Popular baby names in Iowa, 1989

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1989 were Ashley for girls (551 babies) and Michael for boys (556). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 34,087 babies born in Iowa in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1989

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

Girls

Bailey: 48 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kelsi: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Abby: 54 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mackenzie: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jill: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelsie: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Kari: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tessa: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodi: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mandy: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 60 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keegan: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Beau: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brady: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lucas: 106 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kaleb: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Levi: 63 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trent: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wade: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kody: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	551	–	2
2	Jessica	545	↑1	1
3	Amanda	462	↓1	4
4	Samantha	346	↑4	6
5	Megan	344	–	11
6	Brittany	336	↑12	3
7	Emily	335	↓1	13
8	Sarah	298	↓4	5
9	Jennifer	265	↓2	7
10	Kayla	248	↓1	20
11	Kelsey	245	↑6	31
12	Nicole	242	↓2	12
13	Elizabeth	235	↓2	10
14	Stephanie	232	↑1	8
15	Amber	203	↓3	14
16	Rachel	199	↓2	18
17	Heather	189	↓4	15
18	Danielle	178	↑1	17
19	Katie	155	↓3	45
20	Alyssa	150	↑13	33
21	Tiffany	150	↑1	16
22	Courtney	148	↓1	21
23	Allison	141	↑7	46
24	Melissa	139	↓4	19
25	Sara	139	↓2	29
26	Laura	138	↓1	25
27	Lindsey	134	↑1	48
28	Erin	126	↑7	40
29	Michelle	124	↓3	22
30	Hannah	122	↑9	42
31	Chelsea	120	↓4	27
32	Amy	116	↓8	35
33	Cassandra	115	↑10	54
34	Katherine	114	↑2	26
35	Rebecca	114	↓6	24
36	Brooke	108	new	74
37	Christina	102	↑11	23
38	Andrea	100	↓6	39
39	Lauren	100	↓1	9
40	Anna	96	↑2	51
41	Molly	88	↑6	93
42	Alicia	87	↑2	53
43	Caitlin	86	↑3	49
44	Angela	85	↓4	47
45	Whitney	84	↓14	57
46	Jenna	81	↓12	71
47	Kristin	81	new	60
48	Abigail	80	new	94
49	Brittney	78	new	41
50	Lindsay	77	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	556	↑2	1
2	Joshua	494	↑2	4
3	Matthew	483	↓2	3
4	Andrew	450	↓2	7
5	Jacob	417	↑1	26
6	Nicholas	416	↓1	14
7	Ryan	411	↑1	13
8	Christopher	395	↑1	2
9	Tyler	386	↑1	30
10	Justin	343	↓3	8
11	Kyle	342	–	20
12	Zachary	333	↑3	25
13	Adam	305	↓1	27
14	Daniel	302	↓1	6
15	Benjamin	301	↓1	29
16	Brandon	274	↑2	18
17	Joseph	274	↑3	11
18	Cody	268	↓2	45
19	Nathan	260	–	43
20	David	247	↓3	5
21	John	229	↑6	12
22	Aaron	211	↑2	31
23	Eric	211	↓2	21
24	James	211	↓2	9
25	Austin	210	↑17	59
26	Jordan	204	↑8	44
27	Robert	195	↑1	10
28	Anthony	192	↓3	16
29	Jonathan	167	↑2	17
30	Alexander	166	↑6	32
31	Dustin	166	↑1	48
32	Brian	165	↓6	24
33	Steven	162	↑6	22
34	Thomas	162	↓4	23
35	Travis	162	↓12	41
36	Jason	159	↓3	35
37	Alex	156	↓8	60
38	Kevin	155	↑5	19
39	Timothy	152	↓1	28
40	Derek	142	–	54
41	William	134	–	15
42	Jesse	129	↑8	50
43	Scott	129	↓8	51
44	Samuel	128	↑2	47
45	Jeremy	125	↓1	34
46	Bradley	118	↓1	58
47	Jared	116	↑1	57
48	Cory	114	↓1	61
49	Jeffrey	114	↓12	37
50	Lucas	106	new	>100

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