Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,429
2	Robert	2,162
3	John	2,105
4	William	1,619
5	Larry	1,506
6	Michael	1,454
7	David	1,411
8	Richard	1,366
9	Gary	1,275
10	Charles	1,133
11	Ronald	1,051
12	Thomas	947
13	Donald	855
14	Kenneth	735
15	Jerry	727
16	Dennis	723
17	Terry	516
18	Joseph	483
18	Paul	483
20	George	458
21	Stephen	431
22	Edward	397
23	Roger	360
24	Daniel	355
25	Gerald	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Danny	307
27	Harold	303
28	Raymond	300
29	Steven	299
30	Billy	289
31	Frank	265
32	Carl	248
33	Jack	244
34	Ronnie	239
35	Lawrence	226
36	Bill	225
36	Wayne	225
38	Roy	217
39	Dale	204
40	Mike	199
41	Walter	197
42	Joe	196
43	Steve	195
44	Gregory	190
45	Bruce	185
46	Jimmy	182
47	Mark	180
48	Jim	177
49	Stanley	171
50	Ralph	166
51	Bobby	165
52	Douglas	163
52	Phillip	163
54	Harry	158
55	Fred	154
56	Arthur	153
57	Alan	150
57	Johnny	150
57	Timothy	150
60	Russell	147
61	Eddie	145
62	Howard	142
63	Don	140
64	Tommy	136
65	Albert	133
66	Eugene	127
66	Patrick	127
68	Earl	119
68	Marvin	119
70	Allen	114
70	Melvin	114
72	Henry	112
73	Leonard	111
74	Philip	110
74	Tom	110
76	Jimmie	109
77	Darrell	107
77	Norman	107
79	Glenn	106
80	Anthony	100
80	Keith	100
80	Lloyd	100
83	Bob	97
84	Barry	96
85	Ernest	93
85	Vernon	93
87	Louis	92
87	Willie	92
89	Lonnie	89
90	Clarence	86
90	Ray	86
92	Floyd	85
92	Rodney	85
94	Clifford	84
94	Gene	84
96	Francis	83
97	Glen	81
98	Frederick	80
98	Martin	80
100	Samuel	79