Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	738
2	Michael	669
3	Joshua	645
4	Christopher	585
5	Ryan	556
6	Adam	546
7	Andrew	530
8	Justin	451
9	Daniel	413
10	Nicholas	403
11	David	402
12	Jason	361
13	Joseph	355
14	Brandon	346
15	Jacob	337
16	Tyler	336
17	Nathan	319
18	Eric	308
19	John	298
20	Benjamin	295
21	James	294
22	Aaron	280
23	Brian	279
24	Kyle	273
25	Jeffrey	245

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Robert	243
27	Travis	237
28	Dustin	235
29	Anthony	216
29	Timothy	216
31	Zachary	209
32	Jeremy	207
32	Jonathan	207
34	Scott	200
35	Thomas	191
36	Steven	180
37	William	179
38	Kevin	173
39	Mark	160
40	Chad	152
41	Cody	150
42	Jesse	147
43	Bradley	134
44	Derek	129
45	Patrick	127
46	Cory	111
47	Brett	105
48	Paul	103
49	Jared	95
50	Lucas	93
50	Sean	93
52	Luke	91
53	Charles	90
54	Bryan	88
55	Jordan	87
56	Gregory	84
56	Richard	84
58	Austin	80
59	Brent	78
59	Casey	78
61	Stephen	77
62	Shawn	76
63	Mitchell	72
64	Blake	71
65	Seth	70
66	Joel	69
67	Samuel	68
67	Todd	68
69	Corey	67
70	Shane	64
71	Alexander	62
71	Craig	62
73	Troy	60
74	Marcus	59
75	Drew	57
76	Nathaniel	55
77	Grant	54
78	Cole	52
78	Curtis	52
78	Peter	52
81	Kenneth	50
82	Ian	49
83	Alex	48
83	Lee	48
85	Douglas	44
85	Keith	44
87	Jeremiah	41
87	Jon	41
87	Lance	41
90	Erik	40
90	Ross	40
92	Caleb	38
92	Evan	38
92	Philip	38
95	Trevor	37
96	Mathew	36
96	Phillip	36
98	Jeffery	35
98	Randy	35
98	Wesley	35