Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,262
2	Christopher	1,132
3	Matthew	1,072
4	Joshua	978
5	Andrew	942
6	Justin	767
7	Daniel	729
8	James	719
9	Ryan	705
10	David	696
11	John	603
12	Kyle	599
13	Joseph	585
14	Nicholas	571
15	Robert	570
16	Brandon	565
17	Jacob	511
18	William	501
19	Eric	445
20	Anthony	444
21	Adam	441
22	Timothy	439
23	Brian	431
24	Jason	411
25	Kevin	406

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	371
26	Zachary	371
28	Jonathan	364
28	Thomas	364
30	Benjamin	359
31	Aaron	352
32	Tyler	349
33	Dustin	336
34	Cody	308
35	Jeffrey	305
36	Jeremy	303
37	Charles	291
38	Mark	275
39	Nathan	273
40	Travis	261
41	Richard	259
42	Patrick	244
43	Bradley	231
44	Stephen	226
45	Alexander	215
46	Scott	210
47	Derek	209
48	Sean	207
49	Samuel	205
50	Jesse	191
51	Gregory	186
52	Jordan	185
53	Kenneth	179
54	Bryan	176
55	Jared	170
56	Cory	169
57	Corey	167
57	Paul	167
59	Alex	153
60	Brett	141
60	Phillip	141
62	Shawn	138
63	Keith	131
64	Chad	129
65	Austin	128
66	Caleb	127
67	Nathaniel	111
68	Shane	106
69	Donald	103
70	Marcus	102
71	Clayton	99
71	Curtis	99
73	Edward	95
73	Seth	95
75	Devin	82
75	Todd	82
77	Casey	80
77	Craig	80
77	Trevor	80
80	Ian	79
81	Brent	78
81	Derrick	78
81	Douglas	78
84	Blake	77
84	Lucas	77
86	Larry	76
87	Lance	75
87	Ronald	75
89	Drew	74
90	Wesley	72
91	Philip	71
92	Gary	70
92	George	70
92	Joel	70
92	Peter	70
96	Jeffery	68
96	Mitchell	68
98	Garrett	66
98	Logan	66
98	Terry	66