Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,814
2	James	1,313
3	David	1,281
4	Christopher	1,196
5	John	1,182
6	Robert	1,115
7	Brian	908
8	William	842
9	Scott	808
10	Jeffrey	757
11	Jason	745
12	Steven	687
13	Mark	639
14	Kevin	637
15	Matthew	631
16	Timothy	560
17	Eric	533
18	Charles	532
19	Richard	525
20	Joseph	493
21	Daniel	482
22	Thomas	476
23	Anthony	430
24	Kenneth	375
25	Paul	362

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	335
27	Gregory	329
28	Stephen	319
29	Larry	301
30	Chad	296
31	Ronald	283
32	Todd	280
33	Gary	278
34	Douglas	272
35	Aaron	262
36	Donald	261
37	Andrew	243
38	Keith	236
39	Terry	223
40	Jerry	220
41	Bradley	219
42	Patrick	213
43	Bryan	210
43	Craig	210
43	Sean	210
46	Dennis	185
47	Jeffery	183
48	Travis	179
49	Edward	178
50	Jonathan	174
51	Jeremy	162
51	Troy	162
53	Ryan	143
54	Rodney	137
55	George	135
56	Raymond	133
57	Darren	131
58	Tony	124
59	Billy	122
60	Russell	121
61	Danny	119
62	Chris	114
63	Brent	112
64	Roger	109
65	Micheal	108
65	Randy	108
65	Shannon	108
68	Shane	105
69	Frank	103
70	Carl	98
71	Derek	97
71	Randall	97
73	Roy	91
74	Phillip	90
75	Corey	89
76	Lance	87
77	Samuel	86
78	Jon	84
78	Marcus	84
80	Curtis	82
81	Adam	81
82	Bobby	80
83	Brett	79
83	Jimmy	79
83	Kelly	79
86	Jeff	77
87	Philip	75
88	Gerald	74
89	Darrell	73
90	Nathan	72
91	Dale	71
91	Johnny	71
91	Kyle	71
91	Mike	71
95	Peter	70
96	Greg	69
96	Justin	69
98	Benjamin	68
98	Lawrence	68
98	Ronnie	68