Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,516
2	David	1,483
3	James	1,330
4	John	1,257
5	Robert	1,214
6	Steven	1,157
7	Richard	1,031
8	Dennis	953
9	Thomas	905
10	William	864
11	Gary	814
12	Larry	634
13	Mark	618
14	Ronald	600
15	Charles	516
16	Donald	506
17	Daniel	467
18	Douglas	450
19	Kenneth	430
20	Stephen	420
21	Roger	386
22	Terry	366
23	Timothy	363
24	Paul	320
25	Jerry	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	315
27	Bruce	301
28	Craig	297
29	Joseph	272
30	Randy	256
31	Patrick	227
32	Edward	220
33	Randall	218
34	Alan	210
35	Dale	206
36	Jeffrey	197
37	Gerald	196
38	Keith	185
39	Wayne	169
40	Danny	168
41	Kevin	158
42	Dean	151
43	Duane	145
44	Scott	141
45	Russell	136
46	George	135
47	Raymond	122
48	Harold	120
49	Jack	116
50	Brian	115
51	Allen	112
51	Stanley	112
53	Rodney	110
54	Micheal	106
55	Philip	103
56	Lawrence	102
57	Ricky	100
58	Eugene	98
59	Marvin	97
60	Carl	91
61	Rick	89
62	Martin	85
63	Darrell	83
63	Jon	83
65	Frank	78
66	Kent	77
67	Steve	74
68	Dan	71
69	Gene	68
69	Lynn	68
71	Howard	67
72	Barry	64
72	Lyle	64
74	Daryl	63
74	Kim	63
74	Phillip	63
77	Bradley	62
78	Leonard	60
79	Allan	59
80	Edwin	58
80	Loren	58
80	Peter	58
80	Rex	58
80	Walter	58
85	Curtis	57
85	Glen	57
85	Gordon	57
85	Ralph	57
89	Mike	55
90	Anthony	54
90	Jay	54
92	Harry	52
92	Warren	52
94	Bill	51
94	Eric	51
96	Arthur	50
96	Christopher	50
96	Fred	50
96	Norman	50
100	Leslie	49