Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,446
2	David	1,431
3	James	1,256
4	John	1,191
5	Steven	1,185
6	Robert	1,172
7	Richard	963
8	Dennis	905
9	Thomas	890
10	William	776
11	Gary	774
12	Mark	734
13	Donald	548
14	Ronald	511
15	Larry	510
16	Daniel	486
17	Charles	451
18	Douglas	440
19	Stephen	386
20	Paul	380
21	Timothy	376
22	Kenneth	361
23	Roger	331
24	Terry	322
25	Gregory	315

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	312
27	Bruce	297
28	Craig	286
29	Jerry	285
30	Joseph	262
31	Jeffrey	261
32	Randall	245
33	Patrick	243
34	Alan	199
35	Dale	197
36	Scott	178
37	Kevin	177
38	Danny	172
39	Keith	168
40	Edward	164
40	Gerald	164
40	Wayne	164
43	Dean	158
44	Brian	155
45	George	154
46	Russell	137
47	Rodney	136
48	Duane	134
48	Raymond	134
50	Ricky	133
51	Jack	130
52	Lawrence	120
53	Stanley	119
54	Rick	116
55	Allen	106
56	Harold	102
57	Micheal	99
58	Martin	98
59	Jon	97
60	Carl	92
61	Marvin	90
62	Curtis	84
63	Eugene	81
63	Kent	81
63	Kim	81
66	Steve	73
67	Bradley	72
67	Dan	72
69	Christopher	71
70	Darrell	69
70	Frank	69
72	Jay	68
73	Leslie	67
74	Lynn	65
75	Lyle	63
76	Peter	62
76	Phillip	62
78	Allan	61
78	Anthony	61
78	Philip	61
81	Joel	58
81	Ralph	58
83	Barry	57
83	Lee	57
85	Theodore	56
85	Walter	56
87	Daryl	55
87	Dwight	55
87	Howard	55
90	Don	53
90	Leonard	53
92	Frederick	52
92	Glen	52
92	Glenn	52
95	Gene	51
95	Mike	51
97	Fred	50
97	Rex	50
99	Tom	49
100	Roy	48