Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 2002

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	760
2	Ethan	530
3	Andrew	516
4	Austin	463
5	Michael	456
6	Joshua	455
7	Joseph	446
8	Matthew	441
9	Tyler	440
10	William	438
11	Zachary	419
12	Nicholas	404
13	Logan	399
14	Samuel	388
15	Alexander	352
15	James	352
17	Dylan	346
18	John	337
19	Christopher	330
20	Ryan	325
21	Benjamin	315
22	Caleb	301
23	Daniel	295
23	Hunter	295
25	Nathan	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Noah	276
27	Brandon	275
27	David	275
29	Anthony	267
30	Kyle	261
31	Justin	253
32	Thomas	249
33	Jordan	245
34	Jackson	244
35	Christian	237
36	Blake	235
37	Cameron	227
38	Elijah	224
38	Jonathan	224
40	Connor	222
40	Gabriel	222
42	Luke	220
43	Robert	218
44	Mason	217
45	Gavin	203
46	Adam	200
47	Jack	195
48	Dalton	191
49	Aaron	187
50	Cole	177
51	Evan	163
52	Ian	159
53	Dakota	156
54	Charles	154
55	Seth	153
56	Grant	151
57	Isaac	148
58	Timothy	147
59	Cody	145
59	Devin	145
61	Chase	142
61	Isaiah	142
63	Lucas	140
64	Garrett	138
64	Jason	138
66	Trevor	133
67	Nathaniel	131
68	Eric	129
69	Alex	127
69	Carter	127
69	Hayden	127
72	Aidan	125
73	Clayton	122
73	Sean	122
73	Tanner	122
76	Wyatt	119
77	Trenton	118
78	Levi	117
79	Bryce	112
79	Riley	112
81	Brayden	108
81	Kevin	108
83	Dominic	106
84	Landon	105
85	Braden	104
86	Jeremiah	102
86	Richard	102
88	Kaleb	101
89	Colton	100
90	Carson	99
90	Gage	99
90	Parker	99
93	Tristan	98
94	Steven	97
95	Jesse	96
96	Brian	95
96	Spencer	95
98	Xavier	88
99	Brendan	86
100	Kenneth	82