Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,120
2	Robert	1,828
3	John	1,626
4	William	1,443
5	Larry	1,167
6	Charles	1,111
7	Richard	1,074
8	David	1,005
9	Ronald	962
10	Donald	777
11	Gary	771
12	Jerry	755
13	Thomas	698
14	Michael	616
15	Kenneth	606
16	George	444
17	Paul	408
18	Edward	360
19	Dennis	359
20	Joseph	330
21	Harold	316
22	Carl	306
23	Raymond	303
24	Gerald	289
25	Billy	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	230
27	Ronnie	210
28	Lawrence	209
29	Roy	207
30	Ralph	205
31	Terry	199
32	Stephen	198
33	Joe	197
34	Jack	194
35	Jim	191
36	Bill	189
36	Daniel	189
38	Frank	183
39	Walter	175
40	Wayne	173
41	Jimmy	166
42	Bobby	163
43	Dale	153
44	Fred	149
45	Arthur	147
46	Jimmie	144
47	Don	143
48	Howard	142
49	Earl	141
49	Melvin	141
51	Eugene	136
52	Henry	135
53	Douglas	132
54	Marvin	131
55	Norman	128
56	Harry	125
57	Danny	121
57	Russell	121
59	Phillip	119
60	Stanley	117
61	Johnny	116
62	Clarence	110
63	Bob	109
64	Louis	106
65	Eddie	105
66	Gene	101
66	Jackie	101
66	Lloyd	101
69	Albert	100
70	Leonard	94
70	Mike	94
72	Tommy	90
73	Floyd	89
73	Leroy	89
73	Ray	89
76	Ernest	86
77	Anthony	85
78	Lonnie	84
78	Vernon	84
80	Darrell	83
80	Steven	83
82	Bruce	82
83	Samuel	78
84	Tom	77
85	Glenn	76
86	Patrick	75
86	Philip	75
88	Allen	74
89	Francis	73
90	Clyde	72
90	Curtis	72
92	Alan	71
93	Herbert	69
94	Clifford	66
95	Lester	63
95	Martin	63
97	Alfred	61
97	Edwin	61
97	Jesse	61
100	Cecil	60
100	Leon	60
100	Willie	60