Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,232
2	John	1,960
3	Robert	1,884
4	Michael	1,609
5	William	1,450
6	David	1,430
7	Larry	1,325
8	Richard	1,163
9	Gary	1,116
10	Charles	1,096
11	Ronald	1,003
12	Thomas	944
13	Donald	779
14	Dennis	732
15	Kenneth	683
16	Jerry	610
17	Terry	523
18	Stephen	521
19	Joseph	479
20	George	434
21	Paul	420
22	Steven	406
23	Edward	359
24	Daniel	340
25	Roger	325

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Danny	323
27	Raymond	264
28	Carl	258
29	Lawrence	253
30	Harold	240
30	Mark	240
30	Ronnie	240
33	Gregory	226
34	Roy	224
35	Frank	223
36	Gerald	214
37	Billy	213
37	Jack	213
39	Joe	196
39	Patrick	196
41	Bruce	192
42	Dale	191
43	Steve	177
44	Douglas	173
45	Mike	169
45	Walter	169
47	Jimmy	167
48	Wayne	163
49	Jim	162
50	Ralph	159
50	Stanley	159
52	Timothy	153
53	Bill	152
53	Harry	152
55	Arthur	151
56	Alan	140
57	Bobby	138
58	Johnny	133
58	Phillip	133
60	Marvin	130
61	Russell	129
62	Fred	127
63	Eugene	124
64	Earl	121
65	Tom	116
66	Henry	115
67	Howard	112
68	Darrell	110
68	Philip	110
70	Anthony	108
70	Glenn	108
70	Melvin	108
73	Don	107
74	Lonnie	102
75	Albert	101
75	Tommy	101
77	Allen	100
77	Leonard	100
79	Norman	98
79	Randall	98
81	Eddie	96
82	Clarence	92
83	Keith	91
84	Clifford	90
85	Randy	89
86	Louis	87
87	Jackie	86
88	Jesse	81
89	Floyd	79
89	Frederick	79
89	Garry	79
89	Glen	79
93	Bob	78
94	Samuel	77
95	Lloyd	76
96	Dan	75
96	Vernon	75
98	Willie	74
99	Ernest	73
99	Jimmie	73