Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,132
2	John	824
3	William	649
4	Donald	590
5	Charles	487
6	Harold	452
6	James	452
8	George	367
9	Richard	357
10	Paul	317
11	Raymond	315
12	Kenneth	306
13	Edward	281
14	Joseph	218
15	Arthur	195
16	Harry	186
16	Howard	186
18	Carl	185
19	Clarence	184
19	Frank	184
21	Ralph	181
22	Walter	180
23	Francis	174
24	Earl	172
24	Jack	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	171
27	Lloyd	165
28	Albert	157
29	Leo	155
30	Gerald	154
31	Dale	152
32	Leonard	150
33	Thomas	149
34	Vernon	146
35	Marvin	144
36	Elmer	142
37	Lawrence	132
37	Roy	132
39	Clifford	131
40	Henry	127
41	Eugene	125
42	Floyd	124
42	Melvin	124
44	Lester	123
45	Russell	122
46	Glenn	120
47	Virgil	105
48	Edwin	101
48	Merle	101
50	Bernard	98
51	Everett	96
51	Fred	96
53	Lyle	93
54	Herbert	92
55	Leroy	91
56	Glen	89
57	Ernest	87
57	Max	87
59	Norman	85
60	Orville	81
61	Ray	78
61	Wilbur	78
63	Alfred	77
64	Arnold	76
65	Louis	74
66	Alvin	72
66	Joe	72
66	Warren	72
69	David	71
69	Dean	71
71	Willard	68
72	Keith	64
73	Roger	62
74	Stanley	61
75	Clyde	58
76	Leslie	57
77	Victor	56
78	Delbert	55
79	Frederick	53
79	Marion	53
79	Maurice	53
79	Theodore	53
83	Cecil	50
83	Vincent	50
85	Don	47
86	Harvey	46
87	Gilbert	45
87	Gordon	45
87	Martin	45
90	Lewis	44
90	Ronald	44
92	Chester	43
92	Eldon	43
92	Philip	43
95	Daniel	41
95	Herman	41
95	Hubert	41
95	Leland	41
99	Lowell	40
100	Carroll	39
100	Ivan	39
100	Laverne	39