Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,019
2	Michael	774
3	Matthew	652
4	Brian	599
5	Chad	595
6	Christopher	567
7	David	458
8	Scott	387
9	John	378
10	James	368
11	Ryan	364
12	Robert	356
13	Jeremy	342
14	Daniel	341
14	Eric	341
16	Jeffrey	324
17	Mark	295
18	Timothy	289
19	Aaron	263
20	Joshua	261
21	Steven	243
22	Travis	225
23	William	216
24	Andrew	213
25	Todd	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	208
27	Shawn	199
28	Shane	190
29	Bradley	188
30	Joseph	187
31	Thomas	171
32	Justin	170
33	Nathan	165
34	Troy	161
35	Richard	152
36	Benjamin	148
37	Anthony	139
38	Adam	128
39	Paul	124
40	Gregory	122
41	Patrick	121
42	Cory	119
43	Douglas	116
43	Jamie	116
45	Charles	115
46	Brent	114
47	Jonathan	102
48	Brandon	100
49	Bryan	95
50	Craig	93
51	Corey	85
52	Donald	83
53	Brad	81
53	Kyle	81
55	Joel	79
56	Sean	77
57	Terry	76
58	Keith	72
59	Jay	69
60	Jon	68
61	Stephen	67
62	Dennis	64
63	Brett	62
63	Jeffery	62
65	Dustin	60
66	Kenneth	59
66	Nicholas	59
68	Tony	58
69	Randy	56
70	Darin	55
70	Ronald	55
72	Curtis	54
73	Russell	52
74	Derek	50
74	Heath	50
74	Jacob	50
74	Larry	50
78	Gary	49
79	Samuel	48
80	Jerry	46
81	Jared	45
82	Danny	44
83	Edward	43
84	Shannon	42
85	Alan	41
85	Peter	41
87	Jesse	40
87	Kelly	40
87	Rodney	40
90	Jeff	39
91	Chris	38
92	Casey	37
93	Clinton	36
93	Lance	36
93	Wade	36
96	Marc	35
97	Dale	34
97	Erik	34
97	Kurt	34
97	Zachary	34