Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	815
2	Matthew	777
3	Michael	747
4	Ryan	636
5	Joshua	620
6	Christopher	572
7	Brian	514
8	David	446
8	Nicholas	446
10	James	432
11	Jeremy	407
12	Chad	388
13	John	377
14	Eric	376
15	Andrew	373
16	Daniel	368
17	Joseph	350
18	Adam	342
19	Nathan	340
20	Justin	330
21	Timothy	325
22	Robert	318
23	Aaron	293
24	Scott	290
25	Jeffrey	283

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	274
27	Travis	236
28	Kevin	228
28	Mark	228
30	Steven	204
30	Thomas	204
32	William	201
33	Anthony	179
34	Bradley	166
35	Shawn	162
36	Brandon	156
37	Cory	146
38	Dustin	143
38	Jonathan	143
40	Richard	138
41	Shane	132
42	Jacob	130
42	Patrick	130
44	Paul	129
45	Todd	128
46	Kyle	124
47	Jesse	118
47	Troy	118
49	Charles	117
50	Corey	114
51	Douglas	103
52	Gregory	101
53	Bryan	96
54	Brent	93
55	Kenneth	81
56	Jared	80
56	Shaun	80
58	Jeremiah	79
59	Joel	78
60	Zachary	76
61	Seth	75
62	Casey	74
63	Lucas	73
64	Craig	71
65	Curtis	70
66	Luke	69
67	Derek	65
67	Donald	65
69	Jamie	63
70	Jay	62
71	Stephen	60
72	Brett	58
72	Sean	58
74	Brad	57
75	Peter	56
76	Keith	54
77	Terry	53
78	Samuel	51
78	Wesley	51
80	Jon	50
80	Tyler	50
82	Tony	49
83	Mitchell	47
83	Randy	47
83	Ronald	47
86	Jeffery	46
87	Nathaniel	45
88	Lance	43
89	Jerry	41
90	Dennis	40
90	Erik	40
92	Phillip	39
93	Heath	38
94	Larry	36
95	Cody	35
96	Clinton	34
96	Russell	34
98	Alan	32
98	Lee	32
98	Marc	32