Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,544
2	James	1,497
3	Robert	1,405
4	John	1,403
5	Charles	1,065
6	George	701
7	Harold	572
8	Joseph	523
9	Kenneth	443
10	Edward	427
10	Paul	427
12	Raymond	416
13	Richard	410
14	Thomas	398
15	Donald	359
16	Jack	357
17	Ralph	354
18	Warren	322
19	Eugene	312
20	Walter	305
21	Frank	303
22	Carl	302
23	Arthur	287
24	Harry	286
25	Earl	278

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	272
27	Roy	259
28	Albert	245
29	Henry	240
30	Howard	234
31	Lawrence	221
32	Joe	214
33	Fred	207
34	Elmer	199
35	David	195
36	Lloyd	178
36	Louis	178
38	Melvin	166
39	Francis	163
40	Herbert	162
41	Floyd	160
42	Vernon	158
43	Leonard	150
43	Norman	150
45	Clifford	148
46	Marvin	146
47	Leo	141
48	Leroy	138
48	Ray	138
50	Lester	134
51	Russell	132
52	Clyde	124
53	Chester	121
54	Ernest	120
54	Gerald	120
56	Virgil	117
57	Jesse	115
58	Billy	111
59	Bernard	108
60	Alfred	105
60	Lee	105
62	Edwin	102
63	Glenn	101
64	Cecil	98
65	Glen	97
66	Wayne	96
67	Herman	95
68	Alvin	94
68	Samuel	94
70	Stanley	90
71	Everett	89
72	Daniel	81
73	Harvey	79
73	Lewis	79
75	Edgar	78
76	Willard	77
77	Andrew	76
77	Victor	76
79	Homer	75
79	Orville	75
81	Wilbur	73
82	Delbert	72
83	Marion	70
84	Bill	69
84	Theodore	69
86	Claude	66
86	Frederick	66
86	Leslie	66
89	Gilbert	65
89	Oscar	65
91	Gene	62
91	Leon	62
91	Oliver	62
91	Sam	62
91	Wilbert	62
96	Martin	60
97	Milton	59
98	Hubert	58
98	Max	58
98	Willie	58