Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,351
2	Robert	1,240
3	John	1,222
4	Richard	1,160
5	David	1,064
6	Dennis	965
7	Gary	858
8	Larry	847
9	Michael	843
10	Ronald	722
11	William	658
12	Thomas	633
13	Donald	518
14	Charles	424
15	Kenneth	419
16	Jerry	394
17	Terry	388
18	Roger	368
19	Steven	342
20	Paul	336
21	Stephen	304
22	Douglas	242
23	Jim	223
24	Daniel	202
25	Dale	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	193
26	Gerald	193
28	Mike	177
29	Jack	173
30	Bruce	172
30	George	172
32	Mark	170
33	Wayne	167
34	Joseph	157
35	Raymond	156
35	Tom	156
37	Danny	155
38	Harold	148
39	Bill	147
40	Keith	145
41	Steve	140
42	Alan	132
43	Patrick	126
44	Duane	124
44	Marvin	124
46	Craig	112
46	Russell	112
48	Bob	109
48	Eugene	109
50	Don	108
51	Dean	107
52	Timothy	100
53	Gregory	99
54	Allen	96
54	Ronnie	96
56	Fred	95
57	Frank	93
58	Carl	92
58	Lawrence	92
58	Stanley	92
61	Jon	90
62	Ralph	87
63	Norman	83
64	Darrell	78
65	Gene	76
65	Philip	76
67	Lyle	75
68	Dan	74
68	Roy	74
70	Joe	70
71	Rodney	68
72	Phillip	67
73	Lynn	66
74	Dave	64
74	Walter	64
76	Francis	63
77	Harry	62
77	Leroy	62
79	Leonard	61
79	Randy	61
81	Arthur	59
82	Allan	58
83	Frederick	57
83	Howard	57
85	Randall	56
86	Barry	54
86	Daryl	54
88	Brian	52
89	Curtis	51
89	Gordon	51
91	Martin	50
91	Vernon	50
93	Jay	49
93	Lloyd	49
93	Warren	49
96	Bernard	47
96	Clifford	47
96	Jeffrey	47
96	Ray	47
100	Earl	46
100	Leslie	46