Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,850
2	James	1,449
3	William	1,266
4	John	1,226
5	Charles	1,119
6	Donald	1,027
7	Richard	716
8	George	569
9	Billy	522
10	Kenneth	459
11	Harold	447
12	Thomas	392
13	Edward	389
14	Jack	379
15	Joseph	356
16	Paul	354
17	Eugene	313
18	Raymond	304
19	David	292
20	Bobby	290
21	Carl	262
22	Frank	245
23	Ralph	241
24	Roy	217
25	Norman	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	208
27	Walter	207
28	Joe	206
29	Arthur	199
29	Clarence	199
31	Earl	197
32	Jerry	185
33	Albert	182
34	Henry	178
35	Bill	173
36	Lawrence	171
37	Fred	163
38	Howard	161
39	Marvin	158
40	Gerald	157
40	Melvin	157
42	Leonard	149
43	Herbert	146
44	Bob	141
45	Dale	137
45	Louis	137
47	Floyd	135
48	Leroy	132
49	Clifford	130
49	Vernon	130
51	Don	124
51	Gene	124
51	Ronald	124
54	Ray	116
55	Alfred	115
56	Elmer	113
57	Ernest	112
58	Jimmie	109
58	Wayne	109
60	Francis	105
61	Lloyd	104
62	Leo	99
63	Russell	96
64	Glenn	93
65	Clyde	89
66	Alvin	85
66	Everett	85
68	Stanley	83
69	Billie	82
69	Junior	82
71	Daniel	81
71	Glen	81
73	Cecil	79
73	Jesse	79
73	Lee	79
76	Edwin	77
77	Bernard	76
77	Johnny	76
77	Lester	76
80	Theodore	75
81	Willard	74
82	Claude	73
83	Herman	69
84	Jackie	66
84	Roger	66
84	Virgil	66
87	Jimmy	62
87	Leon	62
87	Marion	62
90	Gilbert	61
91	Martin	60
92	Samuel	59
92	Willie	59
94	Lewis	58
95	Chester	57
95	Jim	57
97	Warren	56
98	Larry	55
99	Tommy	54
100	Edgar	53
100	Orville	53