Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,428
2	Michael	1,232
3	Mark	1,125
4	John	1,026
5	James	887
6	Jeffrey	812
7	Steven	782
8	Robert	777
9	Kevin	720
10	Scott	692
11	Brian	581
12	Thomas	530
13	Timothy	504
14	Daniel	479
15	William	474
16	Richard	465
17	Douglas	462
18	Randy	405
19	Todd	387
20	Gary	374
21	Paul	343
22	Dennis	338
23	Ronald	320
24	Terry	306
25	Gregory	304

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	294
27	Joseph	292
28	Craig	285
29	Larry	270
30	Jeff	263
31	Charles	257
32	Kenneth	242
33	Mike	239
34	Bradley	222
35	Patrick	215
36	Jerry	212
36	Randall	212
38	Bruce	203
39	Christopher	193
40	Roger	190
41	Steve	185
42	Ricky	174
43	Dale	171
44	Alan	169
45	Rodney	167
45	Tim	167
47	Keith	161
48	Dean	155
48	Eric	155
50	Jeffery	152
50	Russell	152
52	Jon	147
53	Rick	144
54	Jay	143
55	Tom	140
56	Matthew	137
57	Kelly	133
58	Chris	130
59	Jim	129
60	Anthony	127
61	Stephen	126
62	Danny	121
63	Bryan	117
63	Dan	117
65	Curtis	115
65	Kent	115
67	Tony	112
68	Edward	106
68	Martin	106
70	Andrew	105
70	Joe	105
72	Brent	104
73	Kirk	102
74	Troy	100
75	Duane	97
75	Greg	97
77	Kurt	93
78	George	89
79	Raymond	84
80	Gerald	82
81	Joel	80
81	Phillip	80
83	Brad	79
83	Wayne	79
85	Tracy	78
86	Micheal	77
87	Bill	76
88	Peter	72
89	Barry	71
90	Dave	70
91	Doug	68
92	Marvin	65
93	Allen	63
93	Brett	63
95	Mitchell	62
96	Philip	59
97	Carl	58
97	Frank	58
97	Shawn	58
100	Bob	57