Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,960
2	James	1,540
3	David	1,350
4	John	1,320
5	Robert	1,171
6	Christopher	1,040
7	Jeffrey	836
8	William	823
9	Mark	813
10	Brian	783
11	Scott	735
12	Steven	734
13	Kevin	696
14	Richard	651
14	Timothy	651
16	Charles	604
17	Matthew	555
18	Jason	541
19	Eric	528
20	Thomas	519
21	Daniel	512
22	Joseph	506
23	Anthony	442
24	Paul	440
25	Kenneth	407

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	392
27	Gregory	378
28	Donald	347
29	Douglas	313
29	Gary	313
31	Todd	308
32	Ronald	304
33	Larry	274
34	Craig	264
35	Patrick	263
36	Keith	262
37	Shawn	260
38	Bradley	255
39	Edward	234
40	Andrew	233
41	Terry	232
42	Jerry	230
43	Sean	227
44	Bryan	213
45	Jeffery	178
46	Aaron	175
47	Troy	171
48	Darren	170
48	Russell	170
50	Dennis	161
51	Rodney	151
52	Tony	150
53	Chad	146
54	Jonathan	144
54	Travis	144
56	George	143
56	Randy	143
58	Danny	129
59	Phillip	127
60	Brent	124
61	Chris	123
62	Roger	120
63	Carl	115
64	Billy	113
65	Shane	110
66	Bobby	107
66	Darrell	107
68	Lance	105
69	Raymond	104
70	Frank	103
70	Randall	103
72	Curtis	99
73	Jimmy	97
74	Jeff	95
75	Dale	94
76	Jon	93
76	Kelly	93
78	Shannon	92
79	Derek	91
79	Lawrence	91
81	Mike	90
82	Gerald	89
83	Jeremy	88
84	Peter	86
85	Steve	84
86	Marc	81
86	Micheal	81
86	Vincent	81
89	Johnny	79
90	Benjamin	77
90	Kyle	77
90	Roy	77
93	Brett	76
93	Samuel	76
95	Ricky	75
96	Jay	74
97	Corey	72
98	Joe	71
98	Ronnie	71
100	Bruce	70
100	Wayne	70