Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,486
2	Christopher	1,271
3	Jason	1,235
4	James	1,023
5	John	957
6	David	950
7	Brian	933
8	Robert	841
9	Matthew	712
10	William	657
11	Kevin	555
12	Jeffrey	538
13	Mark	516
14	Scott	511
15	Daniel	507
16	Steven	454
17	Richard	444
18	Timothy	435
19	Eric	414
20	Joseph	402
21	Charles	397
22	Chad	352
23	Thomas	351
24	Anthony	320
25	Shawn	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	302
27	Paul	284
28	Gregory	276
29	Ryan	274
30	Kenneth	252
31	Travis	237
32	Ronald	236
33	Stephen	230
34	Bryan	223
35	Andrew	221
36	Todd	216
37	Donald	213
37	Gary	213
39	Larry	206
40	Jeremy	205
41	Douglas	203
42	Sean	200
43	Patrick	182
44	Bradley	179
45	Terry	174
46	Keith	172
47	Craig	170
47	Jonathan	170
49	Jerry	164
50	Edward	162
51	Joshua	157
52	Justin	151
53	Dennis	142
54	Shane	134
55	Nathan	128
56	Adam	127
57	Brandon	125
58	Jeffery	120
59	Shannon	118
60	Benjamin	106
61	Billy	104
62	Carl	98
63	Randy	97
63	Rodney	97
65	Brent	95
66	Phillip	94
67	Russell	92
68	George	91
69	Derek	89
70	Tony	88
70	Troy	88
72	Danny	85
73	Darren	84
74	Bobby	82
74	Johnny	82
74	Peter	82
77	Micheal	81
78	Jesse	80
79	Curtis	78
79	Samuel	78
81	Brett	75
82	Damon	74
83	Corey	73
83	Jamie	73
83	Raymond	73
83	Roger	73
87	Chris	70
87	Frank	70
87	Marcus	70
90	Kyle	69
90	Nicholas	69
92	Kelly	67
93	Darrell	62
94	Jon	60
94	Philip	60
94	Randall	60
97	Derrick	58
98	Jimmy	57
99	Andre	56
100	Gerald	55