Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,453
2	John	1,361
3	James	1,273
4	Robert	1,264
5	Charles	1,036
6	George	660
7	Harold	527
8	Joseph	474
9	Paul	441
10	Edward	434
11	Raymond	411
12	Richard	382
13	Frank	370
14	Jack	350
15	Thomas	335
16	Donald	325
17	Walter	322
18	Kenneth	318
19	Ralph	293
20	Roy	286
21	Carl	281
22	Eugene	280
23	Arthur	266
24	Harry	259
25	Clarence	246

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	240
26	Henry	240
28	Warren	231
29	Howard	227
30	Albert	214
31	Elmer	200
32	Fred	193
33	Leonard	184
34	Russell	182
35	Marvin	181
36	David	177
36	Francis	177
36	Herbert	177
39	Lloyd	176
40	Lawrence	173
41	Melvin	171
42	Joe	164
43	Louis	159
44	Floyd	156
45	Norman	153
46	Vernon	145
47	Ray	135
48	Clifford	133
48	Lester	133
50	Ernest	124
51	Leo	123
52	Alfred	119
52	Clyde	119
52	Leroy	119
55	Gerald	118
56	Virgil	116
57	Chester	107
58	Cecil	104
59	Edwin	99
59	Glenn	99
61	Stanley	96
62	Bernard	95
62	Everett	95
64	Herman	94
64	Samuel	94
66	Wilbur	93
67	Jesse	90
68	Glen	89
68	Wayne	89
70	Lee	88
71	Edgar	86
72	Billy	81
72	Theodore	81
72	Willard	81
75	Alvin	80
75	Marion	80
77	Oscar	76
78	Homer	75
79	Lewis	74
80	Leon	73
81	Claude	72
82	Orville	71
83	Andrew	70
83	Oliver	70
83	Victor	70
86	Martin	69
87	Frederick	66
87	Gilbert	66
87	Harvey	66
90	Anthony	65
91	Max	63
92	Daniel	62
92	Don	62
92	Wallace	62
95	Leslie	61
96	Vincent	60
97	Junior	59
98	Allen	54
98	Maurice	54
100	Delbert	53
100	Hubert	53
100	Milton	53