Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	617
2	John	606
3	James	484
4	Charles	377
5	Robert	351
6	George	310
7	Joseph	241
8	Edward	236
9	Frank	204
10	Harold	203
11	Raymond	179
12	Paul	164
13	Walter	154
14	Clarence	146
14	Henry	146
14	Thomas	146
17	Ralph	143
18	Albert	142
19	Carl	140
19	Harry	140
21	Richard	127
21	Roy	127
23	Earl	121
24	Lawrence	118
25	Arthur	105

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	99
27	Howard	97
28	Elmer	96
28	Herbert	96
28	Louis	96
31	Eugene	89
32	Fred	85
33	Kenneth	82
34	Donald	76
35	Woodrow	75
36	Clyde	69
37	Joe	68
38	Ernest	67
38	Leonard	67
40	Herman	65
41	Russell	63
42	Cecil	62
43	Alfred	61
43	David	61
43	Francis	61
46	Floyd	56
47	Chester	55
48	Leo	54
49	Norman	52
50	Lester	51
50	Lloyd	51
52	Melvin	50
53	Clifford	49
54	Samuel	48
55	Glenn	47
56	Edgar	46
56	Theodore	46
56	Virgil	46
59	Bernard	45
60	Marvin	44
60	Ray	44
62	Homer	43
63	Claude	42
63	Martin	42
65	Jesse	40
66	Edwin	38
67	Alvin	37
67	Harvey	37
67	Lee	37
67	Orville	37
67	Willie	37
72	Michael	36
73	Lewis	35
74	Warren	34
74	Willard	34
76	Everett	33
76	Frederick	33
76	Leslie	33
76	Marion	33
76	Milton	33
76	Vernon	33
82	Anthony	32
82	Oliver	32
82	Victor	32
85	Andrew	31
85	Leroy	31
87	Oscar	29
87	Vincent	29
89	Charley	28
89	Maurice	28
91	Hugh	27
91	Wayne	27
91	Wilbur	27
94	Archie	26
95	Daniel	25
95	Gerald	25
97	Delbert	24
97	Hubert	24
99	Curtis	23
99	Gilbert	23
99	Guy	23
99	Wilson	23