Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,978
2	Robert	1,659
3	John	1,563
4	William	1,233
5	Larry	1,059
6	Charles	1,050
7	Richard	1,011
8	David	987
9	Gary	835
10	Ronald	830
11	Donald	728
12	Michael	704
13	Thomas	682
14	Jerry	669
15	Kenneth	570
16	George	415
17	Paul	394
18	Edward	358
19	Dennis	333
20	Joseph	319
21	Harold	298
22	Roger	266
23	Raymond	258
24	Carl	240
25	Gerald	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	227
27	Terry	217
28	Lawrence	204
29	Frank	197
30	Daniel	195
31	Jack	190
31	Stephen	190
33	Ronnie	189
34	Joe	183
35	Roy	182
36	Ralph	181
37	Wayne	171
38	Jimmy	165
39	Bobby	162
40	Bill	161
41	Jim	159
42	Walter	144
43	Melvin	142
44	Don	138
45	Eugene	132
45	Howard	132
47	Arthur	130
47	Dale	130
47	Fred	130
50	Marvin	128
51	Danny	125
52	Steven	123
53	Earl	120
54	Russell	118
55	Albert	117
56	Harry	115
57	Douglas	112
58	Jimmie	109
58	Mike	109
60	Clarence	107
60	Johnny	107
60	Tommy	107
63	Norman	105
64	Henry	104
64	Stanley	104
66	Eddie	103
67	Louis	101
68	Phillip	99
69	Jackie	97
70	Bob	95
71	Floyd	92
72	Leonard	87
72	Lloyd	87
74	Gene	85
74	Tom	85
76	Clifford	84
76	Ray	84
78	Allen	82
78	Patrick	82
80	Lonnie	81
81	Clyde	78
81	Glenn	78
81	Leroy	78
84	Vernon	76
85	Darrell	75
85	Steve	75
87	Willie	73
88	Ernest	72
89	Lee	71
90	Keith	67
91	Anthony	65
92	Theodore	63
93	Bruce	62
93	Timothy	62
95	Curtis	61
95	Philip	61
95	Samuel	61
98	Barry	60
98	Lester	60
100	Alfred	59
100	Edwin	59