Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,424
2	Michael	1,192
3	Mark	1,184
4	James	888
5	John	885
5	Kevin	885
7	Steven	848
8	Robert	753
9	Jeffrey	683
10	Timothy	633
11	Richard	617
12	Thomas	595
13	Scott	592
14	Randy	533
15	Daniel	532
16	William	501
17	Douglas	491
18	Brian	484
19	Dennis	437
20	Gary	414
21	Ronald	348
22	Larry	345
23	Craig	338
24	Donald	321
25	Terry	318

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	315
27	Gregory	295
28	Joseph	288
29	Bruce	281
30	Charles	271
31	Jeff	270
32	Kenneth	263
33	Mike	239
34	Ricky	220
35	Steve	218
36	Jerry	216
36	Patrick	216
38	Tim	215
39	Roger	213
40	Dale	206
41	Randall	202
42	Rodney	200
43	Alan	190
44	Bradley	185
45	Russell	170
46	Danny	161
47	Rick	157
48	Jeffery	156
49	Keith	154
50	Tom	152
51	Todd	145
52	Dean	139
53	Stephen	137
54	Jay	134
55	Joel	128
56	Jon	124
57	Curtis	123
58	Dan	121
58	Jim	121
60	Edward	120
61	Eric	119
62	Martin	118
63	Kent	116
64	Christopher	113
65	Gerald	109
65	Kirk	109
65	Matthew	109
68	Bill	106
68	Bryan	106
70	Duane	104
71	Chris	99
71	Greg	99
73	Wayne	93
74	Peter	92
75	Tony	88
76	Joe	87
76	Kelly	87
78	Raymond	86
79	Anthony	85
79	Kurt	85
81	Philip	81
82	George	78
83	Brent	72
84	Brad	68
85	Allen	67
85	Jack	67
87	Darrell	66
88	Brett	65
89	Dave	64
89	Frank	64
91	Bob	63
91	Micheal	63
93	Bret	62
93	Randal	62
95	Don	61
96	Doug	60
96	Lawrence	60
98	Phillip	59
99	Ron	58
100	Barry	57