Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,269
2	William	1,225
3	James	1,071
4	Robert	899
5	Charles	844
6	George	627
7	Joseph	425
8	Paul	417
9	Harold	392
10	Edward	390
11	Raymond	335
12	Walter	328
13	Richard	324
14	Thomas	315
15	Frank	299
16	Harry	296
17	Roy	272
18	Henry	269
19	Carl	268
19	Ralph	268
21	Earl	255
22	Kenneth	253
23	Jack	237
24	Albert	232
25	Arthur	231

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	226
26	Donald	226
28	Lawrence	201
29	Howard	199
30	Eugene	198
31	Elmer	191
32	Louis	172
33	Fred	171
34	Floyd	161
35	Melvin	157
36	Leonard	155
37	Lloyd	154
38	Joe	152
39	Francis	150
40	Norman	146
40	Russell	146
42	Herbert	145
43	David	142
44	Clifford	134
45	Ernest	132
46	Clyde	126
46	Virgil	126
48	Lester	125
49	Vernon	121
50	Marvin	119
51	Alfred	116
52	Lee	115
53	Leo	109
54	Cecil	106
55	Chester	97
56	Edwin	96
56	Jesse	96
56	Ray	96
59	Everett	95
60	Gerald	91
60	Homer	91
62	Edgar	90
62	Herman	90
64	Glenn	88
65	Orville	87
66	Woodrow	86
67	Bernard	85
68	Frederick	82
69	Willard	81
70	Leroy	80
71	Oscar	78
72	Lewis	74
73	Martin	73
73	Samuel	73
75	Glen	72
75	Stanley	72
75	Vincent	72
78	Wayne	71
79	Andrew	70
79	Anthony	70
81	Wilbur	67
82	Sam	65
83	Gilbert	63
83	Leslie	63
85	Claude	62
86	Victor	59
87	Alvin	55
87	Marion	55
89	Benjamin	54
89	Willie	54
91	Allen	53
92	Theodore	52
93	Harvey	51
94	Daniel	50
94	Hubert	50
94	Max	50
94	Warren	50
98	Bill	49
98	Luther	49
98	Oliver	49