Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,116
2	Larry	991
3	James	915
4	Richard	913
5	John	856
6	Ronald	640
7	Donald	639
8	Gary	625
9	William	573
10	David	566
11	Jerry	461
12	Charles	455
13	Roger	341
14	Kenneth	331
15	Dennis	309
15	Thomas	309
17	Gerald	262
18	Paul	259
19	Michael	200
20	Jack	195
21	George	180
22	Harold	174
23	Marvin	168
24	Dale	167
25	Joseph	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	147
27	Wayne	141
28	Raymond	131
28	Terry	131
30	Jim	129
31	Keith	125
32	Don	116
33	Bill	113
33	Duane	113
35	Eugene	109
36	Dean	106
37	Norman	103
38	Lawrence	100
39	Carl	97
40	Douglas	96
41	Frank	93
42	Darrell	91
43	Fred	87
44	Lyle	84
45	Howard	80
46	Gene	78
46	Russell	78
48	Jon	76
48	Ronnie	76
50	Tom	74
51	Arthur	73
51	Ralph	73
53	Leroy	71
54	Bob	70
54	Daniel	70
56	Bruce	69
57	Joe	68
58	Leonard	67
59	Melvin	65
60	Allen	64
61	Francis	63
61	Walter	63
63	Dick	62
63	Stanley	62
63	Vernon	62
66	Leo	61
67	Lloyd	59
68	Gordon	58
69	Clifford	57
69	Leon	57
71	Glen	56
72	Earl	55
72	Phillip	55
74	Billy	54
74	Lee	54
74	Patrick	54
77	Philip	53
78	Mike	52
79	Bernard	51
79	Clarence	51
81	Stephen	50
82	Henry	49
83	Glenn	48
84	Harry	47
84	Loren	47
84	Roy	47
87	Alan	46
87	Jerome	46
89	Albert	44
89	Louis	44
89	Rodney	44
92	Lynn	42
92	Merle	42
94	Edwin	41
94	Jimmy	41
96	Delbert	40
97	Jimmie	39
97	Peter	39
99	Allan	38
99	Martin	38