Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,109
2	Richard	1,021
3	James	899
4	Donald	802
5	John	784
6	William	554
7	Charles	463
8	Ronald	446
9	Larry	390
10	David	329
11	Jerry	327
11	Kenneth	327
13	Paul	315
14	Thomas	256
15	Jack	255
16	Roger	250
17	Gerald	238
18	Gary	236
19	Harold	223
20	Dale	222
21	George	188
22	Marvin	176
23	Wayne	173
24	Edward	167
25	Duane	163

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	162
27	Raymond	146
28	Don	141
29	Jim	126
30	Dean	125
31	Norman	122
32	Bob	113
33	Dennis	110
33	Joseph	110
35	Lawrence	106
36	Frank	102
37	Bill	101
38	Carl	100
38	Keith	100
40	Leroy	99
41	Walter	97
42	Gene	95
43	Darrell	91
44	Fred	89
45	Harry	86
45	Lloyd	86
45	Melvin	86
48	Russell	85
49	Bernard	84
50	Francis	83
51	Earl	81
51	Ralph	81
53	Tom	79
54	Stanley	78
55	Lyle	77
56	Dick	76
57	Howard	74
58	Max	73
59	Gordon	72
60	Arthur	70
61	Daniel	69
62	Clarence	67
62	Glen	67
64	Billy	66
65	Leonard	65
66	Joe	64
66	Phillip	64
68	Vernon	62
69	Michael	60
70	Allen	58
71	Bruce	57
72	Clifford	56
72	Lester	56
74	Leo	55
74	Philip	55
76	Delbert	54
76	Virgil	54
78	Lee	53
79	Floyd	52
79	Roy	52
81	Glenn	51
82	Albert	50
83	Terry	49
84	Lowell	48
85	Alvin	46
85	Louis	46
87	Arnold	45
87	Henry	45
87	Wendell	45
90	Ray	44
90	Rodney	44
92	Loren	43
92	Warren	43
94	Merle	42
95	Eldon	41
95	Jerome	41
95	Leland	41
98	Alan	40
98	Ernest	40
98	Everett	40
98	Franklin	40
98	Leon	40