Popular baby names in Iowa, 1987

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1987 were Ashley for girls (732 babies) and Michael for boys (588). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 33,339 babies born in Iowa in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1987

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

Girls

Abbie: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Abby: 63 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bailey: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jill: 66 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mackenzie: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Molly: 127 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sadie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelsie: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lyndsey: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 142 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 42 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kody: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Trent: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cole: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darin: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Austin: 140 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lucas: 80 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brady: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beau: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	732	–	2
2	Jessica	588	–	1
3	Amanda	534	–	3
4	Sarah	352	–	5
5	Jennifer	348	–	4
6	Megan	344	–	12
7	Emily	281	–	19
8	Nicole	278	–	8
9	Amber	248	–	15
10	Samantha	247	↑10	11
11	Amy	232	–	24
12	Stephanie	221	↓2	6
13	Elizabeth	216	↓1	10
14	Heather	216	↓1	9
15	Danielle	207	↑4	14
16	Kayla	199	↑24	27
17	Katie	196	↓3	38
18	Rachel	189	↓3	17
19	Melissa	177	↓3	13
20	Sara	174	↓3	29
21	Brittany	159	↑2	7
22	Laura	152	↓4	22
23	Allison	150	↓1	44
24	Kelsey	142	↑18	67
25	Lindsey	137	↓1	41
26	Kimberly	133	–	23
27	Michelle	133	–	21
28	Tiffany	128	↑7	18
29	Molly	127	↑19	97
30	Whitney	125	↓5	32
31	Erin	117	↓10	34
32	Jamie	115	↓1	39
33	Rebecca	107	↓5	25
34	Lisa	106	↑5	40
35	Angela	103	↓2	35
36	Katherine	103	↓4	28
37	Andrea	101	↓8	36
38	Chelsea	94	↑8	47
39	Christina	94	↓3	20
40	Kelly	93	↓6	30
41	Alicia	92	–	46
42	Lindsay	92	↓5	49
43	Anna	89	↑1	52
44	Courtney	89	↓14	33
45	Jenna	89	↓7	57
46	Kathryn	86	↓3	51
47	Holly	80	–	71
48	Cassandra	78	new	68
49	Shannon	77	new	45
50	Alyssa	71	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	588	↑1	1
2	Matthew	569	↓1	3
3	Andrew	547	↑1	6
4	Joshua	478	↓1	4
5	Christopher	433	↑1	2
6	Ryan	399	↓1	13
7	Justin	388	↑7	9
8	Nicholas	380	↓1	16
9	Jacob	366	↑4	31
10	Kyle	335	↓1	22
11	Tyler	333	–	39
12	Daniel	324	↓2	7
13	Adam	319	↓5	27
14	David	314	↑1	5
15	Benjamin	292	↑2	28
16	Joseph	271	–	12
17	Brandon	261	↓5	14
18	Nathan	237	↑6	45
19	John	236	↑7	11
20	James	235	↓1	8
21	Eric	230	↓3	21
22	Brian	222	↓2	20
23	Jason	217	–	23
24	Zachary	217	↓2	33
25	Robert	216	↑3	10
26	Cody	213	↓5	49
27	Dustin	201	↓2	44
28	Anthony	196	↓1	17
29	Aaron	186	↑3	34
30	Jonathan	184	↓1	18
31	Timothy	183	↓1	26
32	Travis	175	↑1	42
33	Jeremy	165	↓2	29
34	William	163	–	15
35	Jeffrey	160	↑1	32
36	Derek	159	↑11	54
37	Steven	153	↑5	25
38	Scott	152	↓3	43
39	Thomas	151	↓1	24
40	Jordan	150	↑3	52
41	Austin	140	new	76
42	Alex	133	↑2	60
43	Mark	132	↓3	36
44	Kevin	129	↓7	19
45	Alexander	121	new	37
46	Bradley	117	↓7	56
47	Cory	115	new	62
48	Jared	105	↑2	58
49	Jesse	103	↓8	55
50	Samuel	101	new	50

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