Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,656
2	Christopher	1,323
3	James	1,181
4	David	1,059
5	Brian	1,029
6	Robert	1,004
7	John	988
8	Jason	868
9	Matthew	712
10	William	710
11	Jeffrey	635
12	Scott	620
13	Daniel	558
14	Kevin	556
15	Mark	554
16	Eric	531
17	Steven	507
18	Timothy	504
19	Richard	470
20	Joseph	452
21	Charles	422
22	Thomas	410
23	Chad	328
24	Anthony	321
25	Shawn	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	306
27	Gregory	299
28	Stephen	294
29	Donald	284
30	Kenneth	276
31	Ronald	261
32	Aaron	254
33	Bryan	235
33	Gary	235
35	Douglas	232
36	Patrick	227
37	Todd	216
38	Ryan	215
39	Travis	212
40	Larry	205
40	Sean	205
42	Andrew	196
43	Bradley	187
44	Keith	181
45	Jonathan	179
46	Jerry	176
47	Craig	175
48	Terry	156
49	Jeremy	150
50	Jeffery	145
51	Dennis	137
52	Troy	136
53	Edward	135
54	Shannon	134
55	Raymond	121
56	Shane	118
57	Billy	113
57	Tony	113
59	Justin	112
60	George	111
60	Rodney	111
62	Danny	109
63	Derek	106
64	Brent	105
65	Darren	104
66	Chris	102
67	Roger	99
68	Russell	98
69	Nathan	97
69	Phillip	97
71	Brandon	95
72	Randy	94
73	Adam	90
73	Jamie	90
75	Kyle	88
76	Micheal	87
77	Benjamin	86
78	Jon	85
79	Bobby	84
79	Damon	84
81	Frank	83
81	Samuel	83
83	Carl	82
84	Curtis	80
84	Johnny	80
86	Joshua	79
87	Peter	77
88	Dale	75
89	Brett	74
89	Nicholas	74
91	Lawrence	70
92	Marcus	69
93	Alan	68
94	Derrick	67
95	Darrell	65
95	Jimmy	65
97	Bruce	64
97	Lance	64
97	Wesley	64
100	Roy	63