Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,386
2	Christopher	1,260
3	Matthew	1,212
4	Joshua	1,027
5	Jason	973
6	James	933
7	David	926
8	John	799
9	Justin	776
10	Robert	738
11	Ryan	713
12	Joseph	689
13	Daniel	683
14	William	590
15	Andrew	576
16	Brian	569
17	Timothy	528
18	Brandon	513
19	Nicholas	510
20	Adam	496
21	Eric	457
21	Jeremy	457
23	Kevin	443
24	Aaron	431
25	Jeffrey	426

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	405
27	Jonathan	393
28	Thomas	392
29	Steven	366
30	Dustin	347
31	Mark	342
32	Richard	338
33	Nathan	333
34	Charles	331
35	Jacob	325
36	Scott	321
37	Travis	315
38	Benjamin	307
39	Bradley	261
40	Kyle	254
41	Patrick	248
42	Paul	246
43	Stephen	244
44	Jesse	224
44	Kenneth	224
46	Gregory	204
47	Zachary	203
48	Bryan	192
49	Chad	187
50	Shawn	186
51	Derek	179
52	Jared	171
52	Sean	171
54	Samuel	138
55	Donald	130
56	Corey	126
56	Tyler	126
58	Keith	124
59	Nathaniel	123
60	Gary	118
61	Phillip	114
62	Ronald	108
63	Edward	107
63	Todd	107
65	Douglas	104
66	Cody	101
67	Brett	96
67	Caleb	96
67	Lucas	96
70	Craig	95
71	Curtis	93
71	Marcus	93
71	Shaun	93
74	Brent	86
75	Wesley	83
76	Larry	81
77	Bobby	80
78	Jeremiah	79
79	Casey	78
80	Dennis	77
80	Jeffery	77
80	Seth	77
80	Terry	77
84	Derrick	76
85	Billy	75
85	Cory	75
85	Shane	75
88	Jerry	72
89	Darren	70
90	Carl	69
90	Joel	69
92	Clinton	68
92	George	68
94	Alexander	67
94	Raymond	67
96	Jordan	66
97	Gabriel	64
97	Peter	64
97	Philip	64
100	Alan	63