Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	824
2	Michael	793
3	Joshua	763
4	Ryan	617
5	Jason	594
6	Justin	576
7	Christopher	519
8	Adam	497
9	Nicholas	467
10	Andrew	454
11	David	431
12	Joseph	415
13	Daniel	386
14	John	371
15	Brian	369
16	Eric	364
17	Nathan	355
18	Brandon	341
19	Benjamin	325
20	Aaron	322
21	James	312
22	Jeremy	302
23	Robert	284
23	Travis	284
25	Dustin	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	264
27	Scott	263
28	Jacob	262
29	Chad	255
30	Jeffrey	247
31	Anthony	229
32	Jonathan	219
33	Thomas	212
34	William	203
35	Jesse	198
36	Bradley	197
37	Mark	193
38	Steven	173
39	Kevin	171
40	Kyle	142
41	Jared	128
42	Zachary	125
43	Charles	124
44	Cory	123
45	Brett	120
46	Patrick	119
47	Lucas	118
48	Paul	116
49	Richard	113
50	Tyler	110
51	Derek	106
51	Shawn	106
53	Luke	103
54	Bryan	96
55	Joel	94
56	Gregory	88
57	Brent	87
57	Jeremiah	87
57	Todd	87
60	Shane	86
61	Sean	84
62	Seth	80
63	Douglas	73
63	Troy	73
65	Casey	71
65	Craig	71
67	Peter	70
68	Keith	68
69	Cody	66
69	Mitchell	66
71	Corey	65
72	Nathaniel	63
73	Curtis	61
73	Jamie	61
73	Kenneth	61
76	Clinton	58
77	Samuel	57
78	Stephen	56
79	Blake	49
79	Jeffery	49
79	Ronald	49
82	Erik	48
83	Brad	46
84	Gary	45
85	Phillip	43
86	Jon	42
86	Philip	42
88	Ian	41
89	Jordan	40
89	Levi	40
89	Tony	40
92	Donald	39
92	Jay	39
92	Wesley	39
95	Caleb	38
95	Grant	38
95	Trevor	38
98	Alexander	37
98	Randy	37
100	Clint	36
100	Jonathon	36