Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1990

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	525
2	Jacob	524
3	Matthew	505
4	Tyler	483
5	Andrew	453
6	Joshua	405
7	Ryan	398
8	Nicholas	392
9	Christopher	377
10	Kyle	355
11	Zachary	352
12	Cody	351
13	Justin	334
14	Jordan	309
15	Benjamin	302
16	Joseph	274
17	Daniel	258
18	Brandon	256
19	Austin	242
20	Nathan	233
21	David	232
22	James	224
23	Aaron	219
24	Adam	213
25	Eric	194

Rank	Name	Babies
26	John	192
27	Anthony	181
27	Travis	181
29	Alexander	164
30	Alex	162
30	Thomas	162
32	Ethan	156
33	Robert	153
34	Derek	150
35	Jonathan	149
36	Brian	145
36	Steven	145
38	Jason	136
39	Taylor	134
40	Timothy	133
40	William	133
42	Dustin	124
43	Jesse	116
43	Mitchell	116
45	Jeremy	115
46	Lucas	110
46	Samuel	110
48	Jared	108
48	Logan	108
50	Patrick	106
51	Cory	103
51	Kevin	103
53	Blake	101
54	Trevor	100
55	Scott	98
56	Brett	97
57	Jeffrey	94
58	Sean	91
59	Bradley	89
60	Paul	86
61	Shawn	83
62	Caleb	81
63	Mark	79
64	Seth	78
65	Charles	75
66	Shane	73
67	Corey	72
67	Dylan	72
69	Drew	71
69	Nathaniel	71
71	Cameron	70
72	Bryan	69
73	Gregory	68
73	Stephen	68
75	Chase	67
75	Tanner	67
77	Chad	65
77	Richard	65
79	Luke	64
80	Casey	61
81	Grant	58
82	Evan	57
83	Devin	56
84	Spencer	55
85	Colton	53
85	Joel	53
87	Ian	50
88	Bryce	49
89	Levi	46
89	Marcus	46
91	Brent	44
92	Peter	43
93	Colin	42
93	Douglas	42
93	Ross	42
96	Garrett	41
97	Wesley	40
98	Dalton	39
98	Keith	39
100	Brady	37
100	Dillon	37