Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,493
2	Michael	1,344
3	Mark	1,091
4	Steven	1,072
5	John	1,052
6	James	1,031
7	Robert	1,003
8	Richard	790
9	Thomas	750
10	William	649
11	Kevin	646
12	Randy	599
13	Jeffrey	550
14	Dennis	548
15	Timothy	541
16	Gary	540
17	Douglas	534
18	Daniel	519
19	Ronald	463
20	Donald	431
21	Gregory	370
22	Paul	363
23	Larry	359
24	Scott	348
25	Charles	344

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	334
27	Brian	328
28	Craig	327
29	Joseph	316
30	Kenneth	312
31	Bruce	294
32	Randall	279
33	Roger	256
33	Stephen	256
35	Patrick	229
36	Alan	222
37	Dale	208
38	Jerry	200
39	Rodney	198
40	Edward	187
41	Keith	172
42	Ricky	157
43	Jeffery	156
44	Rick	152
44	Russell	152
46	Dean	144
47	Danny	139
48	Bradley	126
49	Duane	125
50	Wayne	116
51	Gerald	115
51	Martin	115
53	Jay	108
54	Joel	104
55	Anthony	101
56	Jack	100
56	Jon	100
58	Micheal	98
59	Curtis	95
60	Lawrence	93
61	Kent	92
62	Kim	91
62	Raymond	91
64	Stanley	90
65	Allen	88
66	George	86
67	Dan	85
68	Matthew	84
69	Christopher	83
69	Philip	83
71	Steve	82
72	Kirk	75
72	Phillip	75
74	Darrell	73
75	Brad	71
75	Carl	71
77	Peter	70
78	Chris	64
78	Frank	64
78	Randal	64
81	Marvin	60
82	Eric	59
82	Kelly	59
84	Bryan	58
84	Harold	58
86	Lee	56
87	Mike	55
87	Norman	55
89	Lynn	54
89	Tony	54
91	Lyle	53
92	Todd	52
93	Barry	51
93	Brent	51
93	Leonard	51
96	Roy	50
97	Rex	49
98	Eugene	48
98	Tim	48
100	Joe	47