Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,602
2	Jason	1,403
3	Christopher	1,205
4	James	969
5	Matthew	927
6	David	862
7	Brian	855
8	John	824
9	Robert	735
10	William	558
11	Daniel	551
12	Jeffrey	503
13	Timothy	498
14	Eric	459
15	Joseph	453
16	Scott	446
17	Jeremy	427
17	Mark	427
19	Kevin	422
20	Steven	379
21	Richard	374
22	Anthony	356
23	Chad	353
23	Charles	353
25	Ryan	352

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	341
27	Joshua	322
28	Andrew	303
29	Aaron	299
30	Shawn	279
31	Paul	258
32	Gregory	248
33	Stephen	247
34	Justin	246
35	Bradley	243
36	Kenneth	229
36	Travis	229
38	Benjamin	213
39	Bryan	208
40	Adam	207
40	Jonathan	207
42	Brandon	200
43	Todd	198
44	Donald	195
45	Patrick	193
46	Nathan	187
47	Gary	178
47	Sean	178
49	Ronald	167
50	Larry	166
51	Douglas	165
52	Edward	148
53	Keith	139
54	Jerry	132
54	Shane	132
56	Craig	129
57	Jeffery	127
58	Dennis	120
59	Terry	118
60	Billy	105
61	Shannon	104
62	Brent	102
63	George	101
63	Phillip	101
65	Randy	100
66	Corey	96
67	Micheal	95
67	Samuel	95
69	Jamie	93
70	Curtis	91
71	Kyle	89
72	Tony	87
73	Dustin	83
74	Jesse	82
75	Carl	81
75	Damon	81
75	Derek	81
75	Rodney	81
79	Jacob	78
79	Russell	78
81	Nicholas	76
81	Peter	76
81	Raymond	76
84	Frank	68
84	Troy	68
86	Brett	67
86	Marcus	67
88	Darren	65
88	Roy	65
90	Bobby	62
90	Jared	62
90	Ricky	62
90	Roger	62
94	Chris	61
94	Danny	61
94	Jay	61
94	Philip	61
98	Cory	60
99	Derrick	59
100	Antonio	54
100	Brad	54
100	Joel	54