Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,185
2	Richard	952
3	James	890
4	John	810
5	Donald	786
6	William	566
7	Larry	518
8	Ronald	510
9	David	388
10	Jerry	375
11	Charles	365
12	Gary	348
13	Kenneth	337
14	Roger	269
15	Jack	265
16	Gerald	248
16	Thomas	248
18	Paul	231
19	Harold	223
20	George	212
21	Dale	205
22	Marvin	185
23	Edward	173
23	Wayne	173
25	Raymond	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Duane	151
27	Dennis	132
28	Don	130
29	Jim	129
30	Joseph	127
31	Dean	125
32	Norman	124
33	Eugene	118
34	Keith	109
35	Bob	107
36	Leroy	106
36	Ralph	106
38	Bill	105
39	Frank	104
39	Melvin	104
41	Carl	103
41	Gene	103
43	Fred	99
44	Lawrence	97
44	Russell	97
46	Howard	96
47	Stanley	92
48	Darrell	88
49	Lyle	85
50	Daniel	84
50	Dick	84
52	Michael	82
53	Tom	80
54	Leonard	78
55	Arthur	77
55	Earl	77
55	Gordon	77
58	Lloyd	75
59	Terry	74
60	Francis	73
60	Vernon	73
62	Leo	68
63	Billy	67
64	Joe	65
64	Phillip	65
66	Clarence	64
67	Glenn	62
68	Delbert	59
68	Walter	59
70	Clifford	58
70	Harry	58
72	Bernard	56
72	Max	56
74	Loren	54
75	Jackie	53
75	Ray	53
77	Franklin	52
78	Albert	51
78	Glen	51
80	Allen	50
80	Bruce	50
82	Frederick	48
82	Henry	48
82	Philip	48
82	Roy	48
86	Edwin	47
86	Harlan	47
86	Lowell	47
89	Virgil	46
90	Leslie	45
90	Warren	45
92	Ernest	44
92	Lee	44
94	Alan	43
94	Arnold	43
94	Carroll	43
94	Eldon	43
94	Jimmy	43
94	Jon	43
94	Louis	43