Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,164
2	Richard	926
3	James	902
4	John	782
5	Donald	747
6	Larry	730
7	Ronald	569
8	William	513
9	David	484
10	Gary	445
11	Charles	435
12	Jerry	392
13	Kenneth	310
14	Paul	286
15	Roger	281
16	Thomas	260
17	Gerald	258
18	Jack	247
19	Harold	207
20	George	202
21	Dale	192
22	Wayne	173
23	Edward	172
24	Raymond	170
25	Marvin	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	151
27	Duane	144
28	Eugene	140
29	Joseph	129
30	Don	123
31	Frank	106
31	Jim	106
31	Norman	106
34	Dean	104
35	Keith	103
35	Michael	103
37	Carl	101
38	Gene	100
39	Russell	96
40	Leroy	92
41	Dick	90
42	Bill	89
42	Terry	89
44	Darrell	87
44	Fred	87
44	Lawrence	87
44	Ralph	87
48	Melvin	85
49	Francis	84
50	Bob	83
50	Lyle	83
52	Stanley	81
53	Daniel	78
54	Howard	74
55	Tom	73
56	Gordon	72
57	Lloyd	71
58	Walter	66
59	Arthur	63
59	Douglas	63
61	Harry	62
61	Joe	62
63	Billy	60
63	Leonard	60
65	Bruce	59
65	Earl	59
67	Bernard	58
67	Clarence	58
69	Clifford	57
69	Philip	57
71	Henry	56
71	Phillip	56
71	Vernon	56
74	Glenn	55
75	Leo	54
75	Max	54
77	Edwin	53
77	Lee	53
79	Ray	52
80	Roy	51
81	Louis	50
81	Patrick	50
83	Glen	49
84	Allen	48
84	Eldon	48
86	Jon	47
87	Leon	46
88	Albert	45
88	Ernest	45
88	Lowell	45
91	Elmer	42
91	Merle	42
93	Frederick	41
94	Arnold	40
94	Danny	40
96	Allan	39
96	Virgil	39
98	Floyd	38
98	Harlan	38
98	Jerome	38