Popular baby names in Iowa, 1982

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (775 babies) and Matthew for boys (857). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,077 babies born in Iowa in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1982

Names given at least 15 times in Iowa that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Abby: 91 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Renae: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Abbie: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Betsy: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mollie: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darcy: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jill: 153 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bobbi: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Molly: 104 babies, 4× the national rate
Abbey: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Kory: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wade: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trent: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heath: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beau: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trenton: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kurtis: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyler: 183 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 109 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Greg: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	775	–	1
2	Jessica	645	–	2
3	Amanda	578	–	3
4	Sarah	517	–	4
5	Melissa	386	–	5
6	Nicole	376	↑2	6
7	Amy	354	↓1	10
8	Amber	300	↑3	18
9	Sara	300	↓2	28
10	Elizabeth	289	↑4	8
11	Angela	287	↓2	16
12	Emily	282	↓2	24
13	Stephanie	270	–	7
14	Heather	259	↓2	12
15	Michelle	246	–	11
16	Erin	231	↑2	20
17	Rebecca	220	–	15
18	Megan	217	↓2	34
19	Laura	214	↑5	22
20	Ashley	211	↑20	17
21	Katie	210	↑4	45
22	Rachel	205	–	21
23	Lindsey	202	↑21	40
24	Andrea	188	↓4	27
25	Lindsay	174	↑11	39
26	Kimberly	173	↓3	14
27	Tiffany	173	↓6	13
28	Crystal	170	↑3	9
29	Kelly	156	↑1	25
30	Lisa	155	↓11	23
31	Jamie	153	↓5	29
32	Jill	153	↓5	89
33	Kristin	151	↓5	37
34	Katherine	147	–	36
35	Julie	137	↓3	41
36	Christina	131	↓3	19
37	Carrie	119	↑5	57
38	Mary	117	↓1	30
39	Tara	117	↓1	47
40	Shannon	113	↑3	38
41	Molly	104	new	>100
42	Danielle	102	↑3	31
43	Holly	99	↓4	61
44	Kristen	96	new	33
45	Erica	93	↑5	35
46	Courtney	92	new	43
47	Abby	91	new	>100
48	Allison	90	new	58
49	Heidi	90	↓8	86
50	Alicia	87	↓1	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Matthew	857	–	3
2	Michael	777	–	1
3	Joshua	710	–	7
4	Christopher	649	↑3	2
5	Ryan	524	↓1	13
6	Adam	520	↑2	19
7	Jason	504	↓2	4
8	Andrew	503	↑2	17
9	Justin	499	↓3	12
10	Nicholas	469	↓1	22
11	Joseph	427	↑1	11
12	Daniel	403	↑1	10
13	James	361	↑8	6
14	David	358	↓3	5
15	Benjamin	356	↑4	33
16	Brian	351	↓1	14
17	John	344	↓3	8
18	Nathan	338	↓1	36
19	Eric	337	↓3	20
20	Aaron	312	–	30
21	Brandon	293	↓3	18
22	Jeremy	291	–	28
23	Robert	275	–	9
24	Jacob	265	↑4	41
25	Jeffrey	257	↑5	29
26	Travis	250	↓2	39
27	Dustin	239	↓2	42
28	Timothy	232	↓2	24
29	Jonathan	217	↑3	16
30	Anthony	212	↑1	21
31	Kyle	210	↑9	47
32	Scott	207	↓5	34
33	Chad	204	↓4	48
34	Thomas	192	↓1	23
35	Jesse	189	–	43
36	William	189	↓2	15
37	Mark	187	–	32
38	Tyler	183	↑12	66
39	Steven	179	↓1	26
40	Bradley	171	↓4	51
41	Kevin	159	↓2	25
42	Zachary	157	–	55
43	Derek	132	new	50
44	Richard	123	↑5	27
45	Cody	116	new	95
46	Jared	109	↓5	54
47	Lucas	109	–	>100
48	Patrick	107	↓2	37
49	Brett	106	↓4	72
50	Paul	103	↓2	35

← Iowa 1981 Iowa: all years · US 1982 Iowa 1983 →