Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,088
2	David	779
3	James	636
4	Jeffrey	634
5	Scott	621
6	John	614
7	Brian	607
8	Jason	595
9	Robert	565
10	Mark	527
11	Christopher	492
12	Matthew	451
13	Steven	449
14	Todd	435
15	Chad	420
16	Daniel	386
17	Kevin	379
18	Timothy	373
19	Richard	341
20	William	331
21	Eric	330
22	Troy	325
23	Thomas	306
24	Bradley	266
25	Douglas	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	236
27	Paul	208
27	Shawn	208
29	Gregory	194
30	Patrick	185
31	Donald	182
32	Anthony	177
33	Charles	170
34	Craig	165
35	Shane	162
36	Andrew	158
37	Brent	157
38	Gary	155
39	Dennis	134
40	Aaron	131
41	Ronald	128
42	Stephen	121
43	Jon	119
44	Kenneth	117
44	Terry	117
46	Larry	113
47	Travis	110
48	Jeremy	109
49	Randy	106
50	Jeffery	104
51	Tony	102
52	Keith	100
53	Curtis	99
53	Lance	99
55	Chris	95
55	Joel	95
55	Rodney	95
58	Brett	93
59	Jay	92
60	Jerry	87
61	Russell	84
62	Edward	83
63	Jeff	82
63	Sean	82
65	Brad	80
65	Cory	80
67	Bryan	79
67	Corey	79
67	Roger	79
70	Jonathan	78
71	Jamie	75
72	Kelly	70
73	Dean	69
74	Dale	68
74	Darren	68
74	Kurt	68
77	Peter	67
78	Alan	66
79	Marc	65
80	Kirk	62
80	Ryan	62
82	Danny	60
82	Darin	60
84	Bruce	59
85	Derek	56
85	Kyle	56
87	Kent	55
88	Benjamin	54
88	Greg	54
88	Martin	54
88	Randall	54
92	Nathan	52
93	Wayne	51
94	Dustin	50
95	Philip	49
96	Shannon	48
97	Adam	47
97	George	47
97	Gerald	47
100	Duane	45