Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,298
2	John	1,252
3	James	1,133
4	Robert	1,094
5	Charles	866
6	George	648
7	Joseph	504
8	Harold	467
9	Raymond	424
10	Edward	415
11	Paul	353
12	Thomas	338
13	Walter	318
14	Richard	301
15	Kenneth	287
16	Frank	283
17	Ralph	267
18	Roy	260
19	Jack	253
20	Arthur	247
21	Carl	246
21	Harry	246
23	Clarence	245
24	Albert	238
25	Donald	235

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	227
27	Earl	215
28	Howard	210
29	Henry	208
30	Elmer	198
31	Leonard	183
32	Fred	181
32	Lloyd	181
34	David	175
35	Lawrence	161
36	Melvin	156
37	Joe	153
38	Herbert	151
39	Vernon	149
40	Marvin	147
41	Cecil	145
41	Norman	145
41	Russell	145
44	Louis	144
45	Clyde	139
46	Clifford	138
47	Francis	137
48	Ray	134
49	Leo	133
50	Ernest	132
51	Chester	130
52	Floyd	127
53	Lester	118
54	Virgil	110
55	Gerald	106
56	Alfred	102
56	Everett	102
58	Leroy	99
58	Willard	99
60	Bernard	94
60	Theodore	94
60	Wayne	94
63	Glenn	93
64	Edwin	90
64	Samuel	90
64	Victor	90
67	Glen	89
68	Claude	88
69	Herman	84
70	Jesse	82
71	Alvin	79
71	Gilbert	79
71	Homer	79
74	Lee	78
75	Stanley	77
76	Marion	76
77	Wilbur	75
78	Vincent	72
79	Edgar	70
80	Orville	66
81	Frederick	65
81	Warren	65
83	Oliver	63
83	Oscar	63
85	Hubert	61
86	Don	56
86	Leon	56
86	Milton	56
89	Daniel	55
89	Lewis	55
91	Anthony	53
91	Benjamin	53
91	Dale	53
94	Martin	52
95	Andrew	50
96	Gordon	49
96	Max	49
96	Willie	49
99	Allen	48
99	Billy	48
99	Maurice	48
99	Sam	48