Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	914
2	Michael	826
3	Matthew	722
4	Ryan	636
5	Joshua	553
6	Jeremy	549
7	Brian	535
8	Christopher	533
9	David	483
10	Chad	455
11	James	419
12	Daniel	399
13	John	374
14	Eric	355
15	Joseph	354
16	Andrew	339
17	Timothy	329
18	Robert	326
19	Jeffrey	318
20	Benjamin	316
20	Nathan	316
20	Scott	316
23	Aaron	279
24	Justin	259
25	Travis	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	245
27	Adam	232
28	Mark	222
29	William	220
30	Steven	211
31	Bradley	198
32	Thomas	195
33	Anthony	192
34	Todd	170
35	Cory	163
36	Shawn	160
37	Nicholas	148
38	Paul	145
39	Brandon	143
40	Richard	139
41	Jonathan	136
42	Jacob	135
43	Shane	133
44	Corey	125
45	Bryan	124
46	Charles	123
47	Patrick	122
48	Jesse	112
49	Gregory	106
49	Troy	106
51	Brent	100
52	Douglas	96
53	Dustin	95
54	Jeremiah	89
54	Joel	89
54	Kyle	89
57	Donald	88
58	Jared	85
59	Jamie	82
59	Wesley	82
61	Sean	80
62	Keith	77
63	Craig	76
64	Brett	71
65	Casey	69
66	Zachary	68
67	Brad	67
67	Peter	67
69	Curtis	66
69	Kenneth	66
71	Randy	61
71	Tony	61
73	Stephen	57
74	Derek	53
74	Jon	53
76	Clinton	52
77	Ronald	50
77	Samuel	50
79	Gabriel	49
80	Wade	47
81	Dennis	46
81	Lucas	46
81	Terry	46
84	Erik	45
84	Seth	45
86	Jeffery	43
86	Lee	43
86	Tyler	43
89	Jay	42
89	Lance	42
89	Shaun	42
92	Edward	41
93	Russell	40
94	Kristopher	38
95	Gary	37
95	Phillip	37
97	Heath	35
97	Luke	35
99	Kelly	34
99	Larry	34
99	Marc	34
99	Nathaniel	34
99	Rodney	34