Popular baby names in Iowa, 1990

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1990 were Ashley for girls (573 babies) and Michael for boys (525). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 34,498 babies born in Iowa in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1990

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: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Abby: 61 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Josie: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Abbey: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mackenzie: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mckenzie: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelsi: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sadie: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Maggie: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bailey: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Keaton: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tanner: 67 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brady: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tucker: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Drew: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
Lucas: 110 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Grant: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dallas: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kaleb: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Logan: 108 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	573	–	2
2	Jessica	479	–	1
3	Amanda	393	–	4
4	Samantha	348	–	5
5	Emily	346	↑2	12
6	Megan	327	↓1	11
7	Brittany	311	↓1	3
8	Sarah	274	–	6
9	Elizabeth	239	↑4	9
10	Stephanie	238	↑4	7
11	Kayla	227	↓1	14
12	Jennifer	224	↓3	8
13	Kelsey	223	↓2	32
14	Nicole	223	↓2	13
15	Rachel	206	↑1	16
16	Amber	203	↓1	15
17	Courtney	197	↑5	17
18	Hannah	185	↑12	30
19	Heather	171	↓2	19
20	Danielle	158	↓2	18
21	Chelsea	146	↑10	24
22	Alyssa	144	↓2	27
23	Laura	142	↑3	29
24	Rebecca	135	↑11	21
25	Melissa	132	↓1	20
26	Katie	130	↓7	53
27	Sara	128	↓2	34
28	Cassandra	126	↑5	49
29	Allison	121	↓6	48
30	Michelle	121	↓1	22
31	Tiffany	120	↓10	23
32	Amy	118	–	38
33	Andrea	115	↑5	40
34	Anna	106	↑6	45
35	Paige	104	new	79
36	Erin	103	↓8	43
37	Jordan	103	new	59
38	Lauren	103	↑1	10
39	Katherine	100	↓5	26
40	Taylor	100	new	46
41	Lindsey	96	↓14	51
42	Morgan	94	new	58
43	Brooke	93	↓7	70
44	Molly	91	↓3	80
45	Jamie	90	new	55
46	Alicia	83	↓4	54
47	Katelyn	83	new	75
48	Abigail	82	–	90
49	Kimberly	79	new	31
50	Kathryn	78	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	525	–	1
2	Jacob	524	↑3	20
3	Matthew	505	–	3
4	Tyler	483	↑5	21
5	Andrew	453	↓1	7
6	Joshua	405	↓4	4
7	Ryan	398	–	11
8	Nicholas	392	↓2	14
9	Christopher	377	↓1	2
10	Kyle	355	↑1	18
11	Zachary	352	↑1	22
12	Cody	351	↑6	31
13	Justin	334	↓3	9
14	Jordan	309	↑12	29
15	Benjamin	302	–	33
16	Joseph	274	↑1	10
17	Daniel	258	↓3	5
18	Brandon	256	↓2	19
19	Austin	242	↑6	55
20	Nathan	233	↓1	44
21	David	232	↓1	6
22	James	224	↑2	8
23	Aaron	219	↓1	34
24	Adam	213	↓11	32
25	Eric	194	↓2	24
26	John	192	↓5	12
27	Anthony	181	↑1	15
28	Travis	181	↑7	42
29	Alexander	164	↑1	28
30	Alex	162	↑7	59
31	Thomas	162	↑3	26
32	Ethan	156	new	58
33	Robert	153	↓6	13
34	Derek	150	↑6	54
35	Jonathan	149	↓6	17
36	Brian	145	↓4	27
37	Steven	145	↓4	25
38	Jason	136	↓2	46
39	Taylor	134	new	64
40	Timothy	133	↓1	30
41	William	133	–	16
42	Dustin	124	↓11	50
43	Jesse	116	↓1	48
44	Mitchell	116	new	93
45	Jeremy	115	–	40
46	Lucas	110	↑4	>100
47	Samuel	110	↓3	45
48	Jared	108	↓1	63
49	Logan	108	new	>100
50	Patrick	106	new	36

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