Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,267
2	Christopher	1,116
3	Joshua	1,022
4	Matthew	942
5	Andrew	887
6	Justin	779
7	Ryan	727
8	James	697
9	David	669
10	Daniel	654
11	Kyle	645
12	John	638
13	Joseph	596
14	Nicholas	575
15	Brandon	573
16	Robert	562
17	Jacob	535
18	William	478
19	Zachary	455
20	Anthony	447
21	Adam	422
22	Timothy	420
23	Aaron	416
24	Brian	400
25	Tyler	396

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	390
27	Jonathan	388
28	Kevin	384
29	Thomas	382
30	Cody	376
31	Steven	342
32	Benjamin	340
33	Dustin	335
34	Charles	324
35	Jason	321
36	Nathan	285
37	Jeremy	278
38	Mark	274
39	Travis	261
40	Alexander	256
41	Patrick	254
42	Jeffrey	252
43	Stephen	233
44	Bradley	230
45	Richard	225
46	Samuel	222
46	Sean	222
48	Scott	220
49	Derek	219
50	Jordan	210
51	Jared	193
52	Corey	192
53	Gregory	190
54	Jesse	186
55	Paul	181
56	Austin	176
56	Bryan	176
58	Kenneth	171
59	Cory	167
60	Alex	153
61	Brett	140
62	Nathaniel	138
63	Shane	134
64	Caleb	130
65	Cameron	128
66	Chad	127
67	Shawn	123
68	Seth	116
69	Keith	115
70	Blake	112
71	Phillip	106
72	Devin	98
73	Edward	96
74	Trevor	95
75	Donald	94
76	Logan	92
77	Curtis	89
78	Douglas	88
78	Evan	88
78	Luke	88
81	Lucas	84
82	Casey	83
83	Clayton	81
83	Derrick	81
85	Ronald	79
86	Jeffery	77
86	Joel	77
86	Marcus	77
89	Brent	75
89	Craig	75
89	Garrett	75
89	Mitchell	75
93	Levi	73
94	Peter	71
94	Taylor	71
96	Ian	68
97	Larry	67
97	Spencer	67
99	Todd	66
100	Carl	63
100	Raymond	63