Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,588
2	Robert	1,533
3	John	1,141
4	Donald	1,116
5	Charles	1,016
6	William	980
7	Richard	730
8	David	569
9	Jerry	547
10	Ronald	491
11	Kenneth	473
12	Larry	412
13	George	402
14	Billy	379
15	Thomas	365
16	Harold	329
17	Paul	312
18	Edward	301
19	Joseph	272
20	Carl	265
21	Bobby	259
22	Jack	241
23	Gerald	228
24	Raymond	224
25	Gary	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	195
27	Frank	190
28	Ralph	186
29	Don	178
30	Marvin	173
30	Roy	173
32	Wayne	169
33	Bill	161
34	Bob	157
35	Eugene	150
35	Melvin	150
37	Walter	144
38	Jimmy	140
39	Dale	137
39	Norman	137
41	Harry	136
42	Jackie	131
43	Jimmie	127
44	Arthur	126
44	Earl	126
44	Lawrence	126
47	Henry	124
47	Michael	124
49	Albert	122
50	Fred	120
50	Howard	120
50	Jim	120
53	Leroy	114
54	Louis	112
54	Roger	112
56	Floyd	105
57	Clarence	104
58	Gene	97
59	Lloyd	94
59	Tommy	94
61	Daniel	91
62	Herbert	89
63	Ray	88
64	Clyde	86
65	Russell	85
65	Stanley	85
65	Vernon	85
68	Leonard	83
69	Francis	82
70	Clifford	80
71	Tom	79
72	Elmer	78
72	Glenn	78
74	Ronnie	74
75	Ernest	72
76	Terry	71
77	Johnny	70
78	Alfred	68
78	Lee	68
80	Eddie	66
80	Phillip	66
82	Leo	63
83	Dennis	62
84	Virgil	60
85	Allen	58
85	Willie	58
87	Anthony	57
87	Cecil	57
89	Bernard	56
89	Glen	56
91	Delbert	55
91	Edwin	55
91	Franklin	55
91	Jesse	55
95	Everett	53
95	Jerome	53
97	Leon	52
97	Lewis	52
99	Darrell	50
99	Leslie	50