Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,510
2	Jason	1,351
3	Christopher	1,127
4	James	967
5	Matthew	909
6	John	852
7	David	851
8	Brian	737
9	Robert	723
10	Daniel	592
11	Jeremy	564
12	William	557
13	Timothy	516
14	Eric	513
15	Joseph	508
16	Jeffrey	470
17	Kevin	457
18	Scott	449
19	Ryan	447
20	Joshua	430
21	Mark	415
22	Steven	408
23	Richard	366
24	Aaron	358
25	Andrew	349

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	340
27	Anthony	330
27	Charles	330
29	Shawn	299
30	Chad	288
31	Travis	284
32	Justin	279
33	Gregory	251
34	Nathan	239
35	Bradley	238
36	Stephen	237
37	Bryan	235
38	Paul	226
39	Benjamin	215
40	Kenneth	211
41	Jonathan	208
42	Brandon	205
43	Donald	203
44	Adam	196
45	Patrick	176
46	Gary	165
47	Todd	164
48	Keith	163
48	Sean	163
50	Larry	156
51	Ronald	154
52	Douglas	148
53	Dustin	140
54	Craig	134
55	Corey	128
56	Jacob	122
57	Shane	121
58	Terry	119
59	Dennis	111
60	Jesse	109
61	Edward	106
61	Jamie	106
63	Jeffery	102
64	Shannon	101
65	Jerry	99
66	Phillip	98
67	Kyle	97
68	Samuel	94
69	Derek	93
70	Damon	91
70	Randy	91
72	Brent	90
73	Billy	88
73	Jeremiah	88
75	Zachary	87
76	Nicholas	84
77	George	83
78	Raymond	82
79	Rodney	77
80	Cory	75
80	Jared	75
80	Peter	75
83	Troy	74
84	Curtis	72
84	Micheal	72
86	Carl	66
86	Russell	66
86	Wesley	66
89	Marcus	65
90	Chris	63
90	Darren	63
92	Randall	62
93	Joel	61
93	Lance	61
93	Philip	61
96	Bobby	60
97	Frank	59
98	Brett	58
98	Clinton	58
98	Derrick	58
98	Gabriel	58
98	Jimmy	58