Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,385
2	Christopher	1,297
3	Matthew	1,228
4	Joshua	944
5	James	856
6	Jason	826
7	Justin	788
8	John	772
9	David	765
10	Daniel	763
11	Ryan	742
12	Andrew	668
13	Robert	638
14	Joseph	600
15	Brian	586
16	Adam	577
16	Brandon	577
18	William	553
19	Nicholas	498
19	Timothy	498
21	Eric	442
22	Anthony	426
23	Jonathan	422
24	Steven	417
25	Kevin	412

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	403
27	Kyle	398
28	Jeffrey	394
29	Dustin	390
30	Jeremy	389
31	Thomas	379
32	Mark	348
33	Jacob	341
34	Charles	333
35	Nathan	323
36	Benjamin	313
36	Richard	313
38	Travis	308
39	Scott	262
40	Stephen	260
41	Paul	249
42	Bradley	246
43	Patrick	232
44	Gregory	221
45	Zachary	216
46	Kenneth	200
47	Sean	196
48	Bryan	194
49	Chad	190
50	Shawn	187
51	Jesse	182
52	Derek	172
53	Jared	161
54	Tyler	158
55	Donald	149
56	Keith	129
57	Samuel	124
58	Cody	120
59	Brett	117
60	Phillip	116
61	Craig	114
62	Corey	112
63	Casey	100
63	Gary	100
65	Douglas	94
65	Edward	94
65	Jordan	94
68	Cory	90
69	Brent	89
70	Curtis	88
70	Larry	88
70	Ronald	88
73	Nathaniel	86
73	Shane	86
75	Lucas	85
76	Jeremiah	84
76	Marcus	84
78	Todd	82
79	Alexander	79
80	Caleb	78
81	Blake	77
81	Jerry	77
81	Shaun	77
84	Raymond	73
85	Luke	72
86	Seth	69
87	Clinton	68
87	George	68
87	Randy	68
90	Derrick	66
90	Terry	66
90	Wesley	66
93	Clayton	65
93	Dennis	65
93	Ian	65
93	Randall	65
97	Joel	64
98	Carl	62
99	Lance	61
99	Tony	61