Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,879
2	James	1,405
3	John	1,332
4	David	1,325
5	Robert	1,177
6	Mark	883
7	Brian	831
8	William	791
9	Jeffrey	763
10	Timothy	729
11	Christopher	721
12	Kevin	705
13	Richard	661
14	Steven	652
15	Scott	557
16	Thomas	545
17	Charles	504
18	Paul	496
19	Daniel	450
20	Joseph	437
21	Kenneth	427
22	Anthony	389
23	Eric	376
24	Matthew	369
25	Ronald	350

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	341
26	Stephen	341
28	Douglas	338
28	Gregory	338
30	Gary	324
31	Todd	301
32	Larry	295
33	Patrick	279
34	Keith	268
35	Bryan	241
36	Jerry	227
37	Terry	220
38	Craig	208
39	Edward	205
40	Andrew	202
40	Jeffery	202
42	Shawn	199
43	Dennis	194
44	Rodney	185
45	Sean	182
46	Darren	180
47	George	171
47	Troy	171
49	Bradley	153
50	Randy	148
51	Raymond	146
52	Tony	143
53	Jason	140
54	Roger	126
55	Chris	123
56	Curtis	122
57	Carl	121
58	Russell	117
59	Randall	116
60	Billy	115
61	Jeff	114
62	Danny	111
63	Mike	109
64	Ricky	108
64	Steve	108
66	Brent	107
67	Bruce	100
68	Roy	98
68	Tim	98
70	Jonathan	97
71	Gerald	96
72	Darrell	95
72	Kelly	95
74	Dale	94
75	Frank	91
76	Phillip	90
77	Micheal	86
78	Jay	85
78	Samuel	85
80	Darin	84
80	Martin	84
82	Joe	83
83	Jimmy	81
83	Kurt	81
85	Aaron	78
86	Bobby	77
86	Lawrence	77
88	Jon	76
89	Peter	75
90	Harold	74
90	Philip	74
92	Ronnie	73
93	Chad	71
93	Darryl	71
93	Johnny	71
96	Vincent	70
97	Greg	69
98	Derrick	65
99	Joel	64
100	Dwayne	63
100	Kirk	63