Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,113
2	David	837
3	James	703
4	Mark	681
5	John	673
6	Robert	649
7	Brian	643
8	Jeffrey	622
9	Scott	585
10	Todd	526
11	Steven	486
12	Timothy	456
13	Daniel	401
14	Christopher	395
15	Richard	374
16	Kevin	373
17	Thomas	363
18	William	345
19	Matthew	324
20	Douglas	323
21	Paul	274
22	Troy	255
23	Eric	254
24	Joseph	245
25	Patrick	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bradley	183
27	Gregory	182
28	Charles	179
29	Ronald	177
30	Kenneth	175
31	Chad	172
32	Donald	158
33	Andrew	155
33	Gary	155
35	Dennis	153
36	Craig	151
36	Rodney	151
38	Anthony	148
39	Terry	141
40	Jason	139
41	Larry	136
42	Randy	128
43	Shawn	127
44	Stephen	122
45	Jeffery	120
45	Jon	120
47	Jeff	117
48	Sean	111
49	Bryan	109
49	Keith	109
51	Jerry	108
52	Joel	107
53	Tony	104
54	Brent	101
55	Chris	100
56	Russell	92
57	Bruce	91
58	Curtis	89
58	Jay	89
60	Kurt	88
60	Mike	88
62	Kelly	87
63	Shane	86
64	Roger	84
65	Edward	83
66	Alan	73
67	Dale	72
68	Darren	71
69	Brett	70
70	Brad	69
70	Randall	69
72	Dean	68
73	Danny	67
73	Darin	67
75	Duane	65
76	Ryan	64
77	Tim	61
78	Kent	60
78	Steve	60
80	Kirk	59
80	Ricky	59
82	Martin	57
83	Kyle	56
84	Tracy	54
84	Wayne	54
86	Jonathan	53
87	Aaron	50
88	Rick	49
88	Tom	49
90	Micheal	48
91	Gerald	47
91	Lance	47
91	Lee	47
91	Peter	47
91	Raymond	47
96	Jack	46
97	Darrin	43
98	Jim	42
98	Marc	42
100	Allen	40
100	Carl	40
100	Greg	40