Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,574
2	Jason	1,522
3	Christopher	1,256
4	James	1,005
5	Brian	941
6	John	902
7	David	867
8	Matthew	847
9	Robert	820
10	William	655
11	Jeffrey	528
12	Daniel	526
13	Eric	511
14	Kevin	509
15	Scott	496
16	Timothy	489
17	Mark	468
18	Joseph	458
19	Steven	418
20	Richard	396
21	Charles	394
22	Thomas	375
23	Jeremy	360
24	Chad	327
25	Anthony	322

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	312
27	Ryan	301
28	Aaron	289
29	Andrew	280
30	Gregory	260
31	Bryan	257
31	Paul	257
33	Joshua	239
34	Stephen	237
35	Kenneth	227
36	Donald	225
37	Patrick	212
38	Travis	207
39	Bradley	206
40	Gary	200
41	Adam	197
42	Ronald	190
43	Larry	179
44	Jonathan	178
44	Sean	178
46	Justin	176
47	Douglas	175
48	Todd	171
49	Nathan	169
50	Keith	164
51	Craig	163
52	Benjamin	157
53	Brandon	156
54	Dennis	149
55	Edward	146
56	Jerry	137
57	George	124
58	Phillip	122
59	Jeffery	120
60	Terry	115
61	Samuel	111
62	Shane	107
63	Dustin	99
64	Billy	96
64	Jamie	96
64	Raymond	96
64	Rodney	96
68	Danny	95
68	Shannon	95
70	Micheal	93
70	Troy	93
72	Russell	90
73	Derek	89
73	Randy	89
75	Curtis	85
75	Nicholas	85
77	Brent	84
78	Corey	82
79	Carl	80
80	Frank	76
81	Johnny	75
82	Damon	73
82	Kyle	73
84	Bobby	71
85	Kelly	68
85	Peter	68
87	Darren	67
87	Jesse	67
87	Tony	67
90	Brett	66
90	Jacob	66
92	Ronnie	64
93	Derrick	62
93	Roger	62
95	Cory	61
95	Lawrence	61
97	Marcus	60
98	Brad	59
99	Chris	55
99	Gerald	55
99	Marc	55
99	Ricky	55