Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	930
2	Michael	741
3	Matthew	715
4	Christopher	581
5	Chad	567
6	Brian	537
7	Ryan	462
8	Jeremy	441
9	David	416
10	Eric	364
11	Daniel	362
12	James	358
13	John	350
14	Scott	344
15	Robert	339
16	Joshua	333
17	Jeffrey	326
18	Aaron	294
19	Timothy	262
20	Mark	261
21	Andrew	253
22	Joseph	230
22	Steven	230
24	Travis	225
25	Justin	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	220
27	Benjamin	209
27	Thomas	209
29	Shawn	207
30	Kevin	206
31	William	204
32	Bradley	193
33	Shane	179
34	Anthony	175
35	Paul	169
36	Todd	165
37	Adam	162
38	Troy	155
39	Richard	144
40	Jonathan	137
41	Cory	129
42	Jamie	128
43	Brandon	124
44	Charles	109
45	Gregory	107
46	Brent	106
47	Corey	102
48	Craig	101
48	Patrick	101
50	Bryan	100
50	Douglas	100
52	Joel	99
53	Stephen	83
54	Donald	80
54	Sean	80
56	Dustin	75
57	Terry	72
58	Gary	71
58	Jesse	71
60	Kyle	70
61	Jacob	65
61	Jay	65
61	Kenneth	65
61	Nicholas	65
65	Brett	62
65	Keith	62
67	Jon	60
67	Randy	60
67	Ronald	60
70	Tony	56
71	Brad	55
71	Curtis	55
71	Jared	55
74	Jerry	54
75	Jeremiah	52
76	Darin	51
77	Heath	50
77	Peter	50
79	Dennis	49
79	Larry	49
81	Russell	48
82	Jeffery	47
82	Zachary	47
84	Casey	46
85	Rodney	45
86	Shannon	44
87	Derek	42
87	Edward	42
89	Kirk	40
90	Dale	39
90	Jeff	39
90	Samuel	39
93	Chris	38
93	Kelly	38
93	Wade	38
96	Christian	37
96	Seth	37
98	Marc	36
98	Martin	36
98	Micheal	36
98	Trent	36