Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	690
2	Michael	619
3	Joshua	586
4	Ryan	539
5	Christopher	525
6	Andrew	507
7	Nicholas	442
8	Adam	435
9	Justin	404
10	Daniel	403
11	Brandon	359
12	Joseph	347
13	David	343
14	Kyle	334
15	Tyler	317
16	Jason	305
17	Eric	291
18	Nathan	290
19	Brian	286
20	Benjamin	278
21	Jacob	268
22	James	262
23	John	257
24	Zachary	244
25	Dustin	243

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Robert	236
27	Cody	225
27	Timothy	225
29	Aaron	215
30	Steven	206
31	Anthony	205
32	Jonathan	182
33	Jeffrey	181
33	Travis	181
35	Scott	177
36	Mark	174
37	Jeremy	168
37	Thomas	168
39	William	167
40	Kevin	141
41	Chad	140
42	Jesse	136
43	Derek	130
44	Bradley	129
45	Brett	117
46	Jared	111
47	Jordan	110
47	Paul	110
49	Lucas	105
50	Alexander	99
51	Sean	96
52	Alex	93
53	Charles	92
53	Gregory	92
53	Shawn	92
56	Patrick	90
57	Joel	87
58	Bryan	86
59	Brent	85
59	Cory	85
61	Shane	83
62	Richard	81
63	Samuel	77
64	Nathaniel	75
65	Austin	72
66	Mitchell	71
67	Drew	69
67	Luke	69
69	Seth	68
70	Casey	67
71	Blake	66
72	Stephen	63
73	Corey	62
74	Trevor	57
75	Douglas	56
75	Todd	56
77	Cole	53
78	Grant	51
78	Peter	51
80	Ian	49
80	Kenneth	49
82	Troy	48
83	Craig	46
84	Caleb	45
85	Erik	44
85	Jeremiah	44
85	Marcus	44
85	Ross	44
89	Curtis	43
90	Keith	41
90	Phillip	41
92	Jonathon	36
93	Derrick	35
93	Jeffery	35
93	Mathew	35
93	Randy	35
93	Wesley	35
98	Devin	34
98	Evan	34
98	Jamie	34