Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,156
2	James	1,132
3	John	960
4	Richard	868
5	Larry	846
6	David	840
7	Gary	791
8	Ronald	738
9	Dennis	607
10	William	597
11	Donald	515
12	Michael	469
13	Jerry	459
14	Thomas	455
15	Kenneth	419
16	Roger	414
17	Charles	401
18	Paul	285
19	Gerald	225
20	Terry	189
21	George	187
22	Wayne	185
23	Douglas	172
24	Dale	168
25	Keith	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	159
27	Joseph	146
27	Raymond	146
29	Jim	143
30	Marvin	142
31	Harold	137
32	Jack	136
33	Bill	133
34	Daniel	130
35	Steven	127
36	Stephen	116
37	Don	106
38	Mike	105
38	Ronnie	105
40	Carl	102
40	Tom	102
42	Dean	95
42	Russell	95
44	Lawrence	94
45	Duane	92
46	Fred	90
47	Bruce	88
48	Stanley	83
48	Steve	83
50	Frank	82
50	Jon	82
52	Patrick	79
53	Allen	78
53	Eugene	78
53	Gene	78
56	Norman	77
57	Alan	76
58	Bob	73
58	Darrell	73
58	Leonard	73
61	Danny	69
61	Lyle	69
63	Gordon	68
63	Leroy	68
65	Mark	67
65	Ralph	67
67	Joe	64
67	Walter	64
69	Dick	63
70	Arthur	62
71	Philip	61
72	Billy	60
72	Harry	60
74	Phillip	59
75	Howard	58
76	Roy	56
77	Earl	53
77	Francis	53
79	Craig	52
79	Melvin	52
81	Clifford	50
81	Dan	50
81	Merle	50
81	Vernon	50
85	Glenn	49
85	Henry	49
85	Lynn	49
88	Rodney	48
89	Dwight	47
89	Jimmy	47
91	Dave	46
91	Lloyd	46
93	Clarence	44
93	Daryl	44
93	Leslie	44
96	Curtis	42
96	Louis	42
98	Albert	41
98	Jay	41
98	Virgil	41
98	Warren	41