Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,788
2	William	1,620
3	James	1,534
4	John	1,450
5	Charles	1,182
6	George	730
7	Harold	590
8	Donald	557
9	Richard	524
10	Edward	499
11	Joseph	485
12	Paul	466
13	Kenneth	443
14	Raymond	416
14	Thomas	416
16	Jack	390
17	Eugene	341
18	Walter	333
19	Carl	308
20	Frank	304
21	Ralph	298
22	Clarence	295
23	Roy	293
24	Arthur	277
25	Earl	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	250
27	Henry	226
28	Billy	219
29	Albert	215
30	Melvin	204
31	David	203
32	Joe	197
32	Norman	197
34	Howard	193
35	Lawrence	190
36	Calvin	187
37	Elmer	186
38	Fred	181
39	Marvin	178
40	Louis	168
41	Leonard	165
41	Vernon	165
43	Russell	163
44	Lloyd	159
45	Floyd	157
46	Francis	145
47	Herbert	136
48	Leroy	134
49	Clifford	127
49	Clyde	127
51	Gerald	122
52	Leo	117
53	Bill	113
53	Ray	113
55	Glenn	111
55	Virgil	111
57	Cecil	106
57	Junior	106
57	Wayne	106
60	Edwin	105
60	Lester	105
62	Warren	104
63	Stanley	99
64	Marion	95
65	Samuel	94
66	Lee	93
67	Bernard	90
68	Ernest	89
69	Alfred	87
70	Gene	85
70	Glen	85
70	Victor	85
73	Alvin	83
73	Chester	83
75	Theodore	81
76	Jesse	80
77	Willard	79
78	Daniel	78
78	Edgar	78
78	Everett	78
78	Milton	78
82	Herman	77
83	Wallace	76
84	Harvey	75
85	Bob	69
86	Andrew	68
86	Homer	68
86	Hubert	68
89	Dale	67
90	Leon	66
91	Gilbert	65
91	Lewis	65
93	Delbert	63
93	Frederick	63
95	Claude	61
95	Oliver	61
95	Oscar	61
98	Leslie	60
98	Wilbur	60
100	Don	58