Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,528
2	Michael	1,479
3	Steven	1,240
4	James	1,157
5	Robert	1,147
6	John	1,103
7	Richard	917
8	Mark	895
9	Thomas	801
10	William	731
11	Dennis	687
11	Gary	687
13	Daniel	559
14	Randy	505
15	Douglas	479
16	Ronald	474
17	Kevin	461
18	Donald	458
19	Jeffrey	450
20	Charles	449
21	Larry	408
22	Timothy	396
23	Terry	384
24	Paul	368
25	Craig	323

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	319
26	Kenneth	319
28	Roger	303
29	Stephen	292
30	Bruce	289
31	Randall	283
32	Joseph	278
33	Scott	242
34	Patrick	240
35	Dale	229
36	Jerry	200
37	Alan	193
38	Ricky	182
39	Rodney	178
40	Edward	173
41	Danny	158
42	Rick	155
43	Dean	152
44	Brian	146
45	Keith	145
46	Wayne	143
47	George	134
48	Gerald	132
49	Russell	127
50	Jon	124
51	Duane	120
52	Raymond	119
53	Micheal	117
54	Kim	106
55	Bradley	105
56	Allen	98
57	Martin	97
57	Stanley	97
59	Jack	92
60	Lawrence	91
60	Steve	91
62	Curtis	89
63	Anthony	80
64	Harold	78
65	Jay	76
66	Carl	75
66	Philip	75
66	Phillip	75
69	Jeffery	74
70	Joel	73
71	Peter	68
72	Christopher	67
72	Darrell	67
74	Kirk	66
74	Lynn	66
76	Kent	65
77	Allan	64
78	Dan	62
79	Marvin	61
80	Barry	60
80	Eugene	60
82	Gene	57
83	Gordon	56
83	Roy	56
85	Lee	52
86	Ralph	51
86	Randal	51
88	Daryl	50
88	Howard	50
90	Lyle	49
90	Ronnie	49
92	Arthur	48
92	Rex	48
94	Andrew	47
94	Frank	47
96	Frederick	46
96	Kurt	46
96	Lonnie	46
99	Joe	44
99	Leslie	44
99	Tom	44