Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,804
2	James	1,371
3	William	1,328
4	John	1,231
5	Charles	1,049
6	Donald	854
7	Richard	624
8	George	579
9	Harold	514
10	Kenneth	458
11	Billy	452
12	Paul	418
13	Joseph	394
14	Jack	385
15	Edward	382
16	Raymond	358
17	Thomas	347
18	Eugene	328
19	Ralph	264
20	Carl	256
21	Walter	254
22	Roy	242
23	Frank	235
24	Harry	222
25	Earl	221

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	214
27	Arthur	210
28	Herbert	209
29	David	205
30	Bobby	196
31	Norman	185
32	Howard	180
33	Clarence	177
34	Lawrence	170
35	Henry	165
36	Albert	164
37	Louis	161
38	Gerald	160
39	Alfred	159
39	Gene	159
39	Melvin	159
42	Bill	157
43	Marvin	156
44	Fred	153
45	Floyd	149
46	Leonard	146
47	Vernon	145
48	Bob	138
49	Francis	137
50	Ray	118
51	Jerry	116
51	Lloyd	116
53	Clyde	111
53	Elmer	111
53	Ernest	111
56	Russell	109
57	Glenn	107
58	Leroy	102
59	Ronald	99
60	Clifford	95
61	Wayne	94
62	Don	93
62	Stanley	93
62	Virgil	93
65	Glen	92
66	Junior	90
67	Bernard	85
68	Edwin	83
69	Cecil	81
69	Leo	81
71	Samuel	80
72	Jesse	79
73	Chester	77
74	Alvin	76
75	Lee	75
75	Warren	75
77	Lester	74
78	Dale	73
79	Jimmie	72
80	Lewis	71
81	Herman	70
82	Billie	68
82	Willard	68
84	Daniel	67
85	Willie	66
86	Johnny	65
86	Wilbur	65
88	Theodore	64
89	Harvey	63
90	Everett	62
90	Marion	62
92	Claude	59
92	Max	59
94	Gilbert	58
94	Roger	58
96	Eddie	55
96	Milton	55
98	Frederick	54
98	Victor	54
100	Leon	53
100	Martin	53