Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	907
2	John	899
3	James	726
4	Robert	553
5	Charles	547
6	George	455
7	Joseph	351
8	Edward	297
9	Harold	293
10	Paul	268
11	Frank	264
12	Raymond	260
13	Walter	232
14	Ralph	223
15	Thomas	221
16	Harry	220
17	Arthur	196
18	Richard	194
19	Albert	179
19	Henry	179
21	Clarence	178
22	Carl	176
23	Kenneth	169
24	Roy	168
25	Earl	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	151
27	Lawrence	148
28	Louis	145
29	Elmer	136
29	Fred	136
31	Jack	131
32	Leonard	120
33	Eugene	119
33	Joe	119
35	David	115
36	Donald	113
37	Herbert	112
38	Francis	108
39	Chester	102
40	Russell	99
41	Edwin	95
41	Floyd	95
43	Ernest	92
44	Clyde	90
45	Lester	89
46	Leo	87
47	Lloyd	86
48	Melvin	82
49	Cecil	81
50	Alfred	80
50	Virgil	80
52	Woodrow	78
53	Herman	77
54	Clifford	72
54	Norman	72
56	Everett	71
56	Marvin	71
58	Glen	69
58	Willard	69
60	Claude	67
60	Lee	67
62	Bernard	66
63	Wilbur	65
64	Leroy	64
64	Oscar	64
66	Vernon	63
67	Glenn	62
67	Jesse	62
69	Frederick	61
69	Lewis	61
71	Daniel	60
72	Ray	58
72	Samuel	58
74	Andrew	56
74	Victor	56
76	Orville	55
77	Gerald	54
77	Martin	54
79	Alvin	53
79	Anthony	53
79	Stanley	53
82	Homer	52
82	Marion	52
84	Theodore	50
85	Milton	48
86	Edgar	44
87	Gilbert	43
87	Vincent	43
89	Leslie	42
89	Sam	42
91	Benjamin	41
91	Oliver	41
91	Willie	41
94	Don	40
95	Forrest	39
96	Maurice	38
97	Gordon	37
97	Hubert	37
97	Wayne	37
100	Harvey	35