Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,564
2	Robert	1,469
3	John	1,283
4	William	1,026
5	Charles	983
6	Donald	921
7	Richard	866
8	Larry	708
9	Jerry	655
10	David	634
11	Ronald	571
12	Kenneth	508
13	Thomas	447
14	George	400
15	Gary	364
16	Paul	362
17	Edward	319
18	Harold	306
19	Billy	298
20	Joseph	297
21	Gerald	268
22	Jack	243
23	Raymond	235
24	Carl	230
25	Michael	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	221
27	Joe	204
28	Bill	195
28	Roger	195
30	Roy	190
31	Frank	185
32	Wayne	172
33	Lawrence	166
34	Ralph	165
35	Walter	162
36	Dennis	153
37	Don	149
38	Marvin	144
39	Earl	143
39	Jimmy	143
41	Fred	141
41	Melvin	141
43	Dale	139
43	Eugene	139
45	Arthur	138
45	Harry	138
45	Jim	138
48	Norman	137
49	Bob	128
50	Howard	125
51	Jimmie	121
52	Jackie	119
53	Clarence	115
54	Albert	105
54	Henry	105
56	Gene	104
57	Daniel	103
57	Ray	103
59	Leroy	100
60	Ronnie	99
61	Leonard	98
62	Floyd	96
63	Russell	95
64	Herbert	93
65	Tommy	92
66	Phillip	89
67	Vernon	88
68	Stanley	87
69	Johnny	85
69	Tom	85
71	Louis	84
71	Terry	84
73	Clifford	83
74	Francis	82
74	Glenn	82
76	Lloyd	79
77	Ernest	77
78	Allen	73
79	Darrell	72
79	Glen	72
79	Jesse	72
82	Eddie	67
83	Alfred	64
83	Lee	64
85	Cecil	61
86	Alvin	58
86	Bernard	58
86	Everett	58
86	Gordon	58
86	Lester	58
91	Anthony	56
92	Curtis	55
92	Danny	55
92	Elmer	55
95	Chester	53
95	Philip	53
97	Jerome	52
97	Samuel	52
99	Frederick	51
100	Bruce	50
100	Lewis	50
100	Stephen	50