Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,442
2	Michael	1,434
3	James	1,173
4	Robert	1,143
5	Steven	1,140
6	John	1,067
7	Richard	934
8	Thomas	875
9	Mark	829
10	Dennis	809
11	William	728
12	Gary	685
13	Ronald	524
14	Daniel	484
15	Douglas	471
16	Donald	460
17	Charles	418
18	Randy	415
19	Paul	414
20	Larry	404
21	Roger	387
22	Kenneth	365
23	Timothy	355
24	Jeffrey	336
25	Stephen	329

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	314
27	Craig	312
27	Terry	312
29	Bruce	280
30	Joseph	271
31	Jerry	268
32	Kevin	260
33	Randall	235
34	Dale	223
35	Patrick	211
36	Rodney	204
37	Edward	176
37	Scott	176
39	Alan	171
40	Ricky	168
41	Keith	156
42	Wayne	153
43	Rick	140
44	Gerald	135
45	Danny	132
46	Dean	129
47	Duane	126
47	George	126
47	Russell	126
50	Raymond	122
51	Brian	111
52	Curtis	106
53	Jon	105
54	Micheal	104
55	Jack	102
56	Philip	99
56	Stanley	99
58	Allen	97
59	Lawrence	96
60	Bradley	93
61	Kim	86
61	Peter	86
63	Martin	83
64	Darrell	81
64	Marvin	81
66	Eugene	80
67	Carl	79
68	Harold	78
69	Steve	73
70	Jeffery	72
71	Lyle	71
72	Anthony	70
72	Dan	70
72	Joel	70
72	Kent	70
76	Lynn	69
77	Frank	68
78	Christopher	66
79	Ronnie	62
80	Daryl	60
81	Jay	54
81	Norman	54
83	Dwight	53
83	Phillip	53
85	Allan	52
85	Kirk	52
85	Lee	52
85	Leslie	52
85	Roy	52
90	Fred	51
90	Gene	51
90	Glen	51
93	Walter	50
94	Gordon	49
94	Jim	49
96	Barry	48
97	Arthur	47
98	Rex	46
99	Neil	44
99	Rickey	44
99	Ted	44