Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	823
2	Michael	775
3	Joshua	618
4	Christopher	557
5	Ryan	549
6	Adam	536
7	Andrew	507
8	Justin	455
9	Nicholas	442
10	Daniel	424
11	Jason	419
12	Joseph	404
13	David	373
14	Brian	345
15	John	326
16	Eric	314
17	Brandon	313
18	Nathan	312
19	Benjamin	310
20	James	307
21	Jacob	282
22	Aaron	281
23	Kyle	275
24	Robert	261
25	Jeffrey	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Travis	242
27	Dustin	238
28	Jonathan	222
29	Scott	215
30	Anthony	209
31	Jeremy	207
31	Timothy	207
33	Steven	200
34	Chad	198
35	Zachary	194
36	Thomas	193
37	Tyler	183
38	William	177
39	Mark	176
40	Jesse	170
41	Kevin	157
42	Bradley	155
43	Derek	153
44	Patrick	123
45	Cody	114
46	Richard	108
47	Brett	106
47	Lucas	106
47	Paul	106
50	Bryan	103
51	Cory	102
51	Gregory	102
51	Shawn	102
54	Jared	96
55	Casey	93
56	Charles	90
56	Joel	90
58	Sean	84
59	Seth	79
60	Brent	75
60	Jordan	75
62	Stephen	70
63	Luke	66
63	Shane	66
65	Corey	65
65	Nathaniel	65
67	Craig	64
67	Keith	64
69	Douglas	61
69	Troy	61
71	Austin	60
71	Mitchell	60
71	Samuel	60
74	Todd	59
75	Curtis	57
76	Grant	54
77	Alexander	53
78	Kenneth	51
79	Cole	50
80	Philip	48
80	Wesley	48
82	Phillip	47
83	Blake	46
84	Jeremiah	45
85	Donald	44
86	Clinton	43
86	Evan	43
86	Peter	43
89	Erik	41
89	Ross	41
91	Alan	40
91	Drew	40
93	Russell	39
94	Alex	38
94	Caleb	38
94	Marcus	38
94	Randy	38
98	Gary	37
98	Ian	37
100	Brad	36
100	Trevor	36