Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	961
2	John	872
3	William	600
4	Donald	527
5	James	504
6	Charles	444
7	Harold	443
8	George	394
9	Richard	340
10	Raymond	318
11	Paul	301
12	Kenneth	284
13	Edward	249
14	Ralph	222
15	Howard	214
16	Joseph	208
17	Harry	201
18	Carl	197
18	Frank	197
20	Clarence	196
21	Arthur	193
22	Walter	187
23	Jack	186
24	Earl	175
25	Lloyd	168

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	167
27	Lawrence	163
27	Leonard	163
29	Elmer	157
30	Francis	153
31	Henry	151
32	Gerald	149
33	Melvin	146
34	Dale	144
35	Leo	140
35	Marvin	140
35	Roy	140
38	Wayne	138
39	Glenn	135
40	Albert	132
41	Lester	128
42	Russell	126
43	Eugene	125
44	Herbert	112
45	Fred	110
46	Clifford	108
47	Floyd	104
48	Vernon	102
49	Lyle	101
50	Bernard	98
51	Louis	97
52	Ernest	95
53	David	92
53	Edwin	92
55	Norman	91
56	Glen	90
57	Leroy	89
58	Virgil	88
59	Max	81
60	Ray	76
61	Arnold	74
62	Everett	71
62	Merle	71
62	Wilbur	71
65	Frederick	69
66	Alfred	67
67	Willard	66
68	Maurice	64
69	Orville	63
69	Ronald	63
69	Stanley	63
72	Alvin	61
72	Roger	61
74	Marion	58
75	Cecil	57
75	Herman	57
77	Ivan	55
78	Keith	54
79	Harvey	53
80	Chester	52
80	Joe	52
80	Vincent	52
83	Clyde	51
83	Delbert	51
83	Warren	51
86	Gordon	50
87	Eldon	49
87	Victor	49
89	Lewis	48
90	Leland	45
91	Ervin	44
91	Gilbert	44
93	Allen	43
93	Martin	43
93	Theodore	43
96	Homer	42
97	Hubert	41
98	Lowell	40
99	Rex	39
100	Don	38
100	Forrest	38