Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,147
2	James	1,137
3	Larry	1,009
4	John	990
5	Richard	921
6	Gary	830
7	David	815
8	Ronald	794
9	William	616
10	Donald	571
11	Dennis	554
12	Jerry	471
13	Charles	444
14	Thomas	442
15	Kenneth	411
16	Roger	385
17	Michael	364
18	Paul	264
19	Gerald	254
20	Douglas	205
21	Terry	182
22	Jack	176
23	George	173
24	Edward	170
25	Dale	161

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wayne	161
27	Jim	155
28	Stephen	150
29	Harold	148
29	Raymond	148
31	Marvin	144
32	Bill	132
33	Duane	131
34	Joseph	125
35	Daniel	123
36	Steven	120
37	Keith	112
38	Carl	110
38	Dean	110
38	Tom	110
41	Lawrence	107
42	Don	97
42	Norman	97
44	Ronnie	96
45	Bruce	95
45	Eugene	95
47	Darrell	93
48	Gene	92
49	Allen	88
50	Harry	87
51	Philip	84
52	Frank	82
52	Patrick	82
54	Joe	81
55	Leonard	80
55	Russell	80
57	Francis	79
58	Dick	77
58	Mike	77
60	Stanley	75
61	Bob	73
61	Jon	73
63	Arthur	72
64	Howard	71
64	Leroy	71
66	Lloyd	69
67	Fred	68
68	Melvin	65
69	Phillip	64
70	Ralph	63
71	Lyle	62
71	Walter	62
73	Mark	58
74	Clifford	57
74	Danny	57
74	Edwin	57
74	Gordon	57
74	Vernon	57
79	Ray	56
79	Steve	56
81	Alan	55
81	Albert	55
81	Loren	55
84	Allan	54
85	Lynn	53
86	Bernard	51
86	Earl	51
88	Tommy	49
89	Henry	48
89	Lee	48
91	Clarence	47
91	Craig	47
91	Virgil	47
94	Roy	46
95	Max	43
95	Warren	43
97	Leon	42
98	Rodney	41
99	Kent	40
99	Lowell	40
99	Merle	40