Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,464
2	Robert	1,454
3	William	1,442
4	John	1,272
5	Charles	1,046
6	George	693
7	Harold	524
8	Joseph	454
9	Richard	439
10	Edward	436
11	Paul	413
11	Raymond	413
13	Kenneth	385
14	Donald	340
15	Eugene	333
15	Jack	333
17	Thomas	313
18	Ralph	310
19	Frank	309
20	Walter	302
21	Roy	290
22	Arthur	279
23	Harry	271
24	Carl	250
25	Earl	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	234
27	Henry	221
28	Albert	218
29	Howard	212
30	Lawrence	207
31	David	195
32	Fred	190
33	Joe	187
34	Melvin	185
35	Elmer	169
36	Louis	167
36	Marvin	167
38	Leonard	165
39	Vernon	164
40	Norman	159
41	Lloyd	155
41	Russell	155
43	Ernest	149
44	Herbert	148
45	Francis	147
46	Billy	145
47	Warren	143
48	Floyd	137
49	Clyde	132
50	Clifford	124
51	Leo	119
51	Lester	119
53	Wayne	114
54	Samuel	111
55	Cecil	110
56	Gerald	109
56	Virgil	109
58	Leroy	108
58	Ray	108
60	Bernard	106
61	Chester	105
61	Herman	105
63	Glenn	103
64	Alfred	96
65	Glen	95
66	Lee	94
67	Everett	91
68	Alvin	86
68	Edwin	86
70	Jesse	85
71	Daniel	84
72	Willard	82
73	Oliver	81
73	Stanley	81
75	Bill	80
76	Wilbur	78
77	Gene	76
77	Marion	76
79	Junior	75
80	Dale	74
81	Theodore	72
82	Harvey	70
82	Lewis	70
84	Leslie	69
84	Victor	69
86	Anthony	68
86	Martin	68
88	Allen	67
88	Maurice	67
90	Edgar	66
90	Homer	66
92	Oscar	65
93	Vincent	61
94	Frederick	60
95	Milton	59
95	Sam	59
97	Gilbert	58
97	Wilbert	58
99	Orville	57
99	Wallace	57