Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,506
2	Robert	1,505
3	John	1,109
4	Donald	1,096
5	William	1,015
6	Charles	989
7	Richard	737
8	Ronald	477
9	Jerry	473
10	George	447
11	Kenneth	441
12	David	430
13	Thomas	377
14	Billy	371
14	Paul	371
16	Harold	335
17	Jack	318
18	Edward	300
19	Joseph	289
19	Larry	289
21	Bobby	278
22	Carl	269
23	Raymond	263
24	Gerald	224
25	Joe	221

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	198
27	Bob	183
28	Walter	177
29	Don	173
29	Lawrence	173
31	Gary	172
32	Eugene	170
33	Roy	169
34	Frank	164
35	Ralph	161
36	Wayne	150
37	Fred	149
38	Norman	147
39	Roger	143
40	Jimmie	142
41	Melvin	138
42	Jimmy	137
43	Arthur	132
43	Earl	132
43	Marvin	132
46	Jackie	131
47	Dale	124
47	Harry	124
49	Howard	123
50	Jim	121
51	Gene	117
52	Albert	115
53	Lloyd	111
54	Michael	108
55	Henry	104
56	Leroy	103
57	Ray	100
58	Clarence	98
59	Vernon	94
60	Franklin	92
60	Herbert	92
62	Ernest	91
63	Leonard	89
64	Floyd	88
65	Louis	87
66	Francis	86
67	Russell	83
68	Alfred	81
69	Clifford	77
69	Daniel	77
71	Clyde	75
72	Eddie	73
72	Tommy	73
74	Glenn	71
75	Lee	69
76	Cecil	68
77	Stanley	66
78	Allen	63
79	Elmer	62
79	Glen	62
79	Johnny	62
79	Leo	62
79	Marion	62
84	Claude	61
85	Darrell	58
85	Phillip	58
85	Warren	58
88	Jerome	57
88	Tom	57
88	Virgil	57
91	Alvin	56
91	Jesse	56
93	Martin	55
94	Dennis	52
94	Samuel	52
96	Lester	51
97	Leon	50
98	Everett	48
99	Max	47
100	Gordon	46