Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,667
2	John	924
3	Donald	889
4	William	750
5	James	642
6	Richard	640
7	Charles	505
8	Harold	478
9	Kenneth	430
10	George	399
11	Paul	341
12	Raymond	298
13	Jack	268
14	Edward	259
15	Dale	236
16	Joseph	221
17	Thomas	211
18	Gerald	210
19	Wayne	204
20	Howard	188
21	Eugene	185
22	Walter	174
23	Arthur	169
24	Ralph	168
25	Marvin	159

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	158
27	Harry	157
28	Clarence	153
28	Earl	153
28	Francis	153
31	Melvin	151
32	Carl	150
32	Lloyd	150
34	Russell	136
35	David	134
36	Leonard	133
37	Leo	132
38	Henry	124
39	Dean	120
40	Lyle	118
41	Bernard	114
42	Vernon	113
43	Roy	112
44	Keith	110
45	Albert	107
45	Leroy	107
45	Norman	107
45	Virgil	107
49	Lawrence	105
50	Clifford	104
51	Calvin	103
51	Floyd	103
53	Fred	98
54	Max	93
54	Merle	93
54	Ronald	93
57	Warren	92
58	Duane	91
58	Elmer	91
60	Herbert	90
61	Glenn	89
62	Alvin	87
62	Lester	87
64	Louis	86
64	Roger	86
66	Edwin	84
67	Stanley	80
68	Glen	78
68	Ray	78
70	Leslie	71
71	Arnold	70
72	Everett	69
73	Delbert	68
73	Gordon	68
75	Wilbur	67
76	Ernest	66
77	Don	65
78	Gene	63
79	Wallace	62
80	Ivan	61
81	Alfred	59
82	Cecil	56
82	Darrell	56
84	Billy	55
84	Joe	55
84	Loren	55
87	Marion	54
87	Maurice	54
89	Harvey	52
89	Lee	52
89	Theodore	52
89	Willard	52
93	Eldon	51
93	Frederick	51
93	Orville	51
96	Bill	49
97	Lowell	48
98	Bob	46
98	Harlan	46
98	Laverne	46