Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,158
2	John	1,917
3	Michael	1,890
3	Robert	1,890
5	David	1,476
6	William	1,402
7	Larry	1,263
8	Richard	1,174
9	Gary	1,149
10	Charles	1,048
11	Thomas	989
12	Ronald	938
13	Donald	798
14	Dennis	729
15	Stephen	708
16	Kenneth	669
17	Jerry	542
18	Steven	534
19	Joseph	494
20	Paul	484
21	Terry	474
22	Daniel	447
23	Edward	390
24	George	386
25	Roger	364

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	335
27	Danny	308
28	Lawrence	255
29	Gregory	250
30	Gerald	249
31	Harold	245
32	Carl	244
33	Raymond	241
34	Timothy	237
35	Jack	223
36	Billy	208
37	Ronnie	205
38	Dale	204
39	Douglas	202
40	Frank	199
41	Stanley	198
42	Bruce	197
43	Wayne	192
44	Roy	186
45	Patrick	166
46	Walter	157
47	Steve	156
48	Ralph	153
48	Russell	153
50	Phillip	151
51	Arthur	143
52	Joe	136
53	Johnny	135
54	Anthony	134
55	Jim	132
56	Bobby	128
57	Jimmy	125
58	Eugene	124
59	Alan	123
60	Fred	120
60	Melvin	120
62	Randall	119
63	Harry	117
64	Henry	114
64	Marvin	114
64	Mike	114
67	Darrell	113
67	Leonard	113
69	Howard	109
70	Glenn	108
71	Philip	104
72	Louis	102
72	Tommy	102
74	Don	100
75	Allen	99
76	Lloyd	98
77	Albert	97
77	Bill	97
77	Earl	97
80	Christopher	96
81	Samuel	94
82	Eddie	93
83	Randy	92
83	Tom	92
85	Keith	91
86	Micheal	90
87	Jackie	89
88	Lonnie	88
88	Norman	88
90	Rodney	86
91	Frederick	84
91	Jimmie	84
93	Lee	82
94	Clifford	81
94	Jeffrey	81
94	Martin	81
94	Willie	81
98	Clarence	80
99	Ernest	74
100	Curtis	73