Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	861
2	John	827
3	William	673
4	Donald	494
5	Harold	471
6	George	464
7	Charles	454
8	James	451
9	Paul	377
10	Richard	318
11	Kenneth	306
12	Edward	270
13	Raymond	262
14	Joseph	254
15	Ralph	213
16	Arthur	211
17	Carl	205
18	Walter	200
19	Clarence	189
20	Frank	188
21	Earl	187
22	Howard	186
23	Henry	168
24	Lawrence	164
25	Harry	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	157
27	Francis	156
28	Leonard	153
29	Gerald	151
29	Wayne	151
31	Elmer	149
32	Roy	140
33	Dale	138
34	Albert	137
35	Lloyd	135
35	Thomas	135
37	Leo	134
38	Russell	129
39	Marvin	125
40	Melvin	120
41	Vernon	119
42	Lester	118
43	Edwin	113
43	Floyd	113
45	Glenn	106
46	Fred	104
47	Clifford	101
47	Herbert	101
47	Louis	101
50	Eugene	100
51	Max	97
52	Bernard	96
53	Ernest	89
53	Lyle	89
55	Glen	88
56	Virgil	84
57	Everett	83
58	Arnold	81
59	Wilbur	79
60	Maurice	77
61	David	76
62	Leroy	75
63	Ray	73
64	Alfred	69
65	Willard	67
66	Merle	66
67	Stanley	65
68	Cecil	64
69	Joe	62
70	Alvin	60
70	Clyde	60
70	Frederick	60
73	Harvey	59
74	Marion	58
74	Theodore	58
76	Orville	57
77	Lewis	55
77	Martin	55
79	Herman	54
80	Norman	53
81	Dean	50
81	Gordon	50
83	Chester	49
84	Ivan	48
84	Roger	48
86	Don	47
86	Peter	47
88	Victor	45
89	Keith	43
89	Leslie	43
89	Ronald	43
92	Lee	42
93	Delbert	41
93	Forrest	41
95	Lowell	40
95	Vincent	40
95	Warren	40
98	Gilbert	39
99	Laverne	37
100	Dwight	36
100	Hubert	36
100	Roland	36