Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,684
2	Robert	1,474
3	John	1,323
4	William	1,098
5	Charles	1,056
6	Larry	877
7	Donald	861
8	Richard	855
9	David	732
10	Ronald	685
11	Jerry	671
12	Gary	529
13	Kenneth	515
14	Thomas	475
15	George	448
16	Paul	368
17	Billy	315
18	Harold	293
19	Edward	288
19	Michael	288
21	Joseph	284
22	Gerald	278
23	Carl	266
24	Bobby	254
25	Raymond	231

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	204
27	Roy	202
28	Dennis	191
29	Frank	190
29	Lawrence	190
31	Roger	186
32	Joe	185
33	Wayne	171
34	Walter	162
35	Marvin	157
36	Bill	156
36	Fred	156
38	Norman	154
38	Ralph	154
40	Don	153
41	Dale	146
42	Henry	143
42	Howard	143
44	Arthur	137
45	Earl	133
46	Jim	130
47	Daniel	125
48	Harry	123
49	Bob	122
49	Jimmie	122
51	Albert	120
52	Jimmy	119
53	Eugene	117
54	Jackie	114
54	Ronnie	114
56	Melvin	113
56	Russell	113
58	Terry	109
59	Stephen	104
60	Clarence	103
61	Leroy	100
62	Phillip	99
63	Leonard	96
64	Wendell	92
65	Tommy	91
66	Gene	89
67	Clifford	87
68	Lloyd	85
68	Louis	85
70	Johnny	82
71	Francis	80
71	Ray	80
71	Tom	80
74	Ernest	79
74	Vernon	79
76	Floyd	78
76	Glen	78
78	Eddie	72
79	Darrell	70
79	Franklin	70
79	Herbert	70
82	Allen	69
83	Lee	67
84	Stanley	66
85	Alfred	65
85	Glenn	65
87	Clyde	64
87	Leo	64
89	Jesse	63
90	Anthony	62
91	Patrick	61
92	Bernard	59
93	Danny	58
93	Frederick	58
95	Alvin	57
96	Jerome	56
97	Elmer	55
97	Harvey	55
97	Lester	55
100	Cecil	54
100	Curtis	54
100	Everett	54