Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,493
2	Jason	1,436
3	Christopher	1,198
4	Matthew	1,004
5	James	972
6	David	914
7	Brian	851
8	John	835
9	Robert	804
10	Joshua	633
11	Jeremy	628
12	Timothy	596
13	Joseph	588
14	Daniel	583
15	William	574
16	Kevin	561
17	Ryan	557
18	Eric	525
19	Jeffrey	485
20	Andrew	466
21	Steven	441
22	Scott	408
23	Justin	384
24	Mark	376
25	Aaron	375

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	365
27	Thomas	337
28	Richard	336
29	Anthony	325
30	Shawn	304
31	Chad	303
32	Nathan	294
33	Benjamin	272
34	Paul	264
35	Adam	252
36	Bradley	246
37	Gregory	245
37	Stephen	245
39	Travis	242
40	Kenneth	237
41	Brandon	229
42	Bryan	220
42	Jonathan	220
44	Patrick	210
45	Corey	189
46	Todd	173
47	Sean	167
48	Jacob	165
49	Douglas	162
50	Gary	158
51	Donald	157
51	Keith	157
53	Jeremiah	141
54	Larry	131
55	Edward	129
56	Ronald	127
57	Shane	122
58	Nicholas	120
59	Craig	119
60	Dennis	116
60	George	116
62	Dustin	111
62	Terry	111
64	Derek	110
64	Kyle	110
66	Wesley	109
67	Phillip	107
68	Samuel	106
69	Brent	102
69	Jared	102
71	Jerry	101
72	Damon	94
73	Raymond	92
74	Billy	91
74	Zachary	91
76	Curtis	88
77	Jeffery	86
77	Jesse	86
79	Randy	85
80	Cory	84
81	Micheal	82
82	Jamie	81
82	Rodney	81
84	Shannon	78
85	Carl	76
86	Brett	75
87	Russell	72
88	Derrick	70
88	Shaun	70
88	Tony	70
91	Frank	69
92	Bobby	66
92	Marcus	66
92	Peter	66
92	Troy	66
96	Joel	65
97	Kristopher	64
98	Brad	63
99	Clinton	62
100	Casey	61