Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,149
2	Richard	939
3	Donald	861
4	James	850
5	John	729
6	William	566
7	Charles	450
8	Kenneth	323
9	Ronald	311
10	Jack	267
11	Paul	262
12	Harold	260
13	Jerry	241
14	Gerald	238
15	George	227
16	David	219
17	Roger	202
17	Thomas	202
19	Marvin	200
20	Raymond	194
21	Dale	182
22	Duane	166
23	Edward	160
24	Larry	159
24	Wayne	159

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Don	157
27	Eugene	147
28	Joseph	139
29	Norman	136
30	Bill	126
30	Gary	126
32	Carl	120
33	Keith	113
34	Dean	111
35	Franklin	104
36	Gene	102
37	Howard	100
38	Bob	99
38	Melvin	99
38	Ralph	99
41	Francis	95
42	Leroy	94
43	Frank	90
44	Lawrence	89
44	Walter	89
46	Russell	86
47	Darrell	84
48	Arthur	83
48	Billy	83
50	Stanley	82
51	Jim	81
51	Lloyd	81
53	Vernon	75
54	Earl	74
54	Leo	74
56	Bernard	73
56	Leonard	73
58	Dick	70
59	Fred	69
59	Gordon	69
59	Lyle	69
62	Clarence	68
62	Henry	68
62	Joe	68
65	Harry	67
66	Dennis	66
67	Roy	64
68	Albert	60
68	Glenn	60
70	Edwin	58
71	Max	57
72	Delbert	55
73	Allen	54
73	Glen	54
75	Ernest	53
75	Lester	53
75	Loren	53
78	Alvin	52
78	Eldon	52
78	Tom	52
81	Daniel	51
81	Virgil	51
83	Floyd	49
83	Ray	49
85	Merle	48
86	Carroll	46
86	Clifford	46
86	Elmer	46
89	Lee	45
89	Merlin	45
91	Louis	44
92	Arnold	43
92	Bruce	43
92	Lowell	43
95	Douglas	42
96	Laverne	40
96	Patrick	40
98	Harlan	38
98	Peter	38
100	Marion	37