Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,263
1	Michael	1,263
3	Matthew	1,098
4	Joshua	956
5	Andrew	887
6	Ryan	772
7	James	761
8	David	744
9	Daniel	727
10	John	661
11	Brandon	650
12	Justin	627
13	Joseph	619
14	Kyle	600
15	Nicholas	586
16	Robert	549
17	Brian	491
17	William	491
19	Timothy	482
20	Adam	477
21	Jacob	471
22	Jason	464
23	Jonathan	411
23	Kevin	411
25	Eric	398

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	397
26	Steven	397
28	Aaron	380
29	Jeremy	379
30	Thomas	370
31	Dustin	364
32	Tyler	333
33	Zachary	332
34	Jeffrey	311
35	Benjamin	301
36	Charles	297
37	Nathan	281
38	Mark	277
39	Richard	260
40	Stephen	252
41	Bradley	248
42	Scott	247
43	Patrick	246
44	Travis	245
45	Sean	232
46	Cody	220
47	Gregory	215
48	Derek	192
49	Alexander	191
50	Jordan	189
51	Bryan	188
52	Jesse	186
53	Shawn	183
54	Kenneth	179
55	Jared	176
56	Paul	172
57	Brett	166
58	Samuel	159
59	Cory	156
60	Chad	154
61	Corey	135
62	Phillip	122
63	Keith	114
64	Alex	113
65	Shane	111
66	Nathaniel	104
67	Craig	102
67	Edward	102
69	Ronald	100
70	Donald	98
70	Douglas	98
72	Gary	92
73	Caleb	91
74	Brent	86
75	Curtis	84
76	Drew	83
77	Austin	82
78	Blake	81
78	Marcus	81
80	Luke	79
81	Seth	78
82	Casey	77
83	Trevor	75
84	Jeremiah	74
85	Joel	73
86	Lance	72
87	Wesley	71
88	Jeffery	70
89	Terry	69
90	Clayton	68
91	Peter	67
92	Philip	66
92	Randy	66
94	Ian	65
94	Larry	65
94	Todd	65
97	George	64
98	Derrick	61
98	Lucas	61
100	Evan	59