Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,531
2	Robert	1,498
3	John	1,198
4	William	1,013
5	Donald	991
6	Charles	971
7	Richard	759
8	Jerry	613
9	Ronald	591
10	Larry	561
11	David	549
12	Kenneth	507
13	Thomas	441
14	George	409
15	Billy	379
15	Paul	379
17	Gary	356
18	Harold	325
19	Jack	306
20	Edward	302
21	Carl	276
22	Bobby	268
22	Gerald	268
24	Joseph	251
25	Raymond	242

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	210
27	Bill	200
28	Frank	192
29	Don	191
30	Wayne	183
31	Roy	180
32	Ralph	179
33	Michael	178
34	Eugene	163
34	Fred	163
36	Lawrence	162
37	Howard	158
38	Walter	154
39	Jimmie	153
39	Marvin	153
41	Norman	149
42	Bob	146
42	Melvin	146
44	Jim	142
45	Dale	136
46	Arthur	135
46	Earl	135
48	Jimmy	134
49	Roger	133
50	Albert	130
51	Jackie	123
52	Leroy	121
53	Harry	120
54	Gene	115
55	Russell	112
56	Ray	109
57	Henry	108
58	Floyd	96
58	Lloyd	96
60	Clarence	95
61	Ronnie	93
61	Vernon	93
63	Francis	90
64	Terry	88
65	Louis	86
66	Clyde	84
67	Dennis	82
67	Eddie	82
67	Johnny	82
70	Herbert	81
71	Leonard	80
72	Daniel	79
72	Tommy	79
74	Allen	77
74	Glen	77
74	Stanley	77
77	Clifford	73
77	Tom	73
79	Phillip	72
80	Lester	69
81	Glenn	67
82	Bernard	65
82	Darrell	65
82	Theodore	65
85	Lee	64
86	Samuel	63
87	Elmer	61
87	Jesse	61
89	Cecil	60
89	Virgil	60
91	Ernest	59
92	Alfred	57
92	Philip	57
94	Claude	55
95	Curtis	54
96	Edwin	53
96	Leo	53
98	Alvin	52
98	Danny	52
98	Leon	52