Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,252
2	John	1,142
3	James	966
4	Robert	809
5	Charles	805
6	George	605
7	Joseph	443
8	Harold	432
9	Edward	420
10	Paul	407
11	Raymond	350
12	Frank	338
13	Walter	315
14	Harry	311
15	Carl	305
16	Ralph	284
17	Thomas	267
18	Clarence	258
19	Roy	257
20	Richard	246
21	Kenneth	235
22	Arthur	233
23	Henry	231
24	Earl	227
25	Albert	218

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	208
27	Elmer	202
28	Fred	193
29	Jack	188
30	Eugene	185
31	Lawrence	177
32	Louis	167
33	Donald	166
34	Floyd	163
35	Francis	155
36	Herbert	154
37	Cecil	147
38	Joe	146
39	Melvin	145
40	David	141
41	Russell	134
41	Willard	134
43	Leo	133
44	Clyde	128
44	Ernest	128
46	Lester	124
47	Leonard	122
48	Lloyd	121
49	Edwin	117
50	Ray	110
50	Virgil	110
52	Clifford	109
53	Chester	106
54	Marvin	105
55	Everett	100
56	Alfred	98
56	Jesse	98
56	Norman	98
59	Glen	96
59	Glenn	96
59	Vernon	96
62	Herman	92
63	Samuel	89
64	Lee	88
65	Alvin	86
66	Homer	85
67	Andrew	79
67	Frederick	79
69	Claude	74
69	Orville	74
69	Stanley	74
69	Victor	74
73	Wilbur	73
74	Bernard	72
75	Edgar	70
76	Woodrow	69
77	Vincent	67
78	Leroy	66
78	Oliver	66
78	Oscar	66
81	Marion	65
82	Theodore	64
83	Leon	61
83	Milton	61
83	Wayne	61
86	Gilbert	60
87	Gerald	58
88	Daniel	57
88	Leslie	57
90	Benjamin	54
91	Lewis	52
92	Harvey	51
92	Martin	51
92	Sam	51
95	Ben	48
95	Hubert	48
97	Morris	47
97	Warren	47
99	Maurice	46
100	Gene	45
100	Max	45