Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,405
2	Donald	977
3	John	878
4	Richard	838
5	James	714
6	William	686
7	Charles	493
8	Kenneth	389
9	Harold	373
10	Paul	313
11	George	308
12	Jack	302
13	Dale	231
14	Raymond	227
15	Marvin	208
16	Wayne	207
17	Edward	206
18	Eugene	204
19	Gerald	203
20	Thomas	174
21	David	147
21	Dean	147
23	Joseph	145
24	Ralph	144
25	Ronald	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	141
27	Earl	139
28	Carl	136
29	Howard	135
30	Duane	133
31	Walter	132
32	Roger	130
33	Melvin	128
34	Arthur	124
34	Gene	124
34	Norman	124
37	Leonard	116
38	Harry	113
39	Vernon	112
40	Lawrence	109
41	Herbert	108
42	Frank	105
42	Russell	105
44	Keith	103
45	Glenn	102
45	Lloyd	102
47	Bernard	98
47	Clarence	98
49	Bob	97
50	Louis	90
51	Leroy	87
51	Roy	87
53	Albert	86
53	Leo	86
55	Alvin	84
55	Don	84
57	Alfred	83
57	Henry	83
57	Lyle	83
60	Floyd	80
61	Clifford	78
62	Stanley	77
63	Bill	75
64	Merle	74
65	Gordon	73
65	Max	73
67	Elmer	72
67	Joe	72
69	Glen	70
69	Virgil	70
71	Billy	67
71	Dick	67
73	Fred	66
73	Lester	66
73	Warren	66
76	Darrell	64
77	Jerry	61
77	Ray	61
79	Arnold	56
80	Edwin	54
81	Delbert	53
81	Leland	53
83	Eldon	52
84	Ernest	50
84	Everett	50
84	Merlin	50
87	Laverne	48
88	Cecil	47
88	Wallace	47
90	Daniel	46
90	Ivan	46
90	Lowell	46
90	Rex	46
94	Marion	45
94	Wendell	45
96	Allen	44
97	Harvey	43
98	Willard	42
99	Wilbur	41
100	Bruce	40
100	Jim	40
100	Lewis	40