Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	849
2	Michael	828
3	Chad	669
4	Brian	659
5	Christopher	620
6	David	535
7	Matthew	510
8	Scott	493
9	James	471
10	Jeffrey	426
11	John	419
12	Robert	415
13	Eric	316
14	Daniel	302
15	Mark	300
16	Steven	274
17	Ryan	273
18	Todd	265
19	William	260
20	Timothy	256
21	Kevin	252
22	Troy	243
23	Thomas	218
24	Joseph	196
25	Aaron	193

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	187
27	Jeremy	182
28	Bradley	179
29	Richard	177
30	Travis	169
31	Shane	154
32	Douglas	149
32	Paul	149
34	Anthony	146
35	Andrew	143
36	Patrick	127
37	Gregory	118
38	Charles	110
39	Jamie	109
39	Justin	109
41	Craig	108
41	Donald	108
43	Brent	104
44	Sean	101
45	Kenneth	100
46	Gary	90
46	Nathan	90
48	Joel	89
49	Ronald	88
49	Terry	88
51	Dennis	87
52	Chris	83
52	Tony	83
54	Cory	82
55	Jonathan	81
55	Joshua	81
57	Jon	78
58	Stephen	77
59	Corey	76
60	Bryan	75
61	Jeffery	74
62	Adam	72
62	Brandon	72
64	Brett	68
64	Kyle	68
64	Rodney	68
67	Randy	65
68	Larry	64
69	Benjamin	61
70	Brad	60
71	Jay	59
72	Keith	58
73	Kelly	57
74	Derek	55
74	Edward	55
76	Curtis	54
77	Nicholas	53
78	Jeff	52
78	Shannon	52
80	Dustin	51
81	Jerry	50
81	Lance	50
83	Erik	49
83	Russell	49
85	Kurt	46
86	Darren	45
87	Darin	44
88	Tracy	43
89	Dean	41
89	Martin	41
91	Peter	40
91	Roger	40
93	Alan	39
93	Danny	39
95	Heath	38
95	Micheal	38
97	Allen	37
97	Bruce	37
99	Kirk	36
99	Wade	36