Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,480
2	Jason	1,208
3	Christopher	1,174
4	Matthew	1,040
5	Joshua	1,026
6	James	954
7	David	860
8	John	796
9	Robert	790
10	Justin	788
11	Brian	724
12	Daniel	673
13	Joseph	670
14	Ryan	637
15	William	592
16	Jeremy	562
17	Timothy	551
18	Nicholas	545
19	Andrew	528
20	Eric	526
21	Adam	459
22	Kevin	457
23	Jeffrey	445
24	Brandon	434
25	Aaron	402

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	396
27	Thomas	389
28	Jonathan	386
29	Nathan	370
30	Mark	367
31	Anthony	359
32	Richard	348
33	Charles	345
34	Scott	344
35	Dustin	336
36	Travis	330
37	Benjamin	329
38	Chad	292
39	Bradley	285
40	Patrick	254
41	Jacob	253
42	Stephen	248
43	Kenneth	239
44	Paul	227
45	Gregory	218
46	Shawn	203
47	Bryan	202
48	Derek	187
49	Kyle	186
50	Jesse	172
51	Douglas	167
52	Donald	162
53	Sean	153
54	Gary	150
55	Jared	147
56	Corey	142
57	Ronald	140
58	Keith	135
59	Samuel	131
60	Larry	126
61	Edward	123
62	Jeremiah	122
63	Brett	119
64	Shane	116
64	Zachary	116
66	Todd	109
67	Curtis	107
68	Nathaniel	106
69	Shaun	104
70	Dennis	102
71	Phillip	100
72	Cory	99
73	Lucas	98
74	Jeffery	96
75	Brent	92
76	Wesley	91
77	Derrick	88
77	Peter	88
79	Raymond	87
80	Terry	86
81	Casey	84
81	Craig	84
83	George	83
83	Marcus	83
85	Carl	78
86	Joel	77
87	Luke	76
88	Antonio	74
89	Billy	73
90	Randy	70
91	Jerry	69
91	Tyler	69
93	Bobby	67
94	Russell	66
95	Philip	65
96	Seth	64
97	Ricky	62
97	Rodney	62
99	Clinton	61
100	Jamie	59
100	Lance	59