Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,279
2	Robert	1,986
3	John	1,896
4	Richard	1,363
4	William	1,363
6	Larry	1,218
7	Michael	1,202
8	David	1,181
9	Gary	1,162
10	Charles	999
11	Ronald	977
12	Donald	887
13	Thomas	839
14	Jerry	686
15	Kenneth	684
16	Dennis	579
17	Joseph	446
18	Paul	436
19	George	405
20	Terry	401
21	Edward	376
22	Stephen	314
23	Daniel	293
24	Roger	284
25	Harold	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Danny	269
27	Gerald	256
28	Raymond	252
29	Ronnie	236
30	Billy	234
31	Steven	230
32	Carl	228
33	Lawrence	221
34	Roy	219
35	Jack	212
36	Frank	206
37	Wayne	203
38	Walter	198
39	Bill	193
40	Joe	188
41	Jim	177
42	Dale	176
43	Jimmy	164
43	Mike	164
45	Ralph	161
46	Harry	157
47	Arthur	154
48	Fred	152
49	Bobby	150
50	Bruce	145
50	Patrick	145
52	Steve	143
53	Don	139
54	Henry	133
54	Johnny	133
54	Stanley	133
57	Albert	130
57	Russell	130
59	Gregory	129
60	Douglas	128
61	Earl	127
62	Leonard	126
62	Mark	126
62	Marvin	126
65	Phillip	125
66	Howard	123
67	Melvin	122
68	Glenn	121
69	Tommy	119
70	Eugene	116
71	Alan	112
72	Allen	110
73	Bob	109
74	Tom	108
75	Jimmie	106
75	Norman	106
77	Louis	103
78	Lonnie	102
79	Anthony	101
79	Timothy	101
81	Eddie	99
82	Lloyd	97
83	Samuel	96
84	Jackie	94
85	Darrell	93
86	Clarence	91
86	Philip	91
86	Ray	91
89	Keith	89
90	Garry	87
90	Vernon	87
92	Gene	83
93	Glen	82
94	Floyd	79
95	Barry	73
95	Leroy	73
97	Frederick	72
98	Ernest	70
99	Alfred	68
99	Clifford	68
99	Francis	68
99	Jerome	68
99	Lee	68
99	Martin	68
99	Rodney	68