Popular baby names in Iowa, 1991

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1991 were Ashley for girls (501 babies) and Jacob for boys (525). Jacob ranked #17 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,447 babies born in Iowa in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1991

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: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Makenzie: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Abby: 52 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jill: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maggie: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mckenzie: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Abbey: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mackenzie: 51 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bailey: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelsi: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Ryne: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Keaton: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Skylar: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Drake: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jace: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tanner: 91 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Quinn: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Drew: 66 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colton: 75 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kody: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	501	–	1
2	Jessica	456	–	2
3	Emily	361	↑2	10
4	Amanda	328	↓1	4
5	Megan	320	↑1	11
6	Samantha	314	↓2	5
7	Sarah	288	↑1	6
8	Kayla	254	↑3	12
9	Brittany	248	↓2	3
10	Kelsey	236	↑3	26
11	Elizabeth	231	↓2	9
12	Stephanie	218	↓2	7
13	Nicole	208	↑1	15
14	Shelby	203	new	33
15	Jennifer	197	↓3	8
16	Hannah	195	↑2	29
17	Amber	194	↓1	16
18	Rachel	194	↓3	14
19	Courtney	162	↓2	19
20	Danielle	150	–	17
21	Taylor	144	↑19	32
22	Heather	141	↓3	23
23	Allison	136	↑6	50
24	Rebecca	136	–	21
25	Katie	128	↑1	53
26	Lauren	124	↑12	13
27	Morgan	121	↑15	49
28	Brooke	120	↑15	65
29	Lindsey	118	↑12	52
30	Alyssa	117	↓8	30
31	Chelsea	116	↓10	18
32	Sara	109	↓5	37
33	Amy	106	↓1	43
34	Jordan	106	↑3	62
35	Laura	106	↓12	35
36	Melissa	106	↓11	20
37	Katherine	103	↑2	25
38	Michelle	101	↓8	22
39	Anna	99	↓5	46
40	Katelyn	97	↑7	75
41	Molly	96	↑3	74
42	Erin	92	↓6	44
43	Cassandra	90	↓15	54
44	Andrea	88	↓11	39
45	Haley	85	new	79
46	Abigail	82	↑2	92
47	Paige	82	↓12	76
48	Tiffany	81	↓17	27
49	Mary	80	new	38
50	Mariah	77	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jacob	525	↑1	17
2	Tyler	503	↑2	16
3	Michael	486	↓2	1
4	Matthew	466	↓1	3
5	Joshua	428	↑1	4
6	Ryan	410	↑1	11
7	Andrew	393	↓2	5
8	Cody	382	↑4	24
9	Zachary	359	↑2	22
10	Nicholas	354	↓2	12
11	Christopher	334	↓2	2
12	Jordan	316	↑2	29
13	Kyle	300	↓3	21
14	Brandon	270	↑4	15
15	Joseph	267	↑1	9
16	Justin	250	↓3	14
17	Nathan	242	↑3	42
18	Alexander	230	↑11	26
19	Austin	225	–	50
20	Daniel	221	↓3	6
21	Benjamin	218	↓6	33
22	Adam	204	↑2	36
23	Anthony	199	↑4	18
24	James	197	↓2	7
25	David	195	↓4	8
26	Aaron	192	↓3	31
27	John	192	↓1	10
28	Eric	180	↓3	25
29	Robert	175	↑4	13
30	Alex	158	–	63
31	William	157	↑10	19
32	Dylan	153	new	46
33	Jonathan	153	↑2	20
34	Thomas	147	↓3	28
35	Travis	136	↓7	44
36	Ethan	135	↓4	65
37	Taylor	131	↑2	52
38	Steven	128	↓1	27
39	Timothy	128	↑1	32
40	Samuel	125	↑7	39
41	Derek	123	↓7	59
42	Jared	120	↑6	64
43	Dustin	118	↓1	56
44	Brian	111	↓8	30
45	Sean	108	new	40
46	Mitchell	107	↓2	96
47	Lucas	101	↓1	>100
48	Jesse	99	↓5	51
49	Kevin	99	new	23
50	Scott	98	new	57

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