Most popular boys’ names in Missouri, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,236
2	Michael	2,182
3	Robert	1,947
4	John	1,938
5	David	1,710
6	William	1,486
7	Richard	1,316
8	Gary	1,241
9	Thomas	1,055
10	Dennis	975
11	Charles	942
12	Steven	921
13	Larry	903
14	Ronald	792
15	Donald	757
16	Stephen	727
17	Mark	726
18	Kenneth	699
19	Daniel	570
20	Joseph	513
21	Paul	504
22	Jerry	475
22	Terry	475
24	Roger	378
25	Gregory	374

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	371
27	Timothy	354
28	Edward	348
29	Danny	305
30	Douglas	288
31	Bruce	271
32	Randy	270
33	Lawrence	240
34	Gerald	222
35	Patrick	220
36	Dale	218
37	Stanley	215
38	Carl	211
38	Raymond	211
40	Anthony	207
41	Randall	206
42	Harold	202
43	Keith	199
44	Jack	197
45	Billy	195
46	Kevin	193
47	Roy	187
48	Alan	180
49	Wayne	178
50	Ricky	173
51	Frank	162
51	Phillip	162
53	Russell	158
54	Christopher	155
55	Ronnie	151
55	Walter	151
57	Jeffrey	148
58	Jimmy	144
58	Philip	144
60	Marvin	140
61	Ralph	137
62	Johnny	134
62	Samuel	134
64	Craig	124
64	Micheal	124
66	Arthur	121
67	Joe	119
68	Darrell	117
69	Eugene	115
69	Glenn	115
71	Rodney	113
72	Steve	112
73	Norman	108
74	Bobby	105
74	Frederick	105
74	Henry	105
77	Scott	104
78	Barry	103
78	Curtis	103
80	Tommy	100
81	Harry	98
82	Allen	97
82	Martin	97
84	Howard	95
85	Melvin	94
86	Lonnie	90
87	Glen	89
88	Leonard	88
89	Willie	87
90	Andrew	86
91	Rick	84
91	Rickey	84
93	Clifford	83
94	Lloyd	81
94	Louis	81
96	Albert	80
96	Dwight	80
98	Earl	79
99	Eddie	75
99	Fred	75