Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,083
2	Richard	1,010
3	Donald	892
4	James	851
5	John	784
6	William	525
7	Charles	427
8	Ronald	410
9	Kenneth	368
10	Jerry	314
11	Jack	305
12	David	293
13	Thomas	260
14	Harold	256
15	Larry	252
16	Paul	250
17	Gerald	237
18	Roger	236
19	George	222
20	Wayne	205
21	Raymond	197
22	Dale	193
23	Duane	177
24	Marvin	176
25	Don	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	154
27	Eugene	152
28	Norman	146
29	Edward	145
30	Dean	133
31	Bill	124
32	Joseph	122
33	Jim	116
34	Melvin	110
35	Frank	109
36	Carl	107
37	Bob	106
38	Keith	105
39	Walter	104
40	Earl	100
41	Gene	99
42	Howard	94
42	Ralph	94
44	Leo	93
44	Leroy	93
46	Dennis	92
46	Lyle	92
48	Darrell	91
48	Lawrence	91
50	Arthur	86
51	Stanley	85
52	Albert	84
53	Francis	83
54	Lloyd	80
54	Russell	80
54	Vernon	80
57	Billy	79
57	Dick	79
57	Harry	79
60	Leonard	76
61	Clarence	75
62	Virgil	73
63	Fred	71
64	Joe	69
65	Gordon	68
66	Bernard	67
67	Clifford	66
67	Max	66
69	Lowell	65
70	Glenn	64
70	Henry	64
72	Roy	63
73	Merle	61
73	Philip	61
75	Allen	60
76	Glen	58
76	Tom	58
78	Douglas	57
79	Bruce	55
79	Floyd	55
79	Franklin	55
82	Edwin	51
82	Phillip	51
84	Daniel	50
85	Lee	48
85	Loren	48
85	Michael	48
88	Lester	47
89	Delbert	46
90	Arnold	45
90	Jerome	45
92	Eldon	43
92	Harlan	43
92	Ray	43
95	Carroll	42
96	Dwight	41
97	Louis	40
97	Warren	40
99	Leon	39
99	Maurice	39