Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,596
2	John	929
3	Donald	914
4	William	833
5	Richard	722
6	James	715
7	Charles	480
8	Harold	442
9	Kenneth	397
10	George	355
11	Paul	346
12	Jack	295
13	Raymond	294
14	Edward	234
15	Eugene	224
16	Dale	217
17	Wayne	215
18	Joseph	193
19	Thomas	192
20	Howard	183
21	Marvin	181
22	Walter	176
23	Gerald	175
24	Carl	162
24	Ralph	162

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	148
27	Frank	147
28	Arthur	145
29	Earl	142
30	Russell	141
31	Francis	138
31	Melvin	138
33	David	131
34	Albert	130
35	Leo	127
36	Lloyd	126
37	Leonard	124
38	Lawrence	122
38	Norman	122
40	Dean	121
40	Harry	121
40	Keith	121
43	Henry	108
44	Duane	106
45	Clifford	105
46	Vernon	100
47	Bernard	97
47	Herbert	97
49	Lester	96
50	Floyd	94
50	Ronald	94
52	Warren	93
53	Lyle	92
54	Fred	91
55	Merle	90
56	Roy	88
57	Don	87
57	Virgil	87
59	Calvin	86
59	Glenn	86
61	Max	84
62	Leroy	81
63	Arnold	80
63	Glen	80
65	Ernest	79
65	Louis	79
65	Stanley	79
68	Elmer	78
69	Roger	77
70	Alfred	72
71	Gordon	71
72	Edwin	69
73	Ray	68
74	Maurice	64
74	Wilbur	64
76	Alvin	63
77	Darrell	60
78	Eldon	59
78	Everett	59
78	Gene	59
78	Leland	59
82	Theodore	58
83	Ivan	57
84	Bill	56
85	Joe	55
85	Lowell	55
85	Marion	55
88	Harlan	54
88	Orville	54
90	Junior	53
90	Loren	53
92	Cecil	52
93	Leslie	50
94	Laverne	48
94	Vincent	48
94	Willard	48
97	Bob	47
97	Bruce	47
99	Merlin	46
99	Wendell	46