Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	812
2	Robert	793
3	William	586
4	Harold	463
5	Donald	452
6	Charles	436
7	James	427
8	George	398
9	Kenneth	301
10	Raymond	280
11	Paul	269
12	Richard	251
13	Joseph	229
14	Edward	228
15	Walter	216
16	Ralph	208
17	Carl	203
18	Arthur	192
18	Francis	192
20	Howard	190
21	Frank	183
22	Clarence	169
23	Harry	161
24	Earl	159
25	Henry	158

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elmer	157
27	Leonard	150
28	Albert	137
28	Lester	137
30	Thomas	134
31	Lawrence	133
32	Leo	128
32	Roy	128
34	Floyd	121
35	Marvin	119
36	Dale	118
36	Lloyd	118
36	Russell	118
36	Wayne	118
40	Fred	110
40	Gerald	110
42	Jack	109
43	Melvin	108
44	Arnold	102
44	Herbert	102
44	Vernon	102
47	Bernard	101
48	Glenn	99
49	Clifford	98
50	Edwin	93
51	Everett	92
52	Alvin	90
53	Lyle	89
54	Louis	84
55	Eugene	83
55	Ray	83
55	Willard	83
58	Glen	80
58	Joe	80
58	Virgil	80
61	Ernest	78
61	Max	78
63	Wilbur	75
64	Herman	72
65	Orville	71
66	Chester	68
67	Norman	67
68	Alfred	66
68	Maurice	66
70	Cecil	64
70	Leroy	64
72	David	62
73	Marion	61
74	Lewis	59
75	Ronald	56
76	Stanley	55
77	Frederick	54
78	Clyde	52
78	Merle	52
80	Ivan	50
80	Vincent	50
82	Eldon	49
82	Keith	49
84	Gordon	48
84	Peter	48
84	Roger	48
87	Warren	47
88	Forrest	46
89	Harvey	43
89	Leslie	43
89	Martin	43
89	Milton	43
89	Victor	43
94	Delbert	42
94	Homer	42
96	Don	40
96	Gilbert	40
98	Hugh	39
98	Lee	39
98	Lowell	39
98	Theodore	39