Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,604
2	Michael	1,435
3	James	1,152
4	Steven	1,112
5	Robert	1,105
6	John	1,024
7	Mark	1,011
8	Richard	763
9	Thomas	754
10	William	723
11	Dennis	695
12	Gary	596
13	Jeffrey	583
14	Daniel	558
15	Randy	531
16	Timothy	522
17	Kevin	509
18	Douglas	501
19	Ronald	435
20	Donald	398
20	Terry	398
22	Charles	372
23	Gregory	371
24	Paul	366
25	Larry	350

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	327
27	Craig	326
28	Kenneth	313
29	Roger	298
30	Scott	297
31	Bruce	274
32	Randall	262
33	Stephen	259
34	Patrick	239
35	Jerry	237
36	Dale	221
37	Alan	212
38	Brian	208
39	Rodney	192
40	Keith	180
41	Ricky	173
42	Edward	158
43	Russell	156
44	Rick	149
45	Dean	144
46	Jeffery	143
47	Duane	138
48	Wayne	134
49	Gerald	132
49	Kim	132
51	Danny	131
52	Jack	128
53	George	119
54	Bradley	113
55	Jon	107
56	Micheal	97
57	Raymond	95
58	Anthony	94
58	Curtis	94
60	Allen	93
61	Steve	91
62	Philip	89
63	Peter	83
63	Stanley	83
65	Martin	82
66	Christopher	80
67	Carl	78
67	Dan	78
67	Kent	78
70	Jay	72
71	Joel	70
71	Lawrence	70
73	Darrell	69
73	Harold	69
75	Marvin	68
76	Kirk	63
76	Lynn	63
78	Brad	62
79	Eugene	61
80	Roy	59
81	Frank	57
82	Barry	56
83	Chris	54
83	Leslie	54
85	Lee	52
86	Phillip	51
87	Jim	50
87	Ralph	50
89	Randal	49
90	Howard	48
90	Matthew	48
92	Andrew	47
92	Gene	47
92	Joe	47
95	Daryl	45
95	Lyle	45
95	Walter	45
98	Mike	44
98	Norman	44
100	Brent	43
100	Kelly	43
100	Kurt	43
100	Loren	43