Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	509
2	Austin	384
3	Tyler	328
4	Matthew	276
5	Nicholas	270
5	Zachary	270
7	Brandon	269
8	Andrew	260
9	Michael	251
10	Noah	236
11	Joshua	231
12	Ryan	225
13	Alexander	220
14	Dylan	209
15	Samuel	196
16	Nathan	183
17	Jordan	180
18	Kyle	173
19	Benjamin	171
20	Hunter	167
21	Christopher	163
22	Cole	156
23	Caleb	155
23	Joseph	155
25	Logan	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	William	153
27	Daniel	147
28	Trevor	141
29	Anthony	140
29	Cody	140
31	Ethan	139
32	John	137
33	Dakota	135
33	David	135
35	Dalton	133
36	James	132
37	Tanner	124
38	Connor	123
39	Alex	120
39	Justin	120
41	Aaron	119
41	Jonathan	119
43	Jared	113
44	Chase	112
45	Christian	108
46	Adam	107
47	Blake	106
48	Colton	104
48	Thomas	104
50	Bryce	95
50	Lucas	95
52	Cameron	94
52	Seth	94
54	Luke	92
55	Spencer	89
56	Brady	87
57	Robert	85
58	Jack	82
59	Mason	81
60	Grant	80
61	Mitchell	79
62	Carter	76
63	Isaac	74
63	Riley	74
65	Jason	72
66	Eric	70
67	Collin	66
67	Ian	66
69	Evan	64
70	Taylor	62
71	Levi	60
71	Tristan	60
73	Dustin	59
73	Nathaniel	59
73	Parker	59
76	Isaiah	58
77	Alec	55
77	Derek	55
77	Jackson	55
80	Devin	54
80	Kevin	54
80	Wyatt	54
83	Garrett	52
84	Dillon	51
84	Gabriel	51
86	Gavin	50
86	Steven	50
86	Timothy	50
89	Colin	49
90	Travis	48
91	Brett	47
91	Clayton	47
93	Devon	46
93	Elijah	46
93	Sean	46
96	Drew	45
97	Brian	44
97	Jesse	44
99	Charles	43
99	Joel	43
99	Maxwell	43