Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,296
2	Michael	1,140
3	Mark	970
4	John	930
5	Scott	889
6	Robert	794
7	James	765
8	Jeffrey	714
9	Kevin	692
10	Steven	654
11	Brian	592
12	Todd	588
13	Thomas	520
14	Richard	507
15	Timothy	490
16	Daniel	480
17	Douglas	427
18	Paul	381
19	William	380
20	Gary	301
21	Ronald	300
22	Randy	297
23	Joseph	289
24	Donald	258
25	Terry	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	246
27	Patrick	240
28	Dennis	238
28	Kenneth	238
30	Larry	234
31	Craig	228
31	Gregory	228
33	Jeff	219
34	Bradley	213
35	Christopher	193
36	Mike	189
37	Roger	185
38	Bruce	179
39	Rodney	176
40	Jerry	171
41	Keith	168
42	Jon	163
43	Randall	162
44	Alan	160
45	Matthew	155
46	Dean	152
47	Jay	149
48	Eric	146
49	Tim	142
50	Steve	140
51	Curtis	136
52	Anthony	135
53	Troy	132
54	Dale	130
54	Jeffery	130
54	Ricky	130
54	Stephen	130
58	Kent	129
59	Chris	127
59	Rick	127
61	Russell	120
62	Martin	118
63	Brent	113
64	Edward	112
65	Tom	108
66	Danny	107
67	Jim	102
68	Tony	101
69	Brad	99
70	Andrew	93
70	Joel	93
72	Kelly	91
73	Kurt	89
74	Brett	83
74	Bryan	83
74	Kirk	83
77	Duane	81
78	Raymond	80
79	Gerald	79
80	Joe	78
81	Dan	77
82	Phillip	76
83	Shawn	75
84	Wayne	74
85	Allen	73
85	Greg	73
87	Barry	72
88	George	71
89	Micheal	63
89	Peter	63
89	Tracy	63
92	Carl	62
93	Kyle	57
94	Marty	56
95	Bill	55
96	Jack	51
97	Doug	46
98	Mitchell	45
98	Ted	45
100	Jonathan	43
100	Lawrence	43