Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1979

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	Christopher	1,242
3	Jason	1,232
4	Matthew	1,020
5	James	975
6	David	959
7	Joshua	913
8	John	873
9	Robert	766
10	Brian	740
11	Joseph	639
12	Ryan	624
13	Jeremy	605
14	Daniel	582
15	Timothy	564
16	William	556
17	Nicholas	546
18	Justin	527
19	Andrew	497
20	Eric	480
21	Jeffrey	448
22	Kevin	432
23	Adam	405
24	Steven	402
25	Scott	388

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	385
27	Aaron	382
28	Thomas	371
29	Travis	369
30	Richard	362
31	Nathan	361
32	Mark	356
33	Anthony	337
34	Brandon	318
35	Jonathan	289
36	Benjamin	285
37	Bradley	271
38	Stephen	269
39	Paul	256
40	Gregory	246
41	Jacob	230
42	Chad	224
43	Patrick	220
43	Shawn	220
45	Kenneth	211
46	Bryan	210
46	Dustin	210
48	Donald	179
49	Kyle	169
50	Shaun	162
51	Douglas	156
52	Ronald	152
53	Jared	145
53	Sean	145
55	Zachary	143
56	Gary	142
57	Edward	139
58	Jesse	136
59	Keith	130
60	Shane	127
61	Corey	126
62	Derek	122
63	Phillip	119
64	Samuel	114
65	Todd	113
66	Larry	111
67	Terry	110
68	Craig	109
69	Curtis	108
70	Dennis	106
71	Jeremiah	102
72	Marcus	95
73	Jerry	94
74	Billy	92
75	Cory	89
76	Brent	86
77	George	85
77	Jamie	85
79	Joel	84
79	Wesley	84
81	Lucas	83
82	Brett	82
83	Jeffery	81
83	Nathaniel	81
83	Peter	81
86	Randy	79
87	Raymond	74
88	Casey	73
89	Carl	72
90	Philip	71
90	Russell	71
92	Bobby	70
92	Rodney	70
94	Frank	66
95	Danny	65
95	Gabriel	65
97	Shannon	64
98	Seth	61
99	Antonio	60
99	Derrick	60