Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,505
2	James	1,475
3	Donald	1,211
4	John	1,171
5	William	1,035
6	Charles	961
7	Richard	736
8	Jerry	479
9	Billy	451
10	Kenneth	425
11	George	418
12	Paul	408
13	David	375
14	Harold	370
15	Ronald	354
16	Jack	351
17	Thomas	347
18	Edward	296
19	Bobby	279
20	Joseph	277
21	Carl	269
22	Raymond	256
23	Gerald	237
24	Joe	225
25	Larry	221

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	211
27	Don	204
28	Bill	198
29	Eugene	189
30	Norman	182
31	Bob	170
31	Walter	170
33	Ralph	166
34	Marvin	163
35	Gary	161
36	Albert	156
37	Harry	153
38	Lawrence	149
39	Fred	148
40	Roy	145
41	Arthur	144
41	Jimmie	144
43	Earl	142
43	Jackie	142
45	Dale	137
46	Wayne	135
47	Melvin	127
48	Leroy	124
49	Gene	117
50	Henry	116
51	Herbert	113
51	Howard	113
53	Clarence	112
53	Jimmy	112
55	Floyd	111
56	Jim	110
57	Vernon	109
58	Russell	107
59	Louis	101
60	Clifford	100
61	Lloyd	99
62	Ray	98
63	Glenn	97
64	Roger	95
65	Eddie	91
66	Leo	89
67	Stanley	88
68	Leonard	86
69	Elmer	85
70	Ernest	83
71	Francis	82
72	Alfred	81
72	Franklin	81
74	Michael	79
75	Tommy	78
76	Glen	77
77	Phillip	74
78	Daniel	70
78	Virgil	70
80	Bernard	69
80	Lester	69
82	Alvin	68
83	Clyde	67
84	Everett	66
84	Jesse	66
86	Cecil	65
87	Edwin	64
87	Samuel	64
89	Tom	63
90	Lewis	61
91	Leon	60
92	Theodore	59
93	Dennis	58
94	Johnny	57
94	Lee	57
96	Darrell	56
97	Willie	55
98	Allen	54
98	Freddie	54
100	Warren	51