Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	995
2	Robert	986
3	John	942
4	Richard	881
5	David	773
6	Gary	711
7	Larry	705
8	Dennis	615
9	Michael	586
10	Donald	530
11	Ronald	521
12	William	518
13	Thomas	428
14	Charles	385
15	Roger	359
16	Kenneth	357
17	Jerry	331
18	Paul	275
19	Terry	254
20	Gerald	206
21	Dale	188
21	Douglas	188
23	Stephen	182
24	Steven	181
25	Edward	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	150
26	Wayne	150
28	Jim	149
29	Daniel	147
30	Tom	146
31	Joseph	134
32	Jack	128
33	Harold	126
34	Raymond	120
35	Dean	117
36	Bill	114
37	Duane	112
38	Bruce	109
38	Danny	109
40	Mike	108
41	Alan	106
42	Marvin	105
43	Steve	99
44	Keith	98
45	Mark	96
46	Patrick	94
47	Russell	88
48	Fred	87
48	Lawrence	87
50	Jon	85
51	Eugene	81
52	Allen	79
53	Don	78
54	Gene	77
55	Joe	75
56	Bob	73
57	Lyle	72
58	Craig	71
59	Ronnie	69
60	Frank	67
60	Stanley	67
62	Darrell	66
62	Norman	66
64	Timothy	65
65	Ralph	64
66	Rodney	61
67	Melvin	60
67	Walter	60
69	Francis	59
70	Carl	58
70	Lynn	58
72	Howard	57
73	Allan	54
74	Dan	53
74	Dick	53
76	Harry	52
77	Gordon	51
78	Arthur	49
78	Earl	49
78	Philip	49
81	Leo	48
82	Dave	47
83	Leroy	46
84	Leonard	45
84	Phillip	45
86	Loren	44
86	Roy	44
88	Vernon	43
89	Lloyd	41
90	Gregory	40
90	Lee	40
90	Ray	40
93	Edwin	39
94	Peter	38
95	Billy	37
95	Curtis	37
95	Glen	37
95	Glenn	37
99	Clarence	36
99	Henry	36