Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	461
2	Robert	338
3	William	322
4	Harold	246
5	Charles	238
6	James	236
7	George	209
8	Donald	196
9	Raymond	173
10	Kenneth	167
11	Paul	163
12	Edward	150
13	Richard	143
14	Joseph	128
15	Walter	120
16	Frank	116
17	Clarence	114
18	Howard	111
19	Harry	107
20	Carl	103
20	Ralph	103
22	Arthur	98
23	Albert	97
24	Henry	96
25	Earl	87

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	86
27	Lawrence	85
28	Francis	83
28	Leo	83
30	Leonard	80
31	Lloyd	79
32	Russell	76
33	Elmer	73
33	Fred	73
35	Dale	71
36	Lester	69
37	Herbert	65
37	Roy	65
37	Wayne	65
40	Floyd	64
40	Marvin	64
42	Ernest	63
43	Gerald	61
44	Louis	59
45	Jack	58
46	Leroy	56
47	Arnold	55
48	Melvin	54
49	Glenn	53
50	Eugene	52
51	Edwin	50
52	Virgil	49
53	Clifford	48
53	Everett	48
55	Vernon	45
56	Alfred	44
56	Bernard	44
56	David	44
59	Max	42
60	Wilbur	41
61	Clyde	38
61	Ray	38
63	Cecil	37
63	Woodrow	37
65	Glen	36
66	Alvin	35
66	Marion	35
68	Frederick	34
69	Gilbert	33
69	Joe	33
69	Lyle	33
69	Martin	33
73	Ronald	32
74	Chester	31
74	Herman	31
74	Lowell	31
74	Orville	31
78	Eldon	30
78	Maurice	30
80	Vincent	29
81	Keith	28
81	Leslie	28
81	Lewis	28
81	Milton	28
81	Stanley	28
86	Gordon	27
86	Willard	27
88	Merle	26
88	Philip	26
90	Edgar	23
90	Forrest	23
90	Harvey	23
90	Norman	23
90	Warren	23
95	Homer	21
96	Victor	20
97	Andrew	19
97	Don	19
97	Leland	19
97	Peter	19
97	Roger	19
97	Wendell	19