Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,827
2	James	1,485
3	William	1,437
4	John	1,370
5	Charles	1,101
6	Donald	781
7	George	663
8	Richard	574
9	Harold	562
10	Paul	447
11	Kenneth	417
12	Billy	395
13	Jack	393
14	Edward	392
15	Joseph	389
16	Raymond	373
17	Thomas	357
18	Eugene	341
19	Ralph	295
20	Walter	293
21	Frank	271
22	Carl	263
23	Earl	253
24	Roy	249
25	Arthur	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	214
27	Joe	213
28	Henry	208
29	David	194
30	Harry	193
31	Clarence	192
32	Howard	188
33	Norman	187
34	Lloyd	180
35	Lawrence	179
36	Marvin	173
37	Floyd	172
38	Bill	168
39	Elmer	165
40	Bobby	160
41	Gerald	154
42	Louis	149
43	Melvin	148
44	Bob	146
44	Fred	146
46	Leonard	139
47	Francis	138
47	Gene	138
49	Leroy	132
50	Ernest	128
51	Lester	125
52	Herbert	124
52	Vernon	124
54	Russell	118
54	Wayne	118
56	Clifford	117
57	Ray	113
58	Clyde	111
59	Junior	110
60	Virgil	109
61	Jesse	108
62	Glenn	102
62	Leo	102
64	Don	98
65	Alfred	97
66	Billie	90
67	Lee	86
68	Alvin	85
69	Calvin	84
69	Everett	84
71	Edwin	83
72	Dale	82
73	Bernard	81
73	Jerry	81
73	Marion	81
73	Samuel	81
77	Ronald	80
78	Cecil	79
78	Glen	79
78	Stanley	79
81	Herman	78
82	Warren	73
83	Jimmie	71
83	Milton	71
85	Claude	68
85	Willard	68
87	Daniel	66
88	Edgar	64
88	Harvey	64
90	Chester	62
91	Roger	60
92	Leslie	59
92	Orville	59
92	Theodore	59
95	Gilbert	57
96	Delbert	55
96	Lewis	55
96	Max	55
96	Oliver	55
96	Victor	55
96	Wilbur	55