Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	1,034
2	Austin	741
3	Tyler	654
4	Michael	633
5	Nicholas	582
6	Matthew	581
7	Zachary	556
8	Andrew	548
9	Joshua	520
10	Joseph	493
11	Christopher	466
12	Brandon	464
13	John	443
14	James	427
15	William	424
16	Ryan	411
17	Dylan	376
18	Alexander	372
19	Samuel	369
20	Daniel	367
21	Jordan	359
22	Kyle	346
23	Justin	340
24	David	325
25	Logan	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Caleb	314
27	Nathan	307
28	Noah	302
29	Ethan	300
29	Robert	300
31	Jonathan	271
32	Anthony	261
33	Benjamin	260
34	Cameron	258
35	Cody	247
35	Hunter	247
37	Thomas	246
38	Blake	243
39	Dakota	241
40	Dalton	239
41	Christian	237
42	Aaron	233
43	Connor	224
44	Timothy	197
45	Adam	191
46	Charles	189
47	Trevor	177
48	Luke	176
49	Cole	174
49	Jared	174
51	Devin	173
52	Eric	167
53	Alex	165
54	Chase	163
55	Jack	158
56	Tanner	157
57	Nathaniel	154
58	Mason	149
59	Jason	148
60	Sean	142
61	Kevin	141
62	Evan	140
62	Seth	140
64	Brian	138
64	Garrett	138
66	Spencer	136
67	Brendan	134
67	Steven	134
69	Ian	133
70	Lucas	129
71	Patrick	125
72	Jackson	123
73	Brett	120
74	Clayton	119
74	Richard	119
76	Colton	114
77	Grant	109
77	Jesse	109
79	Dustin	108
79	Elijah	108
79	Isaac	108
79	Mark	108
79	Tristan	108
84	Levi	105
85	Bryce	101
85	Collin	101
87	Stephen	100
88	Isaiah	99
89	Kaleb	98
89	Kenneth	98
91	Jeremy	95
92	Gavin	94
92	Taylor	94
92	Trenton	94
95	Gabriel	93
95	Marcus	93
97	Wyatt	91
98	Bradley	89
99	Devon	87
100	Dillon	86