Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	973
2	Michael	733
3	Chad	631
4	Brian	629
5	Christopher	534
6	Matthew	533
7	David	441
8	Scott	403
9	James	382
10	John	368
11	Daniel	359
12	Robert	336
13	Eric	328
14	Ryan	325
15	Jeffrey	302
16	Mark	300
17	Steven	244
18	Jeremy	242
19	Timothy	237
20	Todd	232
21	William	227
22	Aaron	223
23	Kevin	219
24	Thomas	197
25	Joseph	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	185
27	Travis	184
28	Andrew	177
29	Shane	173
30	Joshua	172
31	Bradley	167
32	Richard	163
33	Anthony	159
34	Troy	147
35	Douglas	139
36	Justin	138
37	Paul	127
38	Patrick	126
39	Nathan	124
40	Charles	119
41	Gregory	115
42	Jonathan	112
43	Brent	111
44	Cory	110
45	Jamie	108
46	Benjamin	99
47	Adam	98
48	Kenneth	92
49	Sean	90
50	Brandon	89
51	Craig	87
52	Terry	84
53	Bryan	83
53	Corey	83
55	Brett	77
55	Joel	77
55	Tony	77
58	Stephen	72
59	Jon	70
60	Brad	69
60	Dennis	69
60	Donald	69
63	Ronald	66
64	Kyle	63
65	Randy	60
66	Derek	59
66	Peter	59
66	Rodney	59
69	Keith	58
70	Gary	57
70	Jesse	57
72	Jay	54
72	Nicholas	54
74	Dustin	52
75	Jerry	50
76	Russell	48
77	Jeffery	46
78	Chris	44
78	Edward	44
78	Larry	44
81	Darin	42
81	Lance	42
81	Shannon	42
84	Billy	40
84	Tracy	40
86	Curtis	39
87	Erik	38
87	Jacob	38
89	Dale	37
89	Danny	37
89	Darren	37
89	Kirk	37
89	Phillip	37
94	Kelly	36
94	Micheal	36
96	Kurt	35
96	Marc	35
98	Jeff	34
99	Philip	33
100	Casey	32
100	Mike	32
100	Roger	32