Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,644
2	John	938
3	Donald	836
4	William	796
5	James	610
6	Richard	575
7	Charles	484
8	Kenneth	438
9	Harold	424
10	George	396
11	Paul	354
12	Raymond	345
13	Jack	264
14	Joseph	254
15	Edward	240
16	Wayne	212
17	Dale	206
17	Eugene	206
19	Gerald	199
20	Clarence	194
21	Ralph	193
22	Howard	190
23	Walter	188
24	Thomas	185
25	Arthur	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	171
27	Earl	169
27	Harry	169
29	Russell	161
30	Marvin	151
31	Frank	149
32	Henry	144
33	Carl	142
34	Bernard	139
34	Lawrence	139
36	Leonard	134
36	Melvin	134
38	Leo	133
39	Albert	132
40	Lloyd	131
41	Roy	127
42	Glenn	123
43	Warren	117
44	Clifford	116
45	David	111
46	Leroy	110
47	Dean	105
48	Floyd	104
48	Merle	104
50	Lester	102
51	Vernon	99
52	Elmer	98
52	Virgil	98
54	Max	95
55	Lyle	94
56	Fred	92
57	Edwin	90
58	Keith	89
59	Louis	88
59	Roger	88
61	Ernest	87
61	Everett	87
63	Arnold	85
64	Herbert	84
65	Norman	82
66	Glen	79
67	Alfred	78
68	Ray	73
69	Ronald	72
70	Wilbur	71
71	Duane	70
72	Orville	69
73	Stanley	67
74	Wallace	64
75	Alvin	63
76	Gordon	62
76	Maurice	62
76	Willard	62
79	Don	61
80	Eldon	59
80	Joe	59
80	Lowell	59
83	Marion	57
84	Harvey	56
85	Clyde	55
86	Lewis	54
87	Darrell	52
88	Cecil	51
88	Leland	51
90	Gene	50
90	Laverne	50
92	Roland	49
92	Theodore	49
94	Victor	48
95	Frederick	47
96	Leslie	46
97	Allen	45
98	Delbert	44
98	Leon	44
98	Loren	44
98	Philip	44