Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,752
2	James	1,427
3	William	1,307
4	John	1,179
5	Charles	1,000
6	Donald	959
7	Richard	690
8	George	528
9	Billy	496
10	Harold	461
11	Kenneth	411
12	Jack	409
13	Edward	405
14	Raymond	379
15	Joseph	377
16	Thomas	360
17	Paul	353
18	Eugene	322
19	David	283
20	Bobby	252
20	Ralph	252
22	Frank	240
23	Herbert	236
24	Carl	230
25	Roy	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	213
27	Albert	201
27	Harry	201
29	Clarence	195
30	Earl	192
30	Joe	192
32	Howard	176
33	Gerald	173
34	Melvin	169
35	Henry	168
36	Norman	165
37	Arthur	163
38	Bill	162
39	Floyd	155
40	Fred	154
41	Marvin	153
42	Lawrence	148
43	Louis	147
44	Bob	141
45	Francis	129
46	Leonard	128
47	Junior	126
48	Gene	123
49	Leroy	121
50	Lloyd	120
51	Elmer	115
52	Ray	114
53	Don	113
53	Vernon	113
55	Alfred	110
56	Ernest	109
57	Jerry	108
58	Clifford	105
59	Dale	102
60	Russell	96
61	Ronald	91
62	Herman	90
62	Virgil	90
64	Glen	89
65	Clyde	86
65	Leo	86
67	Jimmie	85
68	Glenn	83
69	Edwin	80
70	Lester	79
71	Billie	78
71	Wayne	78
73	Alvin	77
74	Lee	76
74	Marion	76
76	Jesse	75
77	Daniel	71
78	Bernard	67
79	Cecil	66
80	Jimmy	64
81	Theodore	63
82	Curtis	62
82	Samuel	62
82	Stanley	62
85	Allen	61
85	Willie	61
87	Everett	60
88	Chester	59
89	Lewis	57
90	Leon	56
91	Victor	55
92	Gilbert	54
92	Homer	54
92	Leslie	54
95	Gordon	53
96	Bobbie	52
96	Jackie	52
98	Willard	51
99	Oscar	50
100	Wallace	49