Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,465
2	Michael	1,451
3	James	1,108
4	Mark	1,092
5	Steven	972
6	Robert	956
7	John	942
8	Thomas	735
9	Richard	720
10	Kevin	707
11	William	642
12	Jeffrey	625
13	Randy	590
14	Daniel	540
15	Dennis	539
16	Douglas	536
17	Gary	532
18	Timothy	505
19	Scott	458
20	Ronald	428
21	Brian	422
22	Larry	392
23	Donald	376
24	Paul	369
25	Terry	351

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	336
27	Charles	332
28	Kenneth	325
29	Craig	294
30	Bruce	278
30	Joseph	278
32	Roger	245
33	Patrick	233
34	Randall	229
35	Jerry	225
36	Alan	212
37	Dale	210
38	Stephen	208
39	Rodney	194
40	Ricky	192
41	Keith	187
42	Rick	186
43	Jeffery	174
44	Russell	173
45	Danny	145
45	Dean	145
47	Edward	140
48	Duane	128
49	Martin	124
50	Bradley	123
51	Gerald	120
52	Steve	119
53	Jay	118
54	Jon	117
55	Mike	116
56	Wayne	111
57	Micheal	110
58	Kent	104
59	Matthew	103
60	Raymond	101
61	Curtis	100
62	George	95
63	Anthony	94
64	Dan	90
64	Jeff	90
64	Joel	90
67	Jack	89
68	Eric	86
69	Tom	85
70	Kirk	84
70	Philip	84
72	Tim	75
73	Jim	74
74	Carl	72
74	Chris	72
76	Peter	71
77	Allen	70
77	Bryan	70
79	Brad	69
80	Todd	68
81	Darrell	67
82	Frank	66
83	Christopher	65
84	Kim	64
84	Phillip	64
86	Brent	63
86	Kurt	63
88	Kelly	62
89	Eugene	61
90	Joe	60
90	Lawrence	60
92	Greg	57
93	Marvin	55
94	Randal	54
95	Barry	53
96	Bill	52
97	Andrew	51
97	Stanley	51
99	Harold	50
100	Daryl	48