Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,095
2	James	1,077
3	Larry	1,076
4	Richard	932
5	John	879
6	Gary	719
7	David	682
8	Ronald	671
9	Donald	585
10	William	536
11	Jerry	513
12	Charles	427
13	Dennis	391
14	Kenneth	372
15	Thomas	359
16	Roger	358
17	Michael	267
18	Gerald	264
19	Paul	258
20	George	183
21	Harold	182
22	Dale	170
23	Wayne	169
24	Jack	162
25	Raymond	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	141
27	Joseph	136
28	Terry	131
29	Jim	127
30	Marvin	123
31	Bill	118
32	Duane	112
33	Lawrence	110
34	Dean	105
34	Eugene	105
36	Keith	103
37	Leroy	98
38	Don	94
39	Norman	93
40	Darrell	91
40	Douglas	91
42	Ralph	90
43	Tom	89
44	Frank	88
45	Fred	86
45	Ronnie	86
45	Russell	86
48	Stanley	83
49	Allen	80
50	Carl	79
50	Melvin	79
52	Howard	75
53	Gene	73
54	Alan	72
54	Bob	72
54	Dick	72
54	Walter	72
58	Patrick	71
59	Daniel	69
59	Jon	69
61	Bruce	68
62	Leonard	67
63	Joe	66
64	Lyle	65
65	Albert	63
66	Clarence	62
67	Phillip	61
68	Arthur	60
68	Francis	60
70	Glenn	59
71	Earl	57
72	Harry	56
72	Lloyd	56
74	Stephen	55
74	Steven	55
76	Vernon	53
77	Leo	52
78	Henry	51
78	Mike	51
80	Gordon	49
81	Clifford	48
81	Jerome	48
83	Philip	47
84	Louis	46
84	Roy	46
86	Glen	45
87	Floyd	43
87	Lee	43
87	Loren	43
90	Merle	42
91	Bernard	41
91	Billy	41
91	Rodney	41
94	Edwin	40
94	Martin	40
94	Max	40
97	Allan	39
97	Lester	39
99	Eldon	38
99	Leland	38