Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,671
2	William	1,633
3	James	1,533
4	John	1,331
5	Charles	1,062
6	George	727
7	Harold	531
8	Edward	495
9	Richard	492
10	Joseph	488
11	Donald	454
12	Paul	433
13	Kenneth	429
14	Raymond	397
15	Jack	383
16	Thomas	358
17	Ralph	320
18	Frank	305
19	Walter	304
20	Harry	297
21	Eugene	290
22	Roy	264
23	Clarence	261
24	Albert	249
24	Carl	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	246
27	Earl	244
28	Arthur	224
29	David	201
30	Lawrence	198
31	Howard	197
32	Billy	196
33	Joe	187
33	Louis	187
35	Fred	183
35	Marvin	183
37	Lloyd	179
37	Melvin	179
39	Elmer	163
40	Francis	162
41	Norman	160
42	Herbert	159
43	Leonard	156
44	Floyd	153
45	Vernon	152
46	Ray	147
47	Warren	146
48	Clifford	131
49	Clyde	129
50	Ernest	128
51	Russell	125
52	Gerald	124
53	Lester	115
53	Virgil	115
55	Leroy	108
56	Leo	106
57	Alfred	104
57	Wayne	104
59	Glenn	102
59	Samuel	102
61	Edwin	100
62	Cecil	99
62	Chester	99
62	Jesse	99
62	Willard	99
66	Lee	97
67	Stanley	96
68	Bernard	93
68	Marion	93
70	Bill	92
71	Everett	91
72	Calvin	88
73	Glen	85
74	Herman	83
75	Dale	82
76	Alvin	81
76	Lewis	81
78	Theodore	78
79	Junior	77
80	Daniel	76
80	Victor	76
82	Leslie	73
83	Gene	72
84	Harvey	71
84	Wallace	71
84	Willie	71
87	Gilbert	69
88	Wilbur	68
89	Don	67
89	Hubert	67
91	Claude	65
91	Edgar	65
93	Oliver	62
94	Andrew	61
95	Frederick	58
95	Homer	58
95	Martin	58
98	Max	57
99	Anthony	56
99	Delbert	56