Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,128
2	David	1,083
3	John	837
4	James	748
5	Mark	695
6	Robert	649
7	Jeffrey	644
8	Scott	636
9	Steven	563
10	Kevin	560
11	Brian	557
12	Todd	495
13	Daniel	452
14	Timothy	445
15	Richard	431
15	Thomas	431
17	William	367
18	Douglas	362
19	Paul	329
20	Joseph	267
21	Christopher	238
22	Patrick	230
22	Ronald	230
24	Rodney	229
25	Gregory	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	220
27	Bradley	215
27	Craig	215
29	Eric	213
30	Terry	210
31	Charles	207
32	Randy	201
33	Larry	193
34	Matthew	192
35	Gary	191
36	Kenneth	180
37	Dennis	175
37	Mike	175
39	Jeff	172
40	Troy	158
41	Jon	154
42	Jeffery	138
42	Jerry	138
44	Anthony	136
45	Shawn	135
46	Roger	126
47	Stephen	125
48	Alan	124
48	Tim	124
50	Dean	123
51	Keith	122
52	Chris	121
53	Steve	119
54	Jay	116
55	Andrew	112
56	Bruce	107
56	Russell	107
58	Randall	102
58	Ricky	102
60	Tony	101
61	Bryan	96
61	Darin	96
63	Dale	95
64	Curtis	93
65	Edward	92
66	Brent	89
66	Jim	89
68	Danny	88
69	Brett	87
70	Rick	86
71	Joel	84
72	Tom	83
73	Brad	78
74	Kurt	77
75	Kent	73
76	Darren	72
77	Kelly	70
77	Tracy	70
79	Allen	68
80	Raymond	66
81	Peter	65
81	Wayne	65
83	Martin	64
84	George	63
85	Dan	62
85	Kirk	62
87	Greg	61
88	Darrin	60
89	Duane	57
89	Gerald	57
89	Phillip	57
89	Sean	57
93	Jason	56
94	Joe	55
95	Barry	54
95	Bill	54
97	Carl	46
97	Frank	46
97	Philip	46
100	Marty	45