Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,069
2	John	937
3	William	692
4	Donald	581
5	James	533
6	Charles	532
7	Harold	488
8	George	450
9	Raymond	382
10	Richard	367
11	Kenneth	334
12	Paul	332
13	Edward	320
14	Ralph	250
15	Joseph	233
16	Walter	231
17	Clarence	222
18	Carl	221
19	Arthur	218
20	Earl	207
20	Jack	207
22	Harry	197
22	Lloyd	197
24	Howard	194
25	Francis	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	184
27	Thomas	179
28	Dale	167
29	Albert	166
30	Elmer	165
31	Vernon	158
32	Lawrence	156
33	Leonard	155
34	Henry	153
35	Wayne	149
36	Gerald	141
36	Leo	141
38	Russell	136
39	Lester	134
40	Marvin	129
41	Floyd	128
42	Melvin	127
43	Clifford	126
44	Eugene	124
45	Fred	119
46	Roy	118
47	Herbert	116
48	Leroy	111
49	Louis	108
50	Bernard	106
50	Ernest	106
50	Merle	106
53	Lyle	103
54	Edwin	102
55	Glenn	101
55	Max	101
57	Arnold	99
58	Wilbur	95
59	Virgil	94
60	Glen	92
61	Alfred	90
62	Norman	82
63	Alvin	81
64	Ray	80
65	Maurice	70
66	Harvey	69
67	Victor	68
68	Stanley	66
68	Willard	66
70	Everett	65
70	Marion	65
70	Warren	65
73	Dean	63
74	David	62
74	Orville	62
76	Gordon	58
76	Leslie	58
78	Cecil	57
78	Frederick	57
78	Keith	57
78	Roger	57
82	Chester	56
83	Delbert	54
83	Eldon	54
83	Gilbert	54
86	Joe	53
87	Clyde	51
87	Leland	51
87	Lewis	51
90	Don	50
90	Herman	50
90	Ronald	50
93	Allen	49
94	Ivan	47
95	Lowell	46
96	Andrew	44
96	Hubert	44
96	Martin	44
99	Rex	42
99	Vincent	42