Popular baby names in Iowa, 1988

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1988 were Ashley for girls (603 babies) and Matthew for boys (573). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,333 babies born in Iowa in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1988

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

Girls

Kiley: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Abby: 59 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Abbey: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mackenzie: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Traci: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 198 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Mindy: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jill: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bailey: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 48 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brady: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lucas: 106 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Beau: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cole: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heath: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nolan: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Grant: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dillon: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brock: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	603	–	2
2	Amanda	528	↑1	3
3	Jessica	510	↓1	1
4	Sarah	357	–	4
5	Megan	351	↑1	12
6	Emily	307	↑1	18
7	Jennifer	306	↓2	5
8	Samantha	290	↑2	8
9	Kayla	261	↑7	20
10	Nicole	261	↓2	9
11	Elizabeth	244	↑2	10
12	Amber	235	↓3	15
13	Heather	225	↑1	14
14	Rachel	209	↑4	19
15	Stephanie	206	↓3	7
16	Katie	198	↑1	40
17	Kelsey	198	↑7	64
18	Brittany	194	↑3	6
19	Danielle	193	↓4	17
20	Melissa	172	↓1	16
21	Courtney	155	↑23	24
22	Tiffany	153	↑6	13
23	Sara	151	↓3	30
24	Amy	145	↓13	29
25	Laura	140	↓3	23
26	Michelle	137	↑1	21
27	Chelsea	127	↑11	33
28	Lindsey	121	↓3	48
29	Rebecca	117	↑4	26
30	Allison	112	↓7	46
31	Whitney	112	↓1	39
32	Andrea	108	↑5	35
33	Alyssa	106	↑17	47
34	Jenna	105	↑11	66
35	Erin	104	↓4	37
36	Katherine	103	–	27
37	Jamie	101	↓5	45
38	Lauren	98	new	11
39	Hannah	96	new	61
40	Angela	93	↓5	38
41	Kimberly	93	↓15	25
42	Anna	92	↑1	54
43	Cassandra	89	↑5	59
44	Alicia	88	↓3	50
45	Crystal	86	new	28
46	Caitlin	78	new	44
47	Molly	78	↓18	86
48	Christina	76	↓9	22
49	Holly	76	↓2	72
50	Mary	74	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Matthew	573	↑1	3
2	Andrew	538	↑1	5
3	Michael	524	↓2	1
4	Joshua	459	–	4
5	Nicholas	444	↑3	14
6	Jacob	408	↑3	28
7	Justin	399	–	7
8	Ryan	394	↓2	13
9	Christopher	386	↓4	2
10	Tyler	382	↑1	33
11	Kyle	316	↓1	21
12	Adam	315	↑1	26
13	Daniel	309	↓1	8
14	Benjamin	297	↑1	30
15	Zachary	297	↑9	29
16	Cody	280	↑10	43
17	David	262	↓3	6
18	Brandon	261	↓1	17
19	Nathan	257	↓1	44
20	Joseph	236	↓4	12
21	Eric	221	–	19
22	James	221	↓2	9
23	Travis	218	↑9	41
24	Aaron	206	↑5	31
25	Anthony	196	↑3	18
26	Brian	190	↓4	22
27	John	182	↓8	11
28	Robert	180	↓3	10
29	Alex	178	↑13	58
30	Thomas	178	↑9	23
31	Jonathan	163	↓1	15
32	Dustin	162	↓5	48
33	Jason	159	↓10	27
34	Jordan	157	↑6	52
35	Scott	153	↑3	47
36	Alexander	146	↑9	34
37	Jeffrey	146	↓2	36
38	Timothy	142	↓7	25
39	Steven	139	↓2	24
40	Derek	138	↓4	53
41	William	137	↓7	16
42	Austin	133	↓1	63
43	Kevin	130	↑1	20
44	Jeremy	129	↓11	35
45	Bradley	114	↑1	57
46	Samuel	112	↑4	45
47	Cory	109	–	59
48	Jared	107	–	60
49	Mark	107	↓6	39
50	Jesse	106	↓1	55

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