Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,428
2	John	1,377
3	David	1,311
4	Robert	1,297
5	Richard	1,164
6	Dennis	1,036
7	Michael	1,024
8	Larry	860
9	Gary	851
10	Ronald	794
11	Thomas	769
12	William	767
13	Steven	586
14	Donald	547
15	Charles	465
16	Terry	419
17	Kenneth	415
18	Jerry	409
19	Roger	405
20	Stephen	363
21	Paul	358
22	Douglas	267
23	Daniel	262
24	Jim	230
25	Bruce	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Craig	221
27	Mark	214
28	Mike	212
29	Dale	208
29	Steve	208
31	Tom	207
32	George	201
33	Joseph	198
34	Gerald	197
35	Edward	194
36	Jack	183
37	Gregory	177
38	Danny	172
39	Wayne	168
40	Alan	167
41	Keith	162
42	Patrick	158
43	Bill	157
44	Raymond	154
45	Duane	141
46	Timothy	139
47	Dean	133
48	Allen	125
49	Frank	124
50	Russell	123
51	Eugene	120
51	Harold	120
53	Lawrence	115
54	Marvin	114
55	Darrell	110
56	Gene	108
57	Rodney	106
58	Carl	104
59	Don	103
60	Jon	98
61	Stanley	95
62	Bob	92
63	Ronnie	91
64	Philip	89
65	Phillip	88
66	Fred	87
67	Ralph	85
68	Lynn	80
69	Dan	78
69	Norman	78
71	Joe	77
72	Harry	74
73	Brian	73
73	Randy	73
75	Jeffrey	69
76	Lyle	68
76	Melvin	68
76	Randall	68
79	Howard	67
80	Leroy	65
81	Allan	64
81	Dave	64
83	Arthur	62
83	Barry	62
85	Glenn	61
85	Roy	61
87	Peter	59
88	Warren	58
89	Dick	57
89	Francis	57
89	Gordon	57
89	Walter	57
93	Glen	55
93	Leonard	55
93	Micheal	55
96	Earl	54
96	Henry	54
96	Ted	54
96	Tim	54
100	Kent	53