Most popular boys’ names in Iowa, 2000

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	484
2	Tyler	282
3	Austin	273
4	Zachary	257
5	Nicholas	252
6	Andrew	248
7	Hunter	241
8	Matthew	240
9	Dylan	225
10	Benjamin	220
11	Ethan	214
11	Joseph	214
11	Michael	214
14	Nathan	212
14	Noah	212
16	Brandon	195
17	Alexander	192
18	Ryan	184
19	Logan	180
20	Samuel	176
21	Caleb	173
22	Joshua	172
23	Cole	155
24	Kyle	143
24	Mason	143

Rank	Name	Babies
26	John	130
27	Jordan	127
28	Cody	125
28	David	125
30	James	124
31	Anthony	123
32	Chase	119
33	Christopher	116
33	Daniel	116
35	Justin	115
36	Dalton	114
36	William	114
38	Jonathan	113
39	Cameron	109
40	Thomas	108
41	Blake	107
42	Aaron	105
42	Trevor	105
44	Alex	103
45	Carter	102
45	Lucas	102
47	Jack	101
47	Tanner	101
49	Spencer	99
50	Christian	98
51	Adam	97
52	Isaac	96
53	Garrett	91
54	Bryce	89
54	Colton	89
54	Seth	89
57	Jackson	88
58	Connor	87
58	Luke	87
60	Evan	85
60	Robert	85
62	Dakota	84
63	Brady	83
64	Riley	77
65	Devin	76
65	Gavin	76
67	Ian	74
68	Jared	71
68	Mitchell	71
68	Parker	71
71	Eric	69
72	Gabriel	67
72	Grant	67
74	Nathaniel	64
75	Isaiah	62
76	Carson	61
77	Elijah	60
78	Dawson	59
78	Jesse	59
78	Timothy	59
81	Kaleb	57
82	Drew	56
82	Wyatt	56
84	Collin	54
84	Jason	54
84	Maxwell	54
87	Clayton	53
87	Gage	53
89	Derek	52
89	Levi	52
89	Payton	52
92	Tristan	51
93	Jose	50
94	Drake	49
94	Trey	49
96	Brayden	48
96	Charles	48
96	Conner	48
96	Nolan	48
96	Sean	48