Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	556
2	Joshua	494
3	Matthew	483
4	Andrew	450
5	Jacob	417
6	Nicholas	416
7	Ryan	411
8	Christopher	395
9	Tyler	386
10	Justin	343
11	Kyle	342
12	Zachary	333
13	Adam	305
14	Daniel	302
15	Benjamin	301
16	Brandon	274
16	Joseph	274
18	Cody	268
19	Nathan	260
20	David	247
21	John	229
22	Aaron	211
22	Eric	211
22	James	211
25	Austin	210

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jordan	204
27	Robert	195
28	Anthony	192
29	Jonathan	167
30	Alexander	166
30	Dustin	166
32	Brian	165
33	Steven	162
33	Thomas	162
33	Travis	162
36	Jason	159
37	Alex	156
38	Kevin	155
39	Timothy	152
40	Derek	142
41	William	134
42	Jesse	129
42	Scott	129
44	Samuel	128
45	Jeremy	125
46	Bradley	118
47	Jared	116
48	Cory	114
48	Jeffrey	114
50	Lucas	106
50	Mark	106
50	Sean	106
53	Mitchell	101
54	Brett	94
55	Ethan	91
56	Patrick	89
56	Seth	89
58	Logan	87
59	Charles	79
60	Bryan	78
61	Shane	76
62	Gregory	74
63	Chad	72
64	Taylor	71
65	Blake	68
65	Stephen	68
67	Evan	66
68	Caleb	65
69	Paul	64
70	Levi	63
70	Trevor	63
72	Marcus	60
72	Tanner	60
74	Spencer	59
75	Shawn	58
76	Corey	57
76	Richard	57
78	Joel	56
79	Chase	55
79	Drew	55
81	Cameron	54
81	Colton	54
83	Ian	53
84	Ross	52
85	Bryce	51
86	Casey	49
87	Brent	47
87	Devin	47
87	Luke	47
87	Nathaniel	47
91	Curtis	45
91	Grant	45
93	Garrett	44
94	Peter	43
95	Craig	40
95	Wesley	40
97	Kenneth	39
98	Todd	38
99	Phillip	37
99	Troy	37