Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,097
2	Larry	1,034
3	James	1,017
4	Richard	898
5	John	880
6	Ronald	803
7	Gary	778
8	David	724
9	William	596
10	Donald	581
11	Jerry	551
12	Charles	453
13	Dennis	430
14	Roger	403
15	Kenneth	368
16	Thomas	358
17	Michael	333
18	Paul	246
19	Gerald	235
20	George	185
21	Edward	170
22	Dale	165
23	Harold	164
24	Jack	159
25	Wayne	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jim	152
27	Terry	147
28	Keith	136
29	Raymond	135
30	Joseph	134
31	Marvin	128
32	Bill	120
33	Stephen	113
34	Don	108
35	Duane	107
36	Carl	105
37	Frank	103
37	Tom	103
39	Daniel	96
39	Leroy	96
41	Darrell	95
42	Lyle	93
42	Russell	93
44	Bruce	89
45	Dean	88
45	Ronnie	88
47	Lawrence	86
47	Ralph	86
49	Douglas	83
49	Eugene	83
49	Fred	83
52	Melvin	79
53	Jon	76
53	Walter	76
55	Patrick	75
56	Norman	72
56	Steven	72
58	Howard	70
59	Bob	66
59	Gene	66
59	Leonard	66
59	Philip	66
63	Harry	65
64	Arthur	64
64	Francis	64
64	Stanley	64
67	Alan	62
67	Mike	62
69	Clifford	61
70	Dick	60
70	Gordon	60
72	Allen	59
72	Earl	59
74	Albert	58
74	Clarence	58
74	Ray	58
77	Lloyd	57
77	Vernon	57
79	Joe	56
79	Phillip	56
81	Edwin	55
82	Bernard	54
83	Glen	52
83	Henry	52
83	Lynn	52
86	Rodney	50
87	Glenn	47
88	Allan	45
88	Craig	45
90	Frederick	44
90	Loren	44
90	Merle	44
93	Lee	43
94	Arnold	42
94	Jerome	42
94	Peter	42
97	Alvin	41
97	Harlan	41
97	Leo	41
100	Delbert	40
100	Mark	40
100	Tommy	40