Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,428
2	John	1,368
3	Robert	1,125
4	James	1,120
5	Charles	921
6	George	677
7	Joseph	566
8	Harold	463
9	Edward	450
10	Paul	410
11	Raymond	403
12	Frank	362
13	Thomas	324
14	Walter	323
15	Richard	307
16	Roy	306
17	Ralph	304
18	Harry	302
19	Kenneth	290
20	Clarence	285
21	Earl	278
22	Donald	272
23	Arthur	262
24	Carl	256
24	Jack	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	246
27	Henry	243
28	Albert	236
29	Fred	212
30	Elmer	206
31	Lawrence	201
32	Howard	197
33	Leonard	191
34	Russell	188
35	Francis	183
36	Lloyd	182
37	Melvin	170
38	Vernon	167
39	Joe	160
40	Floyd	155
41	David	151
42	Lester	148
43	Virgil	145
44	Herbert	142
45	Marvin	141
45	Ray	141
47	Louis	140
48	Ernest	133
49	Norman	128
50	Leo	127
51	Clyde	123
52	Clifford	121
53	Alfred	119
54	Jesse	117
55	Chester	111
56	Herman	107
57	Edwin	105
58	Alvin	104
58	Woodrow	104
60	Glenn	102
60	Leroy	102
62	Claude	97
63	Everett	96
64	Gerald	94
64	Samuel	94
66	Willard	92
67	Glen	91
68	Cecil	89
69	Victor	87
70	Marion	83
70	Stanley	83
72	Homer	79
73	Bernard	75
73	Edgar	75
75	Lee	74
75	Orville	74
75	Wayne	74
75	Wilbur	74
79	Lewis	73
80	Anthony	72
80	Martin	72
82	Daniel	71
82	Leslie	71
82	Oscar	71
85	Frederick	68
86	Allen	63
86	Gilbert	63
86	Harvey	63
86	Theodore	63
90	Sam	60
90	Willie	60
92	Andrew	59
93	Oliver	58
94	Forrest	56
94	Vincent	56
96	Hubert	54
96	Maurice	54
98	Leon	52
98	Milton	52
100	Max	51