Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,879
2	James	1,601
3	William	1,535
4	John	1,370
5	Charles	1,051
6	Donald	653
7	Richard	638
8	George	630
9	Harold	542
10	Edward	448
11	Kenneth	441
12	Paul	419
13	Joseph	411
14	Jack	409
15	Raymond	400
16	Thomas	354
17	Billy	350
18	Carl	324
19	Eugene	301
20	Frank	295
21	Ralph	293
22	Walter	279
23	Roy	250
24	Clarence	244
25	Harry	237

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	224
27	Henry	221
28	Albert	218
29	Howard	214
30	David	206
30	Joe	206
32	Arthur	201
33	Norman	196
34	Marvin	191
35	Bill	179
36	Lawrence	174
37	Floyd	173
38	Melvin	170
39	Lloyd	156
40	Gerald	151
40	Leonard	151
40	Louis	151
43	Francis	150
44	Fred	140
44	Russell	140
46	Elmer	139
47	Vernon	136
48	Leo	135
49	Virgil	129
50	Herbert	127
51	Clifford	123
52	Gene	122
53	Junior	119
54	Leroy	118
55	Edwin	117
56	Ray	116
57	Clyde	115
58	Bobby	114
58	Ernest	114
60	Alfred	109
61	Glenn	107
62	Wayne	106
63	Alvin	105
64	Calvin	103
65	Bob	101
66	Jesse	99
67	Cecil	97
68	Lester	96
69	Dale	93
70	Don	92
71	Marion	84
72	Harvey	83
73	Lee	82
74	Glen	81
74	Lewis	81
74	Stanley	81
77	Billie	78
77	Edgar	78
79	Herman	77
80	Leon	76
81	Homer	74
82	Bernard	73
82	Daniel	73
82	Warren	73
82	Willard	73
86	Chester	72
86	Everett	72
88	Samuel	71
89	Claude	70
90	Victor	69
91	Jerry	67
91	Orville	67
93	Willie	66
94	Frederick	63
95	Allen	62
96	Milton	61
96	Theodore	61
96	Vincent	61
99	Jimmie	60
99	Ronald	60