Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	612
2	Michael	535
3	Joshua	513
4	Andrew	492
5	Ryan	454
6	Christopher	424
6	Nicholas	424
8	Adam	390
9	Kyle	385
10	Daniel	343
11	Tyler	340
12	Brandon	329
13	Jacob	323
14	Justin	321
15	David	296
16	Joseph	292
17	Benjamin	281
18	Eric	263
19	James	243
20	Brian	240
21	Cody	239
22	Zachary	237
23	Jason	235
24	Nathan	231
25	Dustin	226

Rank	Name	Babies
26	John	223
27	Anthony	213
28	Robert	208
29	Jonathan	205
30	Timothy	193
31	Jeremy	190
32	Aaron	187
33	Travis	180
34	William	173
35	Scott	163
36	Jeffrey	158
37	Kevin	156
38	Thomas	149
39	Bradley	146
40	Mark	139
41	Jesse	136
41	Steven	136
43	Jordan	130
44	Alex	129
45	Brett	121
46	Sean	118
47	Derek	115
48	Patrick	107
49	Chad	102
49	Jared	102
51	Alexander	100
51	Lucas	100
53	Shane	98
54	Austin	94
54	Cory	94
56	Paul	92
57	Samuel	89
58	Bryan	87
59	Seth	86
60	Stephen	83
61	Gregory	81
61	Mitchell	81
63	Richard	79
64	Shawn	78
65	Joel	74
66	Charles	73
67	Brent	72
68	Luke	66
69	Corey	65
70	Blake	62
71	Drew	60
71	Peter	60
73	Curtis	56
74	Casey	53
74	Trevor	53
76	Kenneth	51
77	Craig	50
78	Nathaniel	49
79	Marcus	48
80	Donald	46
81	Todd	45
82	Grant	43
83	Keith	42
84	Evan	41
84	Ian	41
86	Caleb	39
86	Douglas	39
86	Phillip	39
89	Devin	37
90	Cole	36
90	Wesley	36
92	Mathew	35
93	Tony	34
94	Jeremiah	33
94	Troy	33
96	Chase	32
96	Dylan	32
96	Lance	32
99	Jay	31
99	Jonathon	31
99	Levi	31
99	Ross	31
99	Taylor	31