Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,222
2	Michael	2,190
3	Robert	1,971
4	John	1,909
5	David	1,687
6	William	1,456
7	Gary	1,316
8	Richard	1,306
9	Larry	1,060
10	Charles	1,055
11	Thomas	1,041
12	Ronald	868
13	Dennis	861
14	Steven	852
15	Donald	792
16	Stephen	727
17	Kenneth	726
18	Mark	602
19	Daniel	557
20	Joseph	522
21	Jerry	510
22	Terry	497
23	Paul	492
24	Edward	411
25	George	394

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	373
27	Gregory	361
28	Danny	323
29	Timothy	301
30	Gerald	299
31	Lawrence	297
32	Bruce	290
33	Raymond	244
34	Carl	234
35	Douglas	233
36	Dale	230
36	Patrick	230
38	Stanley	223
39	Harold	206
40	Randall	203
41	Randy	195
42	Jack	193
43	Frank	179
44	Wayne	176
45	Ralph	174
46	Walter	172
47	Roy	171
48	Billy	169
49	Anthony	168
50	Alan	164
50	Ronnie	164
52	Kevin	160
53	Russell	157
54	Keith	154
55	Darrell	142
56	Arthur	134
56	Christopher	134
56	Phillip	134
59	Bobby	130
59	Jeffrey	130
61	Philip	127
62	Johnny	123
63	Jimmy	122
64	Eugene	118
65	Harry	116
65	Ricky	116
67	Glenn	113
67	Joe	113
69	Frederick	109
70	Clifford	106
70	Henry	106
70	Melvin	106
70	Micheal	106
74	Howard	104
74	Marvin	104
74	Steve	104
74	Tommy	104
78	Albert	103
79	Earl	100
80	Martin	99
81	Allen	98
82	Eddie	96
83	Don	94
83	Lloyd	94
85	Craig	93
85	Rodney	93
87	Norman	91
88	Louis	90
89	Jackie	88
89	Leonard	88
91	Samuel	86
92	Mike	84
93	Jerome	83
94	Andrew	82
94	Barry	82
96	Theodore	81
96	Willie	81
98	Vernon	80
99	Clarence	79
100	Leslie	78