Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1969

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,136
2	David	897
3	James	683
4	Scott	650
5	Robert	607
6	Brian	605
7	John	595
8	Jeffrey	579
9	Mark	570
10	Steven	484
11	Todd	474
12	Christopher	447
13	Timothy	429
14	Daniel	415
15	Kevin	385
16	Matthew	374
17	Thomas	358
18	Jason	353
19	William	328
20	Richard	320
21	Douglas	298
22	Eric	292
23	Troy	285
24	Chad	267
25	Paul	253

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bradley	238
27	Joseph	236
28	Patrick	201
29	Gregory	194
30	Shawn	168
31	Charles	166
31	Gary	166
33	Craig	163
34	Ronald	162
35	Anthony	159
36	Andrew	154
36	Donald	154
38	Kenneth	142
39	Rodney	139
40	Terry	135
41	Brent	133
42	Dennis	128
43	Stephen	126
44	Larry	118
45	Shane	116
46	Jon	111
46	Randy	111
48	Joel	109
49	Jeffery	108
50	Bryan	106
51	Tony	103
52	Corey	102
53	Brett	96
54	Jeff	94
54	Jerry	94
56	Kurt	89
56	Sean	89
58	Keith	87
59	Jay	86
60	Aaron	84
60	Chris	84
62	Roger	81
63	Dean	79
64	Lance	78
65	Russell	76
66	Brad	74
66	Curtis	74
68	Kirk	73
69	Bruce	72
69	Cory	72
71	Kelly	71
72	Travis	70
73	Martin	69
74	Edward	67
75	Darren	66
75	Peter	66
77	Alan	64
78	Dale	62
79	Danny	61
79	Darin	61
79	Kyle	61
79	Randall	61
79	Ricky	61
84	Jonathan	60
85	Mike	58
86	Ryan	57
87	Duane	55
88	Kent	52
89	Marc	51
89	Shannon	51
89	Tim	51
89	Wayne	51
93	Benjamin	47
93	Steve	47
95	Carl	45
95	Philip	45
97	Allen	44
97	Barry	44
99	George	43
99	Justin	43
99	Lee	43
99	Raymond	43