Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	920
2	Michael	778
3	Matthew	708
4	Christopher	528
5	Ryan	524
6	Brian	521
7	Chad	512
8	Jeremy	479
9	David	409
10	James	391
11	Eric	368
12	Scott	366
13	Daniel	351
14	John	345
15	Joshua	334
16	Robert	329
17	Aaron	291
18	Jeffrey	285
19	Justin	281
20	Andrew	273
21	Joseph	271
22	Benjamin	259
23	Timothy	258
24	Mark	253
25	Nathan	246

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	213
26	Steven	213
26	Travis	213
29	Adam	205
30	William	200
31	Thomas	187
32	Anthony	184
33	Shawn	180
34	Todd	153
35	Cory	152
36	Shane	145
37	Bradley	143
38	Richard	135
39	Brandon	127
40	Paul	120
41	Jamie	117
42	Charles	113
43	Troy	110
44	Patrick	106
45	Corey	101
46	Gregory	97
47	Brent	94
48	Jesse	93
48	Jonathan	93
50	Bryan	91
50	Jacob	91
50	Kyle	91
53	Douglas	90
54	Craig	89
55	Zachary	85
56	Dustin	83
57	Joel	80
58	Jared	78
58	Sean	78
60	Kenneth	68
61	Tony	66
62	Derek	65
63	Nicholas	62
64	Stephen	61
65	Keith	60
66	Dennis	59
66	Jay	59
66	Randy	59
69	Donald	58
70	Terry	56
71	Casey	55
72	Brad	54
72	Jeremiah	54
72	Jon	54
72	Kelly	54
72	Ronald	54
77	Gary	52
77	Heath	52
79	Jeffery	51
80	Shannon	50
81	Brett	48
81	Jerry	48
83	Seth	42
83	Tyler	42
85	Curtis	41
85	Erik	41
87	Russell	40
88	Edward	39
88	Gabriel	39
88	Martin	39
88	Wade	39
92	Clint	38
93	Lucas	37
94	Darren	35
94	George	35
94	Nathaniel	35
94	Samuel	35
98	Larry	34
98	Luke	34
98	Peter	34