Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,389
2	John	929
3	William	749
4	Donald	690
5	Charles	561
6	James	543
7	Harold	526
8	Richard	429
9	George	407
10	Kenneth	401
11	Raymond	364
12	Paul	324
13	Edward	264
14	Joseph	246
14	Ralph	246
16	Jack	240
17	Howard	220
18	Arthur	216
19	Clarence	213
20	Frank	204
21	Harry	200
22	Earl	199
23	Walter	197
24	Warren	189
25	Wayne	182

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	180
27	Dale	178
28	Francis	176
29	Carl	175
30	Lloyd	164
31	Lawrence	160
32	Thomas	158
33	Gerald	157
34	Vernon	156
35	Russell	149
36	Leonard	139
37	Melvin	138
38	Albert	137
39	Henry	135
40	Glenn	134
41	Floyd	131
42	Leo	130
43	Elmer	126
44	Fred	124
45	Lester	121
46	Lyle	119
46	Marvin	119
48	Bernard	117
48	Clifford	117
50	Roy	116
51	Herbert	115
52	Leroy	110
53	David	108
54	Edwin	102
55	Virgil	101
56	Louis	100
57	Everett	99
58	Arnold	98
59	Norman	93
60	Ernest	92
61	Max	91
61	Merle	91
63	Glen	87
64	Alvin	86
65	Keith	80
66	Dean	78
67	Marion	75
68	Gordon	71
69	Alfred	70
69	Wilbur	70
71	Clyde	68
71	Stanley	68
73	Harvey	66
73	Orville	66
73	Ray	66
76	Cecil	64
76	Maurice	64
76	Roger	64
79	Delbert	62
79	Joe	62
79	Lowell	62
79	Theodore	62
83	Frederick	58
84	Chester	56
84	Eldon	56
84	Vincent	56
87	Don	55
87	Ivan	55
87	Lewis	55
90	Herman	54
90	Martin	54
92	Ronald	53
93	Leslie	52
94	Lee	51
95	Duane	48
95	Leland	48
97	Wallace	46
97	Willard	46
99	Laverne	45
100	Daniel	44
100	Darrell	44