Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	951
2	Austin	813
3	Tyler	698
4	Michael	662
5	Andrew	624
6	Matthew	613
7	Joshua	610
8	Nicholas	604
9	Zachary	596
10	Christopher	579
11	Joseph	527
12	Brandon	523
13	Ryan	474
14	John	442
15	William	429
16	James	424
17	Daniel	391
18	Alexander	376
18	Samuel	376
20	Justin	373
21	Kyle	364
22	Benjamin	356
23	Cody	355
24	Anthony	352
25	Jordan	345

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	315
26	Dylan	315
28	Caleb	312
29	Robert	295
30	Logan	294
31	Aaron	285
32	Thomas	284
33	Nathan	283
34	Jonathan	267
35	Christian	247
36	Dakota	244
37	Adam	226
38	Dalton	220
39	Steven	215
40	Timothy	214
41	Blake	202
42	Charles	201
43	Eric	200
44	Kevin	190
45	Dustin	184
46	Patrick	182
47	Cameron	179
48	Devin	173
49	Ethan	170
50	Brendan	165
51	Luke	161
52	Brian	159
53	Connor	156
53	Jesse	156
55	Trevor	151
55	Tristan	151
57	Bradley	149
57	Cole	149
59	Hunter	148
60	Noah	147
61	Tanner	146
62	Sean	144
63	Alex	142
64	Richard	140
65	Jared	139
66	Seth	137
67	Garrett	136
68	Chase	134
69	Nathaniel	133
70	Evan	131
71	Brett	130
71	Colton	130
73	Clayton	128
74	Jason	127
75	Ian	125
76	Lucas	122
77	Mason	121
78	Mark	119
78	Stephen	119
80	Travis	117
81	Taylor	116
82	Grant	115
82	Jeremy	115
84	Corey	112
85	Collin	108
86	Elijah	104
86	Mitchell	104
88	Jeffrey	103
89	Levi	99
90	Alec	95
91	Jackson	94
91	Wyatt	94
93	Dillon	90
93	Shane	90
95	Paul	89
96	Derek	88
96	Devon	88
98	Spencer	87
99	Bryan	86
100	Isaiah	85
100	Kenneth	85