Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,287
2	John	1,239
3	James	1,067
4	Charles	911
5	Robert	850
6	George	594
7	Joseph	452
8	Harold	442
9	Edward	426
10	Paul	408
11	Raymond	382
12	Frank	347
13	Walter	313
14	Thomas	312
15	Harry	301
16	Richard	294
17	Arthur	283
18	Carl	282
19	Ralph	271
20	Kenneth	268
21	Roy	262
22	Henry	249
23	Albert	248
24	Clarence	247
25	Earl	242

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elmer	206
27	Howard	202
28	Jack	198
29	Eugene	191
29	Fred	191
31	Donald	177
32	Francis	164
33	Louis	161
34	Lawrence	160
35	Joe	157
36	David	155
37	Virgil	148
38	Leonard	146
39	Herbert	145
40	Melvin	137
40	Russell	137
42	Lloyd	133
43	Lester	128
43	Woodrow	128
45	Ernest	127
45	Floyd	127
47	Clyde	125
47	Marvin	125
49	Ray	122
50	Clifford	117
50	Leo	117
52	Willard	110
53	Cecil	109
54	Norman	108
55	Jesse	103
56	Alfred	101
57	Chester	100
58	Edwin	99
59	Glenn	97
59	Leroy	97
59	Vernon	97
62	Herman	96
63	Claude	95
64	Lee	91
65	Everett	87
65	Orville	87
67	Victor	83
68	Vincent	82
69	Samuel	81
70	Homer	80
71	Gerald	79
72	Edgar	76
72	Glen	76
74	Hubert	74
74	Marion	74
76	Alvin	73
76	Bernard	73
78	Frederick	72
78	Wilbur	72
80	Lewis	67
80	Stanley	67
80	Wayne	67
83	Milton	65
84	Oscar	64
85	Leslie	63
85	Theodore	63
87	Harvey	61
88	Daniel	58
88	Leon	58
90	Willie	57
91	Oliver	56
92	Anthony	55
93	Andrew	54
94	Maurice	52
94	Max	52
96	Benjamin	51
96	Gilbert	51
98	Allen	50
99	Sam	49
100	Arnold	46
100	Curtis	46
100	Don	46
100	Martin	46