Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	592
2	Robert	490
3	William	410
4	Harold	330
5	Donald	310
6	George	291
6	James	291
8	Charles	274
9	Paul	229
10	Raymond	218
11	Kenneth	203
12	Richard	179
13	Joseph	172
14	Edward	168
15	Frank	148
15	Ralph	148
17	Clarence	143
18	Walter	141
19	Arthur	140
20	Howard	135
21	Earl	133
22	Leonard	125
23	Carl	123
24	Elmer	113
24	Francis	113

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Henry	113
27	Lawrence	108
28	Russell	101
29	Thomas	98
30	Harry	96
31	Gerald	95
32	Leo	94
33	Roy	90
34	Lester	88
35	Albert	86
36	Marvin	84
37	Clifford	81
38	Jack	80
39	Melvin	78
40	Lloyd	76
41	Dale	75
41	Fred	75
43	Floyd	74
43	Glenn	74
45	Vernon	71
46	Wayne	70
47	Alfred	69
48	Glen	66
49	Alvin	65
50	Ernest	63
51	Louis	62
52	Everett	60
53	Edwin	58
54	Bernard	57
54	Herman	57
56	Max	56
57	Arnold	55
57	Herbert	55
59	Cecil	54
59	Martin	54
61	Leroy	53
62	Ray	51
62	Virgil	51
62	Wilbur	51
65	Orville	49
66	Lyle	47
67	Maurice	45
68	David	44
68	Eugene	44
68	Frederick	44
68	Willard	44
72	Merle	43
73	Norman	42
74	Joe	41
75	Harvey	39
76	Vincent	37
76	Warren	37
78	Victor	36
79	Forrest	34
79	Stanley	34
81	Chester	33
82	Ronald	32
83	Clyde	31
83	Gilbert	31
83	Gordon	31
83	Ivan	31
83	Lewis	31
88	Delbert	30
88	Peter	30
90	Milton	29
91	Dean	28
91	Theodore	28
93	Dwight	27
93	Marion	27
93	Philip	27
96	Andrew	26
96	Edgar	26
96	Harley	26
96	Kermit	26
96	Laverne	26
96	Leslie	26
96	Samuel	26