Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,583
2	John	874
3	Donald	869
4	William	748
5	James	640
6	Richard	609
7	Charles	515
8	Harold	482
9	Kenneth	446
10	George	407
11	Paul	359
12	Raymond	305
13	Jack	263
14	Joseph	242
15	Edward	239
16	Wayne	218
17	Eugene	214
18	Dale	201
19	Ralph	198
20	Earl	189
21	Harry	187
22	Thomas	183
23	Howard	181
24	Frank	177
24	Marvin	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	176
27	Gerald	163
28	Arthur	158
29	Albert	147
30	Lawrence	144
31	Carl	143
31	Francis	143
33	Clarence	141
34	Leonard	140
34	Lloyd	140
36	Russell	139
37	Leo	134
38	Melvin	133
39	Keith	128
40	Warren	127
41	Vernon	123
42	Roy	122
43	David	121
44	Elmer	120
45	Lester	115
46	Henry	113
47	Bernard	111
48	Virgil	107
49	Leroy	101
50	Glenn	98
50	Louis	98
52	Floyd	97
52	Norman	97
54	Herbert	94
55	Dean	92
56	Clifford	91
57	Max	90
57	Merle	90
59	Roger	89
60	Ernest	88
61	Lyle	86
61	Ray	86
63	Edwin	85
64	Duane	81
65	Glen	80
66	Fred	79
67	Arnold	78
68	Alvin	73
69	Stanley	72
70	Gordon	69
71	Joe	68
72	Eldon	67
73	Don	66
73	Everett	66
73	Wilbur	66
76	Alfred	62
77	Marion	61
77	Orville	61
79	Ronald	60
80	Calvin	59
80	Frederick	59
82	Laverne	58
82	Willard	58
84	Maurice	56
85	Darrell	55
85	Delbert	55
87	Lowell	54
88	Ivan	53
88	Wallace	53
90	Chester	52
90	Leland	52
90	Victor	52
93	Clyde	51
94	Philip	50
95	Allen	49
95	Loren	49
97	Rex	48
98	Billy	47
98	Daniel	47
98	Harlan	47
98	Leslie	47