Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,859
2	Robert	1,598
3	John	1,424
4	William	1,187
5	Charles	1,091
6	Larry	1,057
7	Richard	937
8	Donald	866
9	Jerry	834
10	Ronald	779
11	David	756
12	Gary	584
13	Thomas	529
14	Kenneth	515
15	George	419
16	Paul	366
17	Joseph	361
18	Michael	340
19	Edward	310
20	Harold	306
21	Gerald	300
22	Raymond	281
23	Carl	258
24	Billy	255
25	Jack	231

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	223
27	Lawrence	199
28	Dennis	197
29	Frank	188
30	Roger	185
31	Joe	183
31	Roy	183
33	Bill	181
34	Jimmy	166
34	Ralph	166
36	Wayne	164
37	Fred	160
38	Walter	155
39	Don	151
40	Howard	150
40	Ronnie	150
42	Marvin	149
43	Dale	144
44	Eugene	142
45	Albert	139
46	Arthur	137
47	Stephen	136
48	Norman	133
49	Daniel	132
50	Harry	131
51	Clarence	129
51	Melvin	129
53	Jimmie	127
54	Henry	123
55	Jackie	122
55	Terry	122
57	Jim	116
58	Leroy	114
59	Stanley	109
60	Phillip	107
61	Bob	101
62	Tommy	99
63	Earl	97
64	Leonard	95
65	Russell	93
66	Eddie	92
67	Darrell	91
68	Francis	90
69	Floyd	89
69	Louis	89
69	Ray	89
72	Lloyd	88
73	Gene	86
73	Glenn	86
75	Ernest	85
76	Lonnie	84
77	Herbert	79
78	Edwin	77
79	Johnny	75
80	Anthony	73
80	Tom	73
82	Patrick	71
82	Philip	71
82	Vernon	71
85	Clifford	70
86	Glen	65
87	Douglas	64
87	Lee	64
89	Bruce	63
89	Lester	63
91	Allen	62
91	Danny	62
91	Samuel	62
94	Frederick	61
95	Jerome	60
95	Willie	60
97	Clyde	59
97	Harvey	59
97	Leon	59
100	Leo	58