Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,340
2	Christopher	1,259
3	Matthew	1,226
4	Joshua	1,035
5	James	858
6	David	773
7	Ryan	749
8	Daniel	745
9	John	721
10	Justin	699
11	Joseph	671
12	Robert	659
13	Andrew	655
14	Brandon	648
15	Jason	637
16	Brian	558
17	Adam	554
18	Timothy	496
19	William	495
20	Eric	466
21	Nicholas	461
22	Jonathan	411
23	Anthony	404
24	Dustin	395
25	Jeffrey	393

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	365
27	Kevin	363
28	Steven	362
29	Thomas	358
30	Kyle	356
31	Jacob	348
32	Mark	344
33	Jeremy	329
34	Benjamin	324
35	Nathan	313
36	Charles	311
37	Travis	299
38	Zachary	298
39	Tyler	280
40	Richard	278
41	Patrick	259
42	Scott	241
43	Stephen	239
44	Gregory	218
45	Bradley	213
45	Kenneth	213
45	Paul	213
48	Chad	202
49	Bryan	188
49	Sean	188
51	Derek	167
52	Cody	166
53	Samuel	165
54	Jesse	158
55	Shawn	156
56	Jared	151
57	Donald	140
58	Keith	124
59	Brett	111
59	Corey	111
59	Ronald	111
62	Douglas	108
63	Marcus	105
64	Alexander	104
65	Phillip	101
66	Edward	100
67	Jordan	99
68	Craig	98
69	Nathaniel	95
70	Curtis	93
70	Seth	93
72	Cory	92
73	Brent	89
73	Jeffery	89
73	Jeremiah	89
76	Gary	88
76	Shane	88
78	Derrick	82
78	Luke	82
80	Casey	81
81	Blake	80
81	Clayton	80
83	Peter	79
84	Carl	78
85	Jerry	74
85	Lucas	74
87	George	73
88	Caleb	72
88	Randy	72
90	Larry	71
90	Terry	71
92	Lance	70
93	Philip	69
94	Joel	68
94	Raymond	68
96	Dennis	66
97	Todd	65
98	Devin	62
99	Wesley	61
100	Antonio	58
100	Austin	58