Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,105
2	James	1,100
3	Richard	900
4	John	875
5	David	831
6	Larry	789
7	Gary	734
8	Ronald	618
9	Dennis	595
10	William	557
11	Donald	528
12	Michael	516
13	Thomas	440
14	Charles	413
15	Kenneth	411
16	Jerry	392
17	Roger	379
18	Paul	269
19	Terry	213
20	Dale	196
21	Jim	193
22	Gerald	191
23	George	175
24	Douglas	174
25	Wayne	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	162
27	Steven	155
28	Jack	142
29	Joseph	141
30	Daniel	135
31	Harold	132
32	Stephen	131
33	Raymond	129
34	Dean	125
35	Bill	118
36	Keith	117
37	Marvin	116
38	Duane	115
39	Tom	114
40	Don	103
41	Danny	99
42	Bruce	97
43	Fred	94
44	Mike	92
45	Eugene	91
45	Gene	91
47	Stanley	89
48	Bob	88
49	Alan	86
50	Darrell	85
50	Ronnie	85
52	Carl	81
53	Allen	80
53	Mark	80
53	Russell	80
56	Frank	78
57	Steve	77
58	Joe	74
58	Lawrence	74
60	Jon	73
61	Patrick	71
62	Lyle	70
63	Arthur	67
64	Craig	66
64	Dick	66
66	Harry	64
67	Howard	63
67	Lynn	63
69	Leroy	62
70	Ralph	60
71	Philip	58
71	Phillip	58
73	Melvin	57
74	Francis	56
74	Norman	56
76	Earl	55
77	Curtis	54
78	Walter	53
79	Leonard	52
79	Lloyd	52
81	Clifford	51
81	Leo	51
83	Gordon	49
84	Bernard	47
84	Clarence	47
84	Jerome	47
84	Loren	47
84	Rodney	47
89	Vernon	46
90	Billy	45
90	Louis	45
92	Allan	44
92	Frederick	44
94	Albert	43
95	Floyd	42
96	Glenn	41
96	Peter	41
96	Randall	41
99	Garry	40
99	Leslie	40