Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,591
2	John	1,003
3	William	804
4	Donald	756
5	James	627
6	Charles	571
7	Harold	509
8	Richard	506
9	George	423
10	Kenneth	393
11	Paul	372
12	Raymond	366
13	Edward	282
14	Jack	272
15	Clarence	235
16	Warren	221
17	Joseph	220
18	Earl	216
18	Ralph	216
20	Walter	212
21	Eugene	209
22	Howard	206
22	Wayne	206
24	Dale	190
25	Arthur	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	184
26	Harry	184
28	Thomas	182
29	Carl	173
30	Gerald	160
31	Albert	157
32	Leo	152
33	Francis	151
33	Lawrence	151
35	Lloyd	147
36	Leonard	142
37	Russell	141
38	Elmer	138
38	Marvin	138
40	Roy	134
41	Floyd	133
42	Henry	129
43	Clifford	128
44	Glenn	126
45	Melvin	120
46	Vernon	117
47	Bernard	114
47	Louis	114
49	Max	111
50	Leroy	110
51	Virgil	105
52	David	104
53	Keith	103
53	Lester	103
55	Everett	101
55	Fred	101
55	Stanley	101
58	Lyle	100
59	Herbert	99
60	Dean	98
60	Edwin	98
62	Merle	96
63	Ernest	94
64	Alvin	93
65	Norman	92
66	Glen	88
67	Ray	86
68	Alfred	80
69	Arnold	78
70	Roger	77
71	Laverne	72
72	Ronald	71
73	Joe	69
73	Wilbur	69
75	Clyde	66
75	Maurice	66
77	Marion	63
77	Orville	63
79	Cecil	62
80	Duane	60
81	Don	57
81	Gordon	57
81	Harvey	57
84	Delbert	56
84	Leland	56
86	Frederick	52
86	Herman	52
86	Theodore	52
89	Martin	51
89	Willard	51
91	Lee	50
91	Leslie	50
93	Vincent	49
94	Victor	48
95	Ivan	47
95	Willis	47
97	Lowell	46
98	Chester	45
98	Peter	45
98	Wesley	45