Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,483
2	Christopher	1,138
3	Matthew	1,123
4	Joshua	1,093
5	Jason	971
6	James	914
7	David	846
8	John	800
9	Justin	740
10	Robert	712
11	Ryan	704
12	Daniel	662
13	Joseph	655
14	Brian	639
15	William	580
16	Andrew	564
17	Timothy	555
18	Brandon	551
19	Adam	522
20	Jeremy	506
21	Eric	505
22	Nicholas	494
23	Jeffrey	412
24	Jonathan	407
24	Thomas	407

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	405
27	Steven	404
28	Kevin	402
29	Anthony	369
30	Dustin	364
31	Benjamin	360
32	Nathan	348
33	Charles	341
34	Mark	336
35	Richard	328
36	Travis	327
37	Scott	326
38	Jacob	275
39	Bradley	246
40	Patrick	244
41	Paul	242
42	Stephen	223
43	Chad	211
44	Kyle	206
45	Bryan	199
46	Gregory	197
47	Jesse	189
48	Kenneth	181
49	Derek	178
50	Shawn	176
51	Jared	175
52	Sean	164
53	Donald	150
53	Samuel	150
55	Keith	144
56	Zachary	139
57	Brett	135
58	Corey	134
59	Jeremiah	130
60	Edward	129
60	Todd	129
62	Douglas	123
63	Ronald	121
64	Gary	119
65	Lucas	113
66	Phillip	112
67	Marcus	99
68	Dennis	98
69	Craig	97
69	Shaun	97
71	Curtis	96
72	Larry	95
73	Cory	94
73	Derrick	94
75	Brent	93
75	Tyler	93
77	Nathaniel	92
78	Jerry	90
78	Randy	90
80	Billy	89
81	Seth	88
82	Jeffery	87
83	Carl	83
83	Peter	83
83	Shane	83
86	Luke	80
86	Terry	80
88	Casey	79
88	Wesley	79
90	Clinton	76
91	Joel	75
92	George	71
93	Philip	66
93	Randall	66
95	Antonio	62
95	Caleb	62
95	Rodney	62
98	Alexander	61
99	Russell	60
100	Levi	59