Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,298
2	Robert	1,281
3	John	1,212
4	David	1,187
5	Michael	1,009
6	Dennis	929
7	Richard	928
8	Larry	864
9	Steven	808
10	Gary	775
11	William	768
12	Thomas	737
13	Ronald	735
14	Donald	532
15	Charles	463
16	Kenneth	430
17	Terry	409
18	Roger	398
19	Stephen	397
20	Jerry	365
21	Paul	329
22	Douglas	288
23	Mark	282
24	Daniel	274
25	Craig	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	217
27	Bruce	206
28	Timothy	199
29	Jim	198
29	Steve	198
31	Alan	197
32	Dale	192
33	Danny	190
33	Mike	190
35	Gregory	187
36	Gerald	185
37	Edward	175
38	Jack	171
39	Tom	167
40	Patrick	164
41	Wayne	163
42	George	157
43	Keith	155
44	Duane	144
45	Dean	138
46	Raymond	133
47	Bill	131
48	Harold	120
49	Randy	118
50	Philip	111
51	Allen	108
51	Jon	108
53	Randall	104
54	Russell	103
55	Marvin	96
56	Lawrence	95
57	Dan	94
58	Stanley	93
59	Darrell	92
59	Eugene	92
61	Joe	91
61	Lynn	91
63	Don	88
64	Rodney	87
65	Gene	86
65	Lyle	86
67	Phillip	85
68	Carl	84
68	Frank	84
68	Ronnie	84
71	Jeffrey	76
72	Bob	75
73	Rick	74
74	Ralph	70
75	Barry	69
76	Curtis	67
77	Brian	66
77	Norman	66
79	Fred	65
79	Harry	65
79	Walter	65
82	Gordon	63
82	Micheal	63
82	Tim	63
85	Arthur	61
86	Allan	60
87	Roy	59
88	Dave	58
88	Peter	58
90	Kent	56
90	Leslie	56
90	Melvin	56
93	Lee	55
94	Clifford	54
94	Francis	54
94	Ricky	54
97	Howard	53
97	Jimmy	53
99	Leonard	51
100	Henry	49