Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,196
2	Robert	2,023
3	Michael	2,001
4	John	1,923
5	David	1,557
6	William	1,401
7	Gary	1,248
8	Richard	1,199
9	Larry	1,087
10	Thomas	1,003
11	Charles	997
12	Ronald	853
13	Donald	784
14	Dennis	767
15	Steven	694
16	Stephen	687
17	Kenneth	674
18	Joseph	514
19	Jerry	491
20	Terry	474
21	Daniel	473
22	Mark	457
23	Paul	441
24	Roger	380
25	Edward	367

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	341
27	Danny	293
28	Gregory	290
29	Gerald	254
30	Bruce	248
31	Carl	240
32	Lawrence	236
33	Timothy	233
34	Raymond	227
35	Harold	226
36	Douglas	222
37	Frank	212
38	Dale	206
39	Patrick	202
40	Roy	196
41	Stanley	188
42	Billy	183
43	Wayne	180
44	Ronnie	177
45	Jack	173
46	Walter	155
47	Randall	153
48	Ralph	151
49	Jimmy	150
50	Phillip	149
51	Alan	136
52	Johnny	134
53	Arthur	128
54	Glenn	126
54	Russell	126
56	Micheal	125
57	Eugene	120
58	Randy	119
59	Fred	116
59	Harry	116
61	Bobby	115
61	Keith	115
63	Marvin	113
64	Albert	112
64	Howard	112
66	Joe	111
66	Steve	111
68	Melvin	110
69	Anthony	109
70	Darrell	106
70	Henry	106
72	Norman	104
73	Clifford	100
73	Samuel	100
75	Allen	97
76	Earl	96
77	Leonard	95
78	Eddie	94
79	Christopher	93
80	Don	92
81	Rodney	91
82	Mike	90
82	Scott	90
84	Andrew	89
84	Kevin	89
84	Louis	89
84	Philip	89
88	Jerome	87
89	Frederick	84
89	Jeffrey	84
89	Lonnie	84
92	Barry	83
92	Lee	83
94	Bill	82
94	Jackie	82
96	Ernest	81
96	Martin	81
96	Ricky	81
99	Lloyd	80
100	Tommy	79