Popular baby names in Iowa, 1984

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1984 were Ashley for girls (708 babies) and Matthew for boys (738). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,907 babies born in Iowa in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1984

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

Girls

Renae: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Abby: 86 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Abbie: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jody: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mackenzie: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Abbey: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelby: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Molly: 88 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jill: 91 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 60 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nickolas: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cole: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Lucas: 93 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brock: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 336 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kurtis: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luke: 91 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dallas: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bret: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	708	↑3	3
2	Jennifer	618	↓1	1
3	Jessica	595	↓1	2
4	Amanda	565	↓1	4
5	Megan	434	↑3	11
6	Sarah	421	↓1	5
7	Nicole	326	↓1	7
8	Heather	315	↑5	9
9	Amber	295	↑2	18
10	Melissa	293	↓3	8
11	Emily	292	↓1	24
12	Stephanie	285	–	6
13	Elizabeth	277	↑1	10
14	Amy	265	↓5	13
15	Rachel	241	↑4	15
16	Katie	231	↑2	44
17	Erin	212	↓1	25
18	Lindsey	206	↑3	35
19	Laura	193	↑3	19
20	Sara	183	↓5	32
21	Michelle	182	↓1	17
22	Danielle	179	↑18	16
23	Angela	178	↓6	26
24	Rebecca	171	↑2	23
25	Katherine	153	↑5	30
26	Jamie	145	↑1	31
27	Tiffany	144	↑1	14
28	Andrea	143	↓3	28
29	Lisa	141	↓5	29
30	Lindsay	139	↓7	36
31	Crystal	131	↓2	12
32	Kelly	124	↓1	27
33	Holly	123	–	53
34	Kathryn	119	↑4	48
35	Christina	118	↓3	20
36	Kimberly	118	↓2	22
37	Jenna	115	new	54
38	Kristin	113	↑3	47
39	Tara	101	↑7	49
40	Allison	100	↑10	51
41	Samantha	95	↓2	39
42	Mary	94	↓5	33
43	Alicia	93	↓1	40
44	Jill	91	↓9	>100
45	Stacy	89	↑4	67
46	Courtney	88	new	46
47	Molly	88	↓2	>100
48	Abby	86	new	>100
49	Cassandra	84	new	63
50	Erica	81	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Matthew	738	–	3
2	Michael	669	–	1
3	Joshua	645	–	4
4	Christopher	585	–	2
5	Ryan	556	–	12
6	Adam	546	–	18
7	Andrew	530	–	14
8	Justin	451	–	13
9	Daniel	413	↑1	6
10	Nicholas	403	↓1	20
11	David	402	↑2	5
12	Jason	361	↓1	11
13	Joseph	355	↓1	10
14	Brandon	346	↑3	15
15	Jacob	337	↑6	37
16	Tyler	336	↑21	47
17	Nathan	319	↑1	38
18	Eric	308	↓2	22
19	John	298	↓4	8
20	Benjamin	295	↓1	30
21	James	294	↓1	7
22	Aaron	280	–	29
23	Brian	279	↓9	17
24	Kyle	273	↓1	34
25	Jeffrey	245	–	28
26	Robert	243	↓2	9
27	Travis	237	↓1	42
28	Dustin	235	↓1	41
29	Anthony	216	↑1	21
30	Timothy	216	↑2	26
31	Zachary	209	↑4	45
32	Jeremy	207	↓1	31
33	Jonathan	207	↓5	19
34	Scott	200	↓5	39
35	Thomas	191	↑1	25
36	Steven	180	↓3	23
37	William	179	↑1	16
38	Kevin	173	↑3	24
39	Mark	160	–	32
40	Chad	152	↓6	51
41	Cody	150	↑4	62
42	Jesse	147	↓2	50
43	Bradley	134	↓1	53
44	Derek	129	↓1	52
45	Patrick	127	↓1	36
46	Cory	111	new	83
47	Brett	105	–	72
48	Paul	103	↑1	40
49	Jared	95	new	59
50	Lucas	93	↓2	>100

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