Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	828
2	Michael	758
3	Matthew	753
4	Jason	637
5	Ryan	633
6	Justin	605
7	Christopher	547
8	Adam	531
9	Nicholas	524
10	Brian	487
11	Andrew	454
12	Joseph	434
13	David	428
14	Eric	418
15	Jeremy	417
16	John	380
17	Daniel	358
18	Nathan	356
19	Benjamin	355
20	James	335
21	Chad	327
22	Timothy	305
23	Travis	304
24	Aaron	293
25	Jeffrey	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Robert	277
27	Scott	261
28	Dustin	246
29	Brandon	226
30	Jacob	220
31	Bradley	215
32	Mark	211
33	Jonathan	210
34	Kevin	205
35	Anthony	194
35	William	194
37	Steven	190
38	Thomas	182
39	Jesse	173
40	Kyle	141
41	Cory	137
42	Lucas	132
43	Richard	129
44	Charles	128
44	Shane	128
46	Derek	127
47	Jared	126
48	Patrick	121
49	Todd	113
50	Paul	110
51	Zachary	109
52	Brett	104
53	Jeremiah	102
54	Brent	101
55	Shawn	97
56	Luke	92
57	Tyler	89
58	Bryan	87
58	Joel	87
60	Douglas	85
61	Gregory	84
62	Seth	83
63	Craig	81
64	Sean	78
65	Corey	77
66	Casey	76
66	Curtis	76
66	Erik	76
69	Kenneth	75
70	Nathaniel	73
71	Stephen	70
72	Jamie	65
73	Cody	63
74	Troy	62
75	Keith	61
76	Brad	60
77	Shaun	58
78	Jay	57
78	Peter	57
80	Donald	55
80	Phillip	55
82	Mitchell	53
83	Philip	52
84	Wesley	50
85	Gary	49
85	Randy	49
87	Clinton	46
88	Jon	45
89	Billy	42
89	Edward	42
89	Ronald	42
89	Samuel	42
93	Russell	41
93	Trent	41
95	Alan	40
95	Clint	40
95	Kurt	40
98	Tony	39
99	Heath	38
100	Beau	37
100	Ian	37