Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	857
2	Michael	777
3	Joshua	710
4	Christopher	649
5	Ryan	524
6	Adam	520
7	Jason	504
8	Andrew	503
9	Justin	499
10	Nicholas	469
11	Joseph	427
12	Daniel	403
13	James	361
14	David	358
15	Benjamin	356
16	Brian	351
17	John	344
18	Nathan	338
19	Eric	337
20	Aaron	312
21	Brandon	293
22	Jeremy	291
23	Robert	275
24	Jacob	265
25	Jeffrey	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Travis	250
27	Dustin	239
28	Timothy	232
29	Jonathan	217
30	Anthony	212
31	Kyle	210
32	Scott	207
33	Chad	204
34	Thomas	192
35	Jesse	189
35	William	189
37	Mark	187
38	Tyler	183
39	Steven	179
40	Bradley	171
41	Kevin	159
42	Zachary	157
43	Derek	132
44	Richard	123
45	Cody	116
46	Jared	109
46	Lucas	109
48	Patrick	107
49	Brett	106
50	Paul	103
51	Shawn	101
52	Gregory	99
52	Seth	99
54	Joel	98
55	Charles	95
56	Todd	94
57	Cory	88
58	Brent	85
59	Bryan	82
59	Luke	82
61	Shane	81
62	Nathaniel	80
62	Stephen	80
64	Sean	79
65	Corey	75
66	Jordan	74
67	Casey	67
67	Douglas	67
67	Keith	67
70	Curtis	65
70	Mitchell	65
72	Troy	63
73	Craig	61
73	Donald	61
75	Blake	59
76	Philip	57
77	Kenneth	56
78	Peter	55
79	Samuel	54
80	Jeremiah	51
81	Austin	50
82	Alan	48
83	Randy	47
84	Gary	46
85	Erik	45
85	Lance	45
87	Jamie	43
88	Jon	41
89	Brad	40
89	Clinton	40
89	Jonathon	40
92	Bret	39
92	Jay	39
92	Ross	39
92	Wesley	39
96	Alexander	38
96	Grant	38
96	Ian	38
96	Shaun	38
100	Evan	37
100	Mathew	37
100	Phillip	37
100	Ronald	37
100	Trevor	37