Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,292
2	Michael	1,231
3	Mark	1,015
4	John	935
5	Scott	901
6	James	854
7	Jeffrey	816
8	Robert	734
9	Steven	651
10	Kevin	637
11	Brian	579
12	Thomas	535
13	Douglas	489
14	Daniel	485
15	Timothy	479
16	Richard	467
17	Todd	465
18	William	422
19	Gary	342
20	Randy	325
21	Ronald	310
22	Paul	301
23	Gregory	285
24	Terry	277
25	Dennis	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	260
27	Kenneth	258
28	Joseph	250
29	Jeff	247
30	Larry	242
31	Charles	232
31	Craig	232
31	Mike	232
34	Bruce	230
35	Roger	222
36	Patrick	202
37	Bradley	201
38	Christopher	195
39	Randall	184
40	Alan	176
41	Rodney	174
42	Eric	171
42	Jeffery	171
44	Matthew	159
45	Jerry	158
46	Tim	151
47	Steve	150
48	Jon	147
49	Keith	145
50	Dale	144
51	Dean	138
52	Ricky	137
53	Jay	134
54	Anthony	131
54	Russell	131
56	Danny	129
57	Kent	126
58	Chris	125
59	Troy	124
60	Rick	122
61	Tom	120
62	Bryan	119
63	Tony	118
64	Curtis	117
65	Jim	116
66	Stephen	112
67	Kelly	109
68	Dan	108
68	Joel	108
70	Edward	107
71	Barry	99
71	Brent	99
71	Kirk	99
71	Martin	99
75	Wayne	89
76	Brett	88
77	Duane	87
77	George	87
79	Kurt	84
80	Andrew	83
80	Brad	83
82	Greg	82
83	Bill	79
83	Tracy	79
85	Joe	76
86	Gerald	74
87	Allen	73
88	Raymond	72
89	Peter	67
90	Micheal	64
90	Phillip	64
92	Shawn	63
93	Carl	56
94	Mitchell	55
95	Dana	53
95	Doug	53
95	Frank	53
95	Marty	53
99	Jack	50
99	Kyle	50
99	Lee	50