Marvin | 71 |