Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,384
2	Donald	1,026
3	Richard	915
4	John	834
5	James	821
6	William	641
7	Charles	526
8	Kenneth	385
9	Harold	355
10	Jack	321
11	George	281
12	Paul	263
13	Dale	239
14	Eugene	226
15	Gerald	216
16	Raymond	213
17	Marvin	204
18	David	197
18	Thomas	197
20	Ronald	191
21	Edward	190
22	Wayne	187
23	Duane	166
24	Dean	157
24	Joseph	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	155
27	Ralph	154
28	Howard	133
29	Norman	130
30	Earl	125
31	Walter	123
32	Jerry	118
33	Melvin	117
34	Keith	116
35	Lloyd	115
36	Vernon	113
37	Carl	111
38	Russell	110
39	Leo	109
40	Harry	107
40	Leonard	107
42	Lyle	106
43	Arthur	103
44	Clarence	101
44	Lawrence	101
46	Billy	96
47	Frank	94
48	Francis	92
49	Don	91
50	Leroy	89
51	Virgil	88
52	Stanley	86
53	Fred	84
54	Bill	83
54	Gene	83
56	Bernard	82
57	Bob	81
58	Glenn	78
58	Henry	78
58	Herbert	78
61	Clifford	75
62	Roy	73
63	Gordon	70
63	Jim	70
65	Floyd	69
66	Darrell	68
67	Dick	64
67	Merle	64
69	Albert	63
70	Delbert	62
70	Joe	62
72	Arnold	59
72	Edwin	59
72	Max	59
75	Larry	57
76	Ray	54
77	Alvin	53
77	Elmer	53
79	Eldon	52
79	Glen	52
81	Louis	48
81	Lowell	48
83	Alfred	47
83	Daniel	47
83	Ernest	47
83	Lester	47
83	Merlin	47
83	Wilbur	47
89	Everett	46
89	Marion	46
91	Harlan	44
91	Warren	44
93	Ivan	43
93	Leland	43
95	Gilbert	42
95	Theodore	42
95	Willard	42
98	Dwight	41
98	Junior	41
98	Wallace	41