Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	553
2	Austin	503
3	Tyler	377
4	Zachary	319
5	Nicholas	314
6	Michael	298
7	Matthew	275
8	Brandon	270
9	Ryan	255
10	Andrew	252
11	Joshua	238
12	Alexander	230
13	Benjamin	222
14	Cody	213
15	Kyle	189
15	Logan	189
17	Nathan	188
18	Joseph	186
19	Dylan	183
19	Jordan	183
21	Samuel	179
22	Christopher	175
23	Daniel	150
24	Caleb	146
25	Justin	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	James	137
26	John	137
28	Blake	136
29	Dakota	133
30	Thomas	130
31	Trevor	129
32	Tanner	128
33	Cole	127
34	Hunter	121
34	Noah	121
36	William	119
37	Colton	117
37	David	117
37	Lucas	117
40	Adam	116
41	Dalton	114
42	Alex	111
43	Aaron	109
43	Anthony	109
45	Chase	108
46	Connor	107
47	Mitchell	106
48	Christian	105
49	Jonathan	102
50	Derek	98
51	Jared	93
51	Robert	93
53	Luke	91
54	Eric	86
55	Jesse	85
56	Ethan	83
57	Brady	81
58	Taylor	78
59	Tristan	77
60	Grant	74
60	Seth	74
62	Dustin	73
62	Riley	73
62	Spencer	73
65	Devin	72
66	Bryce	70
67	Cameron	68
67	Levi	68
67	Sean	68
70	Mason	66
70	Steven	66
70	Travis	66
73	Brian	65
73	Evan	65
73	Jason	65
73	Kevin	65
77	Collin	62
77	Nathaniel	62
77	Timothy	62
80	Jeremy	60
81	Brett	58
81	Drew	58
83	Devon	57
83	Dillon	57
85	Ian	56
85	Isaac	56
87	Alec	55
87	Gabriel	55
87	Garrett	55
87	Richard	55
87	Wyatt	55
92	Bradley	54
93	Charles	52
93	Elijah	52
95	Gage	50
95	Jeffrey	50
97	Isaiah	49
98	Clayton	48
98	Colin	48
98	Marcus	48