Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,397
2	Michael	1,311
3	Mark	1,104
4	James	962
5	John	902
6	Robert	887
7	Steven	879
8	Kevin	788
9	Thomas	652
10	Timothy	648
11	Richard	635
12	Jeffrey	610
13	Daniel	572
14	William	560
15	Randy	523
16	Dennis	511
17	Douglas	486
18	Scott	480
19	Brian	475
20	Gary	442
21	Donald	377
22	Ronald	365
23	Terry	323
24	Larry	319
25	Gregory	315

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Paul	315
27	Craig	296
28	Charles	293
29	Bruce	269
30	Joseph	256
31	Ricky	254
32	Kenneth	240
33	Jerry	222
34	Roger	216
35	Patrick	211
36	Rick	209
37	Dale	203
38	Randall	200
39	Mike	198
40	Alan	188
41	Rodney	181
42	Stephen	176
43	Keith	174
44	Jeff	162
45	Danny	161
46	Steve	151
47	Tim	147
48	Dean	146
49	Bradley	138
50	Jay	136
51	Russell	132
52	Edward	131
52	Jeffery	131
54	Christopher	124
55	Kent	118
56	Jim	114
56	Wayne	114
58	Eric	111
59	Dan	109
60	Martin	108
61	Jon	106
62	Kirk	105
63	Gerald	103
64	Chris	102
64	Curtis	102
66	Anthony	100
66	Raymond	100
68	Tom	99
69	Joel	96
70	Matthew	91
71	Jack	87
72	Bryan	86
73	Duane	85
73	Philip	85
75	Brad	84
75	Micheal	84
77	George	83
77	Kelly	83
79	Kurt	82
79	Tony	82
81	Bill	77
81	Todd	77
83	Carl	76
84	Allen	74
85	Darrell	72
86	Lawrence	71
86	Phillip	71
86	Randal	71
89	Greg	70
89	Peter	70
91	Joe	69
92	Marvin	63
93	Brett	61
94	Andrew	59
94	Brent	59
96	Barry	58
97	Dave	55
97	Marty	55
99	Frank	50
99	Lee	50
99	Stanley	50