Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	513
2	Austin	447
3	Tyler	347
4	Zachary	320
5	Nicholas	314
6	Michael	277
7	Matthew	273
8	Andrew	269
9	Brandon	247
10	Joshua	223
11	Ryan	214
12	Jordan	202
13	Joseph	197
14	Benjamin	196
15	Alexander	192
15	Dylan	192
17	Kyle	187
17	Samuel	187
19	Nathan	183
20	Logan	170
21	John	165
22	Cody	157
23	Christopher	156
24	Noah	154
25	Hunter	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Justin	148
27	Daniel	145
28	Cole	138
28	Tanner	138
30	David	135
31	Alex	133
31	James	133
33	Trevor	131
34	Caleb	128
34	William	128
36	Blake	127
36	Ethan	127
38	Dakota	121
39	Adam	120
39	Anthony	120
41	Christian	119
42	Aaron	117
43	Colton	115
43	Connor	115
45	Dalton	112
46	Mason	106
46	Mitchell	106
48	Robert	104
49	Jared	100
49	Jonathan	100
51	Thomas	95
52	Bryce	92
53	Brady	89
53	Eric	89
55	Lucas	87
55	Spencer	87
57	Chase	85
58	Cameron	82
58	Seth	82
60	Grant	81
61	Devin	76
62	Nathaniel	74
63	Timothy	73
64	Luke	69
64	Riley	69
66	Brian	67
67	Evan	66
67	Levi	66
67	Taylor	66
70	Collin	64
71	Brett	62
72	Charles	61
73	Carter	60
73	Derek	60
75	Isaac	59
76	Jason	58
76	Jesse	58
78	Garrett	57
78	Travis	57
80	Ian	56
81	Steven	55
82	Jack	54
82	Kevin	54
82	Wyatt	54
85	Elijah	52
86	Alec	50
86	Devon	50
86	Nolan	50
89	Dillon	49
89	Drew	49
89	Tristan	49
92	Gabriel	48
93	Jackson	47
93	Sean	47
95	Bradley	46
96	Clayton	45
96	Parker	45
98	Kaleb	44
99	Trey	41
100	Dustin	40
100	Marcus	40