Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,763
2	James	1,341
3	Donald	1,245
4	John	1,156
5	William	1,152
6	Charles	1,067
7	Richard	775
8	Billy	534
9	George	493
10	Kenneth	492
11	Harold	437
12	Jack	399
13	Paul	382
14	Thomas	370
15	Bobby	328
15	Edward	328
17	David	307
18	Raymond	296
19	Joseph	293
20	Jerry	290
21	Carl	281
22	Ronald	256
23	Eugene	239
24	Joe	228
25	Frank	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	226
27	Walter	220
28	Norman	216
29	Ralph	206
30	Marvin	197
31	Bob	196
32	Roy	194
33	Gerald	192
34	Arthur	177
35	Earl	176
36	Don	169
37	Henry	167
38	Harry	160
39	Lawrence	159
40	Albert	153
41	Clarence	148
41	Dale	148
43	Gene	146
44	Melvin	139
45	Howard	137
46	Wayne	129
47	Vernon	128
48	Floyd	126
48	Leonard	126
50	Lloyd	125
51	Fred	124
52	Leroy	121
53	Jimmie	120
54	Louis	116
55	Jimmy	112
56	Franklin	109
57	Ray	108
58	Jackie	107
59	Herbert	105
60	Leo	103
61	Russell	101
62	Ernest	99
62	Francis	99
64	Jim	95
65	Roger	93
66	Daniel	91
66	Larry	91
68	Elmer	90
69	Glenn	84
70	Clifford	82
71	Cecil	81
71	Edwin	81
71	Junior	81
74	Clyde	79
75	Lester	78
76	Stanley	74
77	Glen	71
77	Virgil	71
79	Eddie	68
80	Lee	67
80	Leon	67
82	Alfred	66
82	Delbert	66
84	Everett	65
85	Theodore	64
86	Bernard	63
87	Alvin	61
87	Harvey	61
87	Herman	61
87	Samuel	61
91	Marion	57
91	Tommy	57
93	Bobbie	55
94	Billie	53
94	Claude	53
96	Anthony	52
97	Chester	51
97	Lewis	51
99	Allen	50
99	Jesse	50
99	Orville	50
99	Tom	50