Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	319
2	John	287
3	James	274
4	Charles	192
5	George	175
6	Robert	169
7	Harold	115
8	Joseph	111
9	Edward	93
10	Thomas	87
11	Raymond	85
12	Paul	82
13	Frank	81
14	Harry	80
14	Walter	80
16	Roy	78
17	Earl	77
18	Clarence	75
19	Carl	72
20	Ralph	71
21	Henry	70
22	Richard	69
23	Albert	58
24	Lawrence	55
25	Arthur	53

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clyde	50
27	Elmer	49
28	Fred	48
28	Herbert	48
28	Jack	48
31	Howard	46
31	Louis	46
33	Eugene	41
34	Ernest	40
34	Leonard	40
36	Kenneth	39
36	Lester	39
38	Chester	38
39	David	37
40	Floyd	34
40	Francis	34
42	Edwin	32
42	Lloyd	32
42	Virgil	32
45	Marvin	31
46	Joe	30
46	Ray	30
48	Melvin	29
49	Oscar	28
50	Herman	27
51	Alfred	26
51	Cecil	26
51	Leo	26
51	Russell	26
55	Donald	25
55	Marion	25
57	Bernard	23
57	Clifford	23
57	Everett	23
57	Glenn	23
61	Glen	22
61	Leon	22
61	Orville	22
64	Claude	21
64	Jesse	21
64	Lee	21
64	Norman	21
68	Edgar	20
69	Leslie	18
69	Samuel	18
69	Vernon	18
72	Hubert	17
72	Morris	17
72	Victor	17
72	Willie	17
76	Alvin	16
77	Daniel	15
77	Sam	15
79	Anthony	14
79	Charley	14
79	Martin	14
79	Milton	14
79	Stanley	14
79	Wayne	14
79	Willard	14
86	Andrew	13
86	Calvin	13
86	Delbert	13
86	Harvey	13
86	Homer	13
86	Theodore	13
92	Bert	12
92	Forrest	12
92	Oliver	12
95	Frederick	11
95	Gilbert	11
95	Leroy	11
95	Lewis	11
95	Luther	11
95	Mike	11
95	Owen	11
95	Sidney	11