Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,335
2	David	1,286
3	Robert	1,256
4	Michael	1,224
5	John	1,220
6	Richard	991
7	Dennis	936
8	Steven	845
9	Thomas	820
10	William	765
11	Gary	713
12	Larry	677
13	Ronald	675
14	Donald	547
15	Charles	482
16	Stephen	467
17	Terry	413
18	Roger	406
19	Douglas	395
20	Kenneth	384
21	Mark	369
22	Paul	363
23	Daniel	361
24	Jerry	316
25	Bruce	295

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Craig	262
27	Joseph	243
28	Gregory	225
29	Timothy	220
30	Gerald	212
31	Dale	210
32	Patrick	204
33	Alan	191
34	Edward	181
35	Steve	171
36	George	170
36	Wayne	170
38	Keith	160
39	Randy	158
40	Danny	155
41	Randall	153
42	Dean	142
43	Duane	140
43	Jack	140
45	Tom	134
46	Marvin	132
47	Mike	130
48	Jim	128
48	Raymond	128
50	Allen	124
51	Rodney	123
52	Lawrence	115
53	Russell	114
54	Harold	107
55	Jeffrey	104
56	Stanley	103
57	Frank	99
58	Bill	96
59	Scott	93
60	Eugene	88
61	Carl	86
61	Dan	86
61	Philip	86
64	Phillip	82
65	Brian	81
65	Jon	81
67	Kevin	80
68	Lynn	79
69	Francis	77
70	Lyle	75
70	Ronnie	75
72	Martin	74
73	Micheal	72
74	Don	68
74	Rick	68
74	Roy	68
77	Lee	66
78	Allan	65
78	Darrell	65
78	Joel	65
81	Walter	63
82	Ralph	62
83	Gene	60
83	Howard	60
83	Joe	60
83	Kent	60
83	Melvin	60
88	Norman	58
88	Ricky	58
90	Bob	57
91	Peter	56
91	Tim	56
93	Leonard	54
94	Christopher	52
94	Curtis	52
94	Ray	52
97	Loren	50
98	Barry	49
98	Fred	49
98	Glenn	49
98	Leslie	49