Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,128
2	James	971
3	Larry	891
4	Richard	881
5	John	845
6	Donald	721
7	Ronald	609
8	Gary	561
9	William	559
10	David	506
11	Jerry	455
12	Charles	407
13	Kenneth	365
14	Roger	314
15	Gerald	290
16	Thomas	279
17	Paul	226
18	Dennis	210
19	Jack	208
20	George	203
21	Dale	196
22	Wayne	188
23	Harold	175
24	Edward	165
25	Marvin	164

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	163
27	Raymond	162
28	Jim	146
29	Duane	139
30	Keith	130
31	Joseph	126
32	Eugene	117
32	Norman	117
34	Don	106
35	Carl	104
35	Lawrence	104
37	Dean	102
38	Bill	99
39	Ralph	97
40	Gordon	92
41	Frank	91
42	Leroy	90
43	Fred	89
44	Gene	86
45	Terry	85
46	Howard	83
47	Darrell	81
48	Leonard	80
49	Bob	79
49	Francis	79
51	Earl	78
52	Russell	77
53	Douglas	76
54	Stanley	75
55	Lyle	73
56	Daniel	71
56	Joe	71
58	Harry	70
59	Melvin	69
60	Arthur	68
61	Bernard	67
62	Bruce	65
62	Philip	65
64	Tom	63
64	Vernon	63
64	Walter	63
67	Billy	62
67	Jon	62
69	Allen	60
69	Roy	60
71	Ronnie	59
72	Edwin	58
73	Albert	57
74	Clarence	56
74	Glenn	56
76	Jerome	55
77	Dick	54
77	Henry	54
79	Glen	51
79	Lee	51
79	Leo	51
82	Patrick	50
83	Alan	49
84	Arnold	48
84	Warren	48
86	Lloyd	47
86	Lowell	47
88	Frederick	45
88	Phillip	45
90	Allan	44
90	Clifford	44
90	Delbert	44
90	Max	44
90	Merle	44
95	Eldon	41
95	Virgil	41
97	Jimmy	40
98	Rodney	39
98	Stephen	39
100	Lester	37
100	Tommy	37