Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,104
2	David	1,001
3	James	793
4	John	715
5	Scott	674
6	Jeffrey	653
7	Mark	635
8	Brian	621
9	Robert	613
10	Steven	521
11	Todd	490
12	Timothy	477
13	Kevin	458
14	Daniel	445
15	Thomas	432
16	Richard	358
17	Douglas	336
17	Paul	336
19	William	334
20	Christopher	308
21	Joseph	270
22	Eric	219
23	Rodney	214
24	Matthew	213
25	Troy	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	210
27	Gary	197
28	Gregory	195
29	Patrick	194
30	Donald	191
31	Terry	186
32	Dennis	183
33	Craig	180
34	Randy	177
35	Bradley	175
36	Kenneth	174
37	Larry	169
38	Charles	160
39	Jeff	153
40	Jeffery	149
41	Jerry	147
42	Shawn	142
43	Anthony	139
44	Andrew	131
45	Jon	130
46	Mike	129
47	Roger	127
48	Dale	122
49	Alan	121
50	Keith	115
51	Stephen	112
52	Chris	111
53	Kelly	109
54	Tim	107
55	Jay	105
56	Bryan	103
56	Dean	103
58	Tony	101
59	Bruce	100
59	Kurt	100
61	Joel	99
62	Brent	98
63	Edward	96
64	Randall	95
64	Steve	95
66	Chad	90
67	Brad	89
68	Ricky	86
69	Curtis	84
69	Russell	84
71	Sean	80
72	Greg	76
73	Tracy	74
74	Danny	71
74	Wayne	71
76	Jim	69
77	Kirk	68
77	Peter	68
79	Brett	67
80	Kent	65
81	Dan	62
81	Martin	62
83	Duane	61
84	Kyle	60
85	Raymond	59
85	Rick	59
87	George	56
88	Darren	55
89	Darin	54
89	Tom	54
91	Allen	53
92	Jason	52
93	Phillip	50
94	Bill	48
94	Darrin	48
94	Lee	48
97	Lance	47
98	Gerald	46
99	Bret	42
99	Carl	42