Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 1999

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	481
2	Austin	332
3	Tyler	297
4	Nicholas	288
5	Zachary	266
6	Andrew	255
7	Brandon	239
8	Joseph	238
8	Michael	238
10	Matthew	233
11	Dylan	225
11	Noah	225
13	Joshua	222
14	Nathan	216
15	Samuel	211
16	Hunter	195
17	Benjamin	194
18	Alexander	189
19	Ryan	185
20	Logan	179
21	Caleb	162
22	Ethan	161
23	William	152
24	Daniel	143
25	Cole	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Blake	138
26	John	138
28	Kyle	134
29	Tanner	133
30	Connor	131
31	Jordan	129
32	Cameron	126
33	Alex	121
33	Christopher	121
33	Justin	121
36	James	120
37	Anthony	117
37	Cody	117
37	Dakota	117
40	Dalton	114
41	Thomas	113
42	Jackson	111
43	Colton	109
44	Jonathan	108
45	David	105
46	Christian	104
46	Lucas	104
48	Mason	103
49	Adam	101
49	Jared	101
51	Trevor	98
52	Luke	97
53	Carter	96
54	Chase	93
55	Jack	92
56	Seth	87
57	Spencer	85
58	Eric	84
59	Aaron	82
60	Riley	80
61	Brady	78
62	Evan	77
63	Grant	76
64	Bryce	75
65	Isaac	74
65	Robert	74
67	Garrett	71
67	Isaiah	71
69	Jason	70
70	Mitchell	67
71	Gabriel	62
72	Collin	61
72	Kevin	61
74	Dawson	58
75	Devin	57
75	Elijah	57
75	Gavin	57
78	Dillon	56
79	Charles	55
79	Clayton	55
79	Levi	55
79	Timothy	55
79	Tristan	55
84	Devon	54
84	Dustin	54
84	Gage	54
84	Kaleb	54
88	Derek	53
88	Drew	53
90	Conner	52
90	Jesse	52
90	Trenton	52
93	Colin	51
93	Taylor	51
93	Wyatt	51
96	Alec	50
97	Travis	49
98	Brett	48
98	Parker	48
100	Ian	47
100	Maxwell	47
100	Nathaniel	47
100	Sean	47