Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1910

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	314
2	John	288
3	James	243
4	Charles	183
5	Robert	176
6	George	170
7	Joseph	105
8	Thomas	91
9	Edward	88
9	Paul	88
11	Frank	87
12	Harold	82
13	Raymond	79
14	Henry	77
15	Carl	75
16	Harry	68
17	Earl	65
17	Walter	65
19	Roy	59
20	Fred	57
21	Clarence	56
21	Jack	56
23	Richard	54
24	Ralph	53
25	Albert	52

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	50
26	Howard	50
28	Louis	49
29	Elmer	44
30	Floyd	42
31	Lee	38
31	Ray	38
33	Joe	37
33	Lloyd	37
35	Herbert	36
36	Lawrence	35
37	Leo	33
38	Chester	32
38	Clyde	32
38	Kenneth	32
38	Leonard	32
42	Eugene	30
43	Cecil	29
43	Everett	29
43	Lester	29
46	Alfred	28
46	Herman	28
46	Russell	28
49	Ernest	25
49	Virgil	25
51	Clifford	24
51	Edgar	24
51	Glenn	24
51	Jesse	24
55	Oscar	23
56	Claude	22
56	Victor	22
58	Anthony	21
58	Donald	21
58	Vernon	21
58	Willie	21
62	David	20
62	Orville	20
64	Sam	19
65	Alvin	18
65	Francis	18
65	Milton	18
65	Samuel	18
65	Willard	18
70	Theodore	17
71	Bernard	16
71	Glen	16
71	Homer	16
71	Lewis	16
71	Marvin	16
76	Bill	14
76	Leroy	14
76	Melvin	14
76	Norman	14
80	Andrew	13
80	Ben	13
80	Daniel	13
80	Harvey	13
80	Leslie	13
85	Gerald	12
85	Hubert	12
85	Marion	12
85	Stanley	12
89	Allen	11
89	Benjamin	11
89	Byron	11
89	Edwin	11
89	Vincent	11
94	Charley	10
94	Charlie	10
94	Delbert	10
94	Frederick	10
94	Ira	10
94	Johnnie	10
94	Loren	10
94	Loyd	10
94	Oliver	10
94	Otto	10
94	Steve	10
94	Tom	10
94	Vernie	10
94	Wilbert	10