Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,409
2	Donald	1,018
3	Richard	872
4	John	776
5	James	740
6	William	681
7	Charles	478
8	Kenneth	392
9	Harold	340
10	Paul	290
11	George	289
11	Jack	289
13	Raymond	248
14	Gerald	230
15	Marvin	212
16	Dale	196
17	Edward	193
18	Eugene	192
19	Wayne	185
20	Thomas	175
21	David	170
22	Ronald	160
23	Howard	146
24	Ralph	142
25	Joseph	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	138
27	Dean	137
27	Roger	137
29	Carl	128
29	Duane	128
31	Harry	127
32	Herbert	123
33	Don	119
34	Bernard	118
35	Clarence	115
36	Frank	113
36	Norman	113
38	Arthur	112
38	Keith	112
38	Lloyd	112
41	Francis	105
41	Leonard	105
43	Leo	104
44	Leroy	103
44	Walter	103
46	Russell	99
47	Melvin	98
48	Lawrence	97
48	Lyle	97
50	Bill	89
51	Vernon	85
52	Bob	84
52	Henry	84
54	Gordon	83
54	Louis	83
56	Billy	82
57	Gene	81
58	Jerry	79
59	Clifford	78
59	Glenn	78
59	Merle	78
62	Albert	77
63	Elmer	74
64	Roy	73
65	Max	70
66	Darrell	69
66	Stanley	69
68	Fred	67
69	Ray	63
70	Lester	62
71	Alvin	60
71	Arnold	60
71	Glen	60
74	Floyd	59
75	Edwin	58
75	Virgil	58
77	Ernest	56
78	Eldon	54
78	Joe	54
80	Alfred	52
81	Delbert	51
81	Laverne	51
83	Warren	50
83	Wilbur	50
85	Daniel	48
85	Dick	48
87	Jim	45
87	Merlin	45
89	Everett	43
89	Frederick	43
91	Harlan	42
91	Lee	42
91	Leland	42
91	Maurice	42
95	Harvey	41
96	Clyde	40
97	Carroll	39
97	Theodore	39
99	Billie	38
99	Lowell	38
99	Roland	38