Popular baby names in Iowa, 1985

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1985 were Ashley for girls (692 babies) and Matthew for boys (690). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,611 babies born in Iowa in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1985

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: 64 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darcy: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jill: 99 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Breanne: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Callie: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mandi: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ashly: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Paige: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lynn: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Ryne: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Trent: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lucas: 105 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cole: 53 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Trenton: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brock: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kurtis: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanner: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyler: 317 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	692	–	2
2	Amanda	583	↑2	4
3	Jessica	531	–	1
4	Jennifer	478	↓2	3
5	Megan	473	–	10
6	Sarah	390	–	5
7	Emily	310	↑4	24
8	Nicole	306	↓1	7
9	Stephanie	301	↑3	6
10	Amber	291	↓1	16
11	Elizabeth	291	↑2	9
12	Heather	267	↓4	8
13	Melissa	243	↓3	11
14	Amy	238	–	20
15	Rachel	237	–	13
16	Laura	236	↑3	14
17	Sara	230	↑3	30
18	Katie	222	↓2	39
19	Danielle	200	↑3	18
20	Erin	198	↓3	26
21	Lindsey	168	↓3	37
22	Jamie	159	↑4	27
23	Michelle	154	↓2	22
24	Rebecca	153	–	25
25	Andrea	152	↑3	33
26	Samantha	149	↑15	29
27	Allison	135	↑13	46
28	Jenna	134	↑9	50
29	Tiffany	132	↓2	23
30	Brittany	130	new	17
31	Katherine	130	↓6	32
32	Angela	129	↓9	31
33	Christina	129	↑2	12
34	Lindsay	120	↓4	40
35	Kimberly	119	↑1	19
36	Kelly	116	↓4	28
37	Lisa	116	↓8	36
38	Crystal	108	↓7	21
39	Alicia	102	↑4	45
40	Anna	100	new	54
41	Tara	100	↓2	51
42	Jill	99	↑2	>100
43	Holly	98	↓10	56
44	Kristin	96	↓6	49
45	Kathryn	93	↓11	48
46	Mary	91	↓4	35
47	Brooke	85	new	>100
48	Courtney	83	↓2	43
49	Chelsea	81	new	75
50	Molly	79	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Matthew	690	–	3
2	Michael	619	–	1
3	Joshua	586	–	4
4	Ryan	539	↑1	12
5	Christopher	525	↓1	2
6	Andrew	507	↑1	11
7	Nicholas	442	↑3	19
8	Adam	435	↓2	22
9	Justin	404	↓1	15
10	Daniel	403	↓1	5
11	Brandon	359	↑3	13
12	Joseph	347	↑1	10
13	David	343	↓2	6
14	Kyle	334	↑10	27
15	Tyler	317	↑1	43
16	Jason	305	↓4	14
17	Eric	291	↑1	21
18	Nathan	290	↓1	40
19	Brian	286	↑4	18
20	Benjamin	278	–	31
21	Jacob	268	↓6	35
22	James	262	↓1	7
23	John	257	↓4	9
24	Zachary	244	↑7	39
25	Dustin	243	↑3	41
26	Robert	236	–	8
27	Cody	225	↑14	52
28	Timothy	225	↑2	26
29	Aaron	215	↓7	33
30	Steven	206	↑6	24
31	Anthony	205	↓2	20
32	Jonathan	182	↑1	17
33	Jeffrey	181	↓8	29
34	Travis	181	↓7	46
35	Scott	177	↓1	44
36	Mark	174	↑3	32
37	Jeremy	168	↓5	30
38	Thomas	168	↓3	25
39	William	167	↓2	16
40	Kevin	141	↓2	23
41	Chad	140	↓1	57
42	Jesse	136	–	51
43	Derek	130	↑1	56
44	Bradley	129	↓1	53
45	Brett	117	↑2	70
46	Jared	111	↑3	58
47	Jordan	110	new	62
48	Paul	110	–	42
49	Lucas	105	↑1	>100
50	Alexander	99	new	50

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