Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,488
2	Jason	1,351
3	Christopher	1,177
4	Matthew	1,029
5	James	943
6	David	928
7	John	815
8	Robert	729
9	Joshua	713
10	Brian	710
11	Timothy	602
12	Daniel	588
13	Joseph	584
14	Jeremy	583
15	Ryan	554
16	William	550
17	Jeffrey	522
18	Eric	490
19	Kevin	465
20	Andrew	461
21	Justin	434
22	Nicholas	416
23	Steven	414
24	Aaron	377
25	Mark	376

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	375
27	Anthony	348
28	Thomas	346
29	Charles	341
30	Nathan	327
31	Adam	326
32	Richard	324
33	Chad	300
34	Benjamin	294
35	Shawn	284
36	Brandon	278
37	Jonathan	258
38	Travis	256
39	Bradley	233
40	Patrick	231
41	Paul	222
42	Bryan	213
42	Stephen	213
44	Kenneth	212
45	Gregory	206
46	Shaun	203
47	Jacob	170
48	Donald	162
49	Keith	155
50	Corey	152
51	Douglas	151
52	Todd	150
53	Dustin	149
54	Sean	148
55	Kyle	147
55	Ronald	147
57	Gary	143
58	Larry	126
59	Craig	119
60	Dennis	118
61	Edward	114
62	Jeffery	113
63	Jerry	112
63	Phillip	112
65	Jesse	110
66	Derek	109
67	Jared	104
68	Shane	103
69	Jeremiah	98
70	Curtis	97
70	George	97
72	Samuel	95
73	Zachary	94
74	Cory	91
75	Terry	90
76	Brett	89
77	Peter	88
78	Raymond	87
79	Brent	84
79	Russell	84
81	Nathaniel	81
82	Marcus	75
82	Troy	75
84	Wesley	74
85	Clinton	73
86	Derrick	72
86	Randy	72
88	Billy	69
89	Bobby	68
90	Philip	67
91	Damon	65
91	Lance	65
93	Carl	63
93	Jamie	63
93	Lawrence	63
96	Frank	61
96	Gabriel	61
96	Rodney	61
99	Seth	60
99	Shannon	60
99	Tony	60