Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,337
2	Christopher	1,266
3	Matthew	1,158
4	Joshua	1,097
5	James	825
6	Daniel	807
7	Andrew	776
8	Ryan	774
9	David	764
10	Brandon	758
11	John	723
12	Justin	649
13	Robert	638
14	Joseph	610
15	Jason	598
16	Adam	587
17	Nicholas	583
18	William	509
19	Brian	507
20	Kyle	488
21	Timothy	483
22	Eric	465
23	Jacob	442
24	Anthony	441
25	Kevin	424

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	392
26	Jonathan	392
28	Thomas	380
29	Steven	370
30	Jeremy	354
31	Dustin	339
32	Zachary	327
33	Mark	318
34	Jeffrey	313
35	Benjamin	300
36	Nathan	297
36	Tyler	297
38	Stephen	290
39	Richard	286
40	Scott	277
41	Charles	268
42	Patrick	251
43	Travis	249
44	Bradley	246
45	Cody	231
46	Gregory	227
47	Paul	226
48	Bryan	218
49	Kenneth	215
50	Sean	214
51	Shawn	192
52	Jared	180
53	Derek	171
54	Chad	168
55	Jesse	165
56	Samuel	162
57	Corey	154
58	Brett	140
59	Alexander	137
60	Nathaniel	131
61	Keith	129
62	Jordan	124
63	Brent	119
64	Phillip	118
65	Donald	117
66	Douglas	110
66	Shane	110
68	Cory	103
69	Blake	99
70	Craig	96
71	Joel	94
72	Caleb	91
73	Marcus	89
74	Curtis	88
74	Larry	88
76	Ronald	87
77	Austin	86
78	Derrick	85
78	Lucas	85
80	Gary	83
81	Dennis	82
82	Luke	81
83	Jeffery	79
84	Philip	78
85	Peter	76
85	Terry	76
87	Casey	74
87	Edward	74
87	Jeremiah	74
90	Lance	73
91	Antonio	72
91	Shaun	72
93	Raymond	69
93	Seth	69
95	Clayton	68
95	Wesley	68
97	Alex	65
97	Drew	65
99	Ian	60
100	Jerry	57
100	Micheal	57