Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	588
2	Matthew	569
3	Andrew	547
4	Joshua	478
5	Christopher	433
6	Ryan	399
7	Justin	388
8	Nicholas	380
9	Jacob	366
10	Kyle	335
11	Tyler	333
12	Daniel	324
13	Adam	319
14	David	314
15	Benjamin	292
16	Joseph	271
17	Brandon	261
18	Nathan	237
19	John	236
20	James	235
21	Eric	230
22	Brian	222
23	Jason	217
23	Zachary	217
25	Robert	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cody	213
27	Dustin	201
28	Anthony	196
29	Aaron	186
30	Jonathan	184
31	Timothy	183
32	Travis	175
33	Jeremy	165
34	William	163
35	Jeffrey	160
36	Derek	159
37	Steven	153
38	Scott	152
39	Thomas	151
40	Jordan	150
41	Austin	140
42	Alex	133
43	Mark	132
44	Kevin	129
45	Alexander	121
46	Bradley	117
47	Cory	115
48	Jared	105
49	Jesse	103
50	Samuel	101
51	Patrick	96
52	Mitchell	86
52	Shane	86
54	Paul	85
54	Sean	85
56	Richard	84
57	Brett	83
58	Gregory	82
59	Chad	81
60	Lucas	80
61	Bryan	77
62	Charles	74
63	Shawn	71
64	Seth	67
65	Stephen	66
66	Luke	65
67	Casey	64
68	Joel	63
69	Corey	61
70	Curtis	59
71	Logan	58
71	Trevor	58
73	Caleb	55
74	Brent	54
75	Todd	52
76	Peter	51
76	Spencer	51
78	Kenneth	50
79	Blake	48
79	Nathaniel	48
81	Levi	46
82	Devin	45
82	Grant	45
82	Marcus	45
85	Douglas	44
86	Evan	43
87	Phillip	42
87	Tanner	42
89	Chase	41
90	Drew	40
90	Keith	40
92	Cole	39
93	Mathew	38
94	Dylan	37
94	Ian	37
96	Craig	35
96	Jeffery	35
96	Wesley	35
99	Troy	32
100	Donald	31
100	Jeremiah	31
100	Jonathon	31