Popular baby names in Iowa, 1983

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (713 babies) and Matthew for boys (823). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,829 babies born in Iowa in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1983

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: 69 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jill: 114 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alissa: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joni: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Abbey: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jackie: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Molly: 90 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paige: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tricia: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brock: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kory: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Heath: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lucas: 106 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cole: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trent: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trenton: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bryce: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wade: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	713	–	1
2	Jessica	591	–	2
3	Amanda	544	–	3
4	Ashley	527	↑16	4
5	Sarah	503	↓1	5
6	Nicole	386	–	7
7	Melissa	356	↓2	6
8	Megan	350	↑10	21
9	Amy	336	↓2	12
10	Emily	312	↑2	25
11	Amber	310	↓3	17
12	Stephanie	308	↑1	8
13	Heather	304	↑1	9
14	Elizabeth	287	↓4	10
15	Sara	241	↓6	31
16	Erin	229	–	18
17	Angela	228	↓6	22
18	Katie	216	↑3	45
19	Rachel	215	↑3	20
20	Michelle	198	↓5	13
21	Lindsey	195	↑2	35
22	Laura	188	↓3	23
23	Lindsay	181	↑2	36
24	Lisa	179	↑6	27
25	Andrea	171	↓1	30
26	Rebecca	170	↓9	19
27	Jamie	163	↑4	28
28	Tiffany	155	↓1	14
29	Crystal	152	↓1	11
30	Katherine	151	↑4	34
31	Kelly	149	↓2	26
32	Christina	146	↑4	16
33	Holly	133	↑10	48
34	Kimberly	133	↓8	15
35	Jill	114	↓3	98
36	Shannon	111	↑4	38
37	Mary	110	↑1	32
38	Kathryn	103	new	50
39	Samantha	103	new	40
40	Danielle	102	↑2	29
41	Kristin	100	↓8	42
42	Alicia	99	↑8	41
43	Brooke	94	new	96
44	Julie	90	↓9	46
45	Molly	90	↓4	>100
46	Tara	90	↓7	51
47	Carrie	89	↓10	65
48	April	88	new	39
49	Stacy	87	new	61
50	Allison	83	↓2	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Matthew	823	–	3
2	Michael	775	–	1
3	Joshua	618	–	5
4	Christopher	557	–	2
5	Ryan	549	–	13
6	Adam	536	–	18
7	Andrew	507	↑1	15
8	Justin	455	↑1	12
9	Nicholas	442	↑1	21
10	Daniel	424	↑2	8
11	Jason	419	↓4	7
12	Joseph	404	↓1	11
13	David	373	↑1	4
14	Brian	345	↑2	14
15	John	326	↑2	9
16	Eric	314	↑3	20
17	Brandon	313	↑4	17
18	Nathan	312	–	40
19	Benjamin	310	↓4	32
20	James	307	↓7	6
21	Jacob	282	↑3	36
22	Aaron	281	↓2	29
23	Kyle	275	↑8	34
24	Robert	261	↓1	10
25	Jeffrey	247	–	28
26	Travis	242	–	41
27	Dustin	238	–	43
28	Jonathan	222	↑1	19
29	Scott	215	↑3	38
30	Anthony	209	–	22
31	Jeremy	207	↓9	30
32	Timothy	207	↓4	26
33	Steven	200	↑6	23
34	Chad	198	↓1	49
35	Zachary	194	↑7	50
36	Thomas	193	↓2	24
37	Tyler	183	↑1	57
38	William	177	↓2	16
39	Mark	176	↓2	31
40	Jesse	170	↓5	46
41	Kevin	157	–	25
42	Bradley	155	↓2	52
43	Derek	153	–	51
44	Patrick	123	↑4	37
45	Cody	114	–	81
46	Richard	108	↓2	27
47	Brett	106	↑2	73
48	Lucas	106	↓1	>100
49	Paul	106	↑1	39
50	Bryan	103	new	47

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