Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	919
2	Jason	764
3	Scott	645
4	David	632
5	Chad	610
6	Christopher	587
7	Brian	559
8	John	542
9	James	536
10	Matthew	534
11	Robert	532
12	Jeffrey	487
13	Mark	399
14	Steven	361
15	Timothy	350
16	Todd	346
17	Kevin	343
18	Eric	327
19	Daniel	310
20	William	309
21	Thomas	272
22	Troy	261
23	Douglas	239
24	Richard	238
25	Jeremy	225

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Shawn	225
27	Aaron	214
28	Joseph	213
29	Bradley	201
30	Paul	192
31	Ryan	164
32	Anthony	161
33	Andrew	154
34	Shane	152
35	Patrick	150
36	Gregory	135
37	Travis	132
38	Terry	128
39	Craig	127
40	Kenneth	123
41	Charles	122
42	Brent	120
43	Donald	117
44	Ronald	116
44	Sean	116
46	Bryan	115
47	Keith	106
48	Gary	105
49	Jon	98
50	Jeffery	96
51	Dennis	95
51	Larry	95
53	Brett	93
54	Corey	92
54	Rodney	92
56	Stephen	88
57	Jamie	87
58	Cory	86
59	Randy	85
60	Jay	84
61	Chris	82
61	Tony	82
63	Joel	80
63	Russell	80
65	Lance	75
66	Jerry	74
67	Edward	73
68	Brad	70
68	Curtis	70
68	Nathan	70
71	Adam	66
72	Jeff	65
72	Kyle	65
74	Marc	63
74	Roger	63
76	Derek	61
76	Jonathan	61
78	Alan	58
79	Dean	56
80	Darin	55
80	Joshua	55
82	Peter	54
83	Kelly	53
84	Dustin	52
85	Randall	51
85	Shannon	51
87	Kirk	48
88	Benjamin	47
89	Dale	46
90	Brandon	45
90	Martin	45
90	Ricky	45
93	Tim	44
93	Tracy	44
95	Bruce	43
95	George	43
95	Justin	43
98	Micheal	42
99	Darren	41
100	Christian	40
100	Kent	40
100	Phillip	40