Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	573
2	Andrew	538
3	Michael	524
4	Joshua	459
5	Nicholas	444
6	Jacob	408
7	Justin	399
8	Ryan	394
9	Christopher	386
10	Tyler	382
11	Kyle	316
12	Adam	315
13	Daniel	309
14	Benjamin	297
14	Zachary	297
16	Cody	280
17	David	262
18	Brandon	261
19	Nathan	257
20	Joseph	236
21	Eric	221
21	James	221
23	Travis	218
24	Aaron	206
25	Anthony	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	190
27	John	182
28	Robert	180
29	Alex	178
29	Thomas	178
31	Jonathan	163
32	Dustin	162
33	Jason	159
34	Jordan	157
35	Scott	153
36	Alexander	146
36	Jeffrey	146
38	Timothy	142
39	Steven	139
40	Derek	138
41	William	137
42	Austin	133
43	Kevin	130
44	Jeremy	129
45	Bradley	114
46	Samuel	112
47	Cory	109
48	Jared	107
48	Mark	107
50	Jesse	106
50	Lucas	106
52	Patrick	100
53	Sean	95
54	Mitchell	92
55	Chad	88
55	Seth	88
57	Shawn	82
58	Logan	77
59	Charles	74
60	Shane	72
61	Blake	70
62	Caleb	69
63	Brett	68
64	Gregory	67
65	Joel	65
65	Stephen	65
67	Corey	63
67	Richard	63
67	Trevor	63
70	Bryan	62
71	Casey	59
72	Taylor	58
73	Brent	54
74	Paul	53
75	Curtis	52
75	Evan	52
77	Grant	50
77	Luke	50
79	Marcus	48
79	Tanner	48
81	Bryce	44
81	Spencer	44
83	Nathaniel	43
84	Brady	42
84	Donald	42
84	Kenneth	42
84	Todd	42
84	Wesley	42
89	Drew	41
89	Ian	41
91	Cameron	40
91	Troy	40
93	Levi	39
94	Chase	36
94	Douglas	36
96	Keith	35
97	Devin	34
97	Dylan	34
99	Craig	33
99	Peter	33
99	Phillip	33