Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	829
2	Jason	799
3	Michael	758
4	Joshua	741
5	Ryan	605
6	Christopher	596
7	Nicholas	579
8	Brian	454
9	Justin	435
10	Andrew	426
11	Adam	417
12	Jeremy	413
13	David	403
14	Joseph	401
15	Daniel	392
16	Chad	389
17	John	388
18	James	381
19	Nathan	359
20	Eric	358
21	Robert	338
22	Travis	321
23	Benjamin	314
24	Scott	307
25	Timothy	300

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	291
27	Jeffrey	263
28	Mark	235
29	Kevin	220
30	William	210
31	Steven	208
32	Thomas	198
33	Jacob	194
34	Anthony	189
35	Brandon	187
36	Bradley	170
37	Dustin	161
38	Jonathan	147
38	Kyle	147
40	Cory	144
41	Shawn	130
42	Richard	126
43	Jesse	125
44	Zachary	124
45	Paul	121
46	Charles	111
47	Patrick	110
48	Shane	109
48	Todd	109
50	Jared	104
51	Brent	102
51	Bryan	102
53	Joel	99
54	Jeremiah	96
55	Douglas	94
56	Corey	92
56	Luke	92
58	Troy	91
59	Lucas	87
60	Gregory	84
61	Brett	82
62	Seth	79
63	Derek	78
63	Tyler	78
65	Casey	74
65	Kenneth	74
67	Peter	72
67	Stephen	72
69	Curtis	71
70	Brad	68
70	Jamie	68
72	Erik	66
72	Shaun	66
74	Keith	65
75	Samuel	63
76	Donald	62
77	Sean	60
77	Wesley	60
79	Craig	58
79	Nathaniel	58
81	Gary	56
82	Cody	52
82	Lance	52
84	Mitchell	51
85	Dennis	50
85	Jon	50
87	Jay	48
87	Randy	48
87	Tony	48
90	Jeffery	47
90	Kristopher	47
92	Clinton	45
92	Russell	45
94	Philip	44
95	Terry	42
95	Trevor	42
97	Larry	41
97	Phillip	41
99	Clint	40
99	Edward	40