Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,040
2	Robert	1,769
3	John	1,595
4	William	1,283
5	Charles	1,150
6	Larry	1,085
7	Richard	969
8	David	891
9	Donald	821
10	Ronald	793
11	Jerry	792
12	Gary	722
13	Thomas	635
14	Kenneth	610
15	Michael	482
16	George	478
17	Paul	405
18	Joseph	400
19	Edward	383
20	Gerald	318
21	Dennis	317
22	Harold	306
23	Raymond	298
24	Billy	282
25	Carl	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	235
27	Lawrence	219
28	Frank	218
29	Jack	207
30	Roy	201
31	Joe	190
32	Ralph	189
33	Walter	187
34	Ronnie	180
34	Stephen	180
36	Douglas	178
37	Bobby	175
38	Terry	173
39	Arthur	172
40	Bill	170
41	Wayne	167
42	Jimmy	164
43	Daniel	157
44	Eugene	154
45	Melvin	152
46	Jim	149
47	Fred	148
47	Marvin	148
49	Howard	145
50	Jimmie	136
51	Albert	131
51	Dale	131
53	Norman	130
54	Harry	129
55	Don	124
56	Jackie	122
57	Phillip	118
58	Henry	116
59	Clarence	111
60	Bob	109
60	Earl	109
62	Stanley	107
63	Leroy	105
64	Louis	104
65	Tommy	101
66	Lloyd	99
67	Johnny	94
68	Ernest	93
68	Francis	93
70	Eddie	91
71	Clifford	90
72	Allen	89
73	Leonard	88
73	Philip	88
73	Tom	88
76	Russell	87
77	Gene	85
77	Samuel	85
79	Danny	83
80	Anthony	82
80	Bruce	82
82	Glenn	80
83	Vernon	79
84	Patrick	78
85	Herbert	76
85	Lonnie	76
87	Edwin	75
88	Floyd	74
88	Jesse	74
88	Leon	74
88	Steven	74
92	Steve	72
93	Ray	71
94	Darrell	69
94	Frederick	69
94	Lee	69
97	Lester	68
97	Willie	68
99	Jerome	63
100	Mike	62