Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,575
2	Donald	922
3	John	883
4	William	786
5	Richard	745
6	James	672
7	Charles	442
8	Harold	395
9	Kenneth	387
10	George	352
11	Paul	310
12	Raymond	280
13	Jack	278
14	Dale	221
15	Edward	215
16	Eugene	214
17	Wayne	202
18	Gerald	197
19	Ralph	195
19	Thomas	195
21	Joseph	194
22	Marvin	186
23	Howard	175
24	Earl	153
25	Carl	147

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	146
27	Melvin	139
28	Russell	138
28	Walter	138
30	Clarence	135
31	Francis	127
32	Lawrence	126
33	Frank	124
33	Vernon	124
35	Dean	122
36	David	121
37	Lloyd	117
37	Norman	117
39	Harry	116
39	Leonard	116
41	Lyle	111
42	Henry	109
43	Glenn	107
44	Leo	104
45	Virgil	101
46	Bernard	99
46	Keith	99
46	Leroy	99
49	Elmer	98
49	Fred	98
51	Albert	97
52	Duane	95
53	Gene	93
54	Roger	89
54	Roy	89
56	Warren	88
57	Ronald	87
58	Clifford	86
58	Merle	86
60	Lester	83
61	Edwin	82
62	Max	79
63	Louis	78
64	Stanley	75
65	Bob	74
65	Gordon	74
67	Herbert	73
68	Floyd	72
68	Glen	72
70	Ernest	70
71	Darrell	68
72	Alvin	67
72	Don	67
74	Delbert	64
75	Billy	63
75	Everett	63
77	Leland	61
78	Arnold	60
79	Ray	59
80	Bill	56
80	Wilbur	56
82	Maurice	55
83	Lowell	52
83	Wallace	52
85	Daniel	51
85	Merlin	51
87	Carroll	50
88	Eldon	48
89	Frederick	47
89	Marion	47
91	Calvin	46
91	Cecil	46
91	Ivan	46
91	Loren	46
95	Joe	45
96	Willard	44
97	Bruce	43
97	Harlan	43
97	Laverne	43
97	Philip	43