Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,412
2	James	1,324
3	Michael	1,317
4	John	1,236
5	Robert	1,216
6	Richard	953
7	Steven	909
8	Dennis	893
9	Thomas	827
10	Gary	798
11	William	762
12	Larry	714
13	Ronald	646
14	Donald	523
15	Mark	506
16	Charles	472
17	Daniel	443
18	Douglas	437
19	Stephen	428
20	Kenneth	411
21	Roger	393
22	Jerry	351
23	Terry	339
24	Paul	337
25	Gregory	317

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	278
27	Craig	271
28	Bruce	268
29	Patrick	238
30	Joseph	234
31	Dale	222
32	Randall	194
33	Edward	188
34	Wayne	176
35	Gerald	175
36	Danny	173
37	Alan	169
38	Randy	167
39	Keith	160
40	Dean	148
40	George	148
42	Duane	139
43	Rodney	138
44	Jeffrey	136
45	Raymond	132
46	Jack	131
47	Lawrence	128
48	Allen	118
49	Russell	116
50	Harold	110
51	Kevin	104
52	Stanley	98
52	Steve	98
54	Scott	97
55	Brian	96
55	Philip	96
57	Eugene	95
57	Marvin	95
59	Frank	89
60	Carl	87
60	Tom	87
62	Jon	85
63	Ricky	82
64	Micheal	80
65	Mike	76
66	Lynn	75
67	Darrell	70
68	Gene	69
69	Rick	68
70	Jim	67
71	Anthony	65
71	Martin	65
73	Ronnie	64
74	Bill	63
75	Lee	61
75	Ralph	61
77	Dan	60
78	Curtis	59
78	Gordon	59
80	Kent	58
81	Arthur	56
81	Melvin	56
83	Peter	55
83	Roy	55
85	Eric	54
85	Lyle	54
85	Phillip	54
88	Daryl	53
88	Don	53
88	Norman	53
91	Howard	52
91	Leonard	52
93	Christopher	51
93	Frederick	51
93	Kirk	51
96	Jay	50
97	Glen	49
97	Leslie	49
97	Theodore	49
100	Francis	48
100	Fred	48