Popular baby names in Iowa, 1992

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1992 were Ashley for girls (406 babies) and Jacob for boys (517). Jacob ranked #15 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,827 babies born in Iowa in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1992

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

Girls

Beth: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Alex: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Abby: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mackenzie: 98 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelsie: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jill: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bailey: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maggie: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kylie: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mckenzie: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Skylar: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Brody: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bryce: 73 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cole: 90 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brock: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brady: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Levi: 68 babies, 4× the national rate
Tanner: 126 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colton: 88 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lucas: 113 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	406	–	1
2	Jessica	371	–	2
3	Emily	322	–	7
4	Samantha	322	↑2	6
5	Megan	319	–	10
6	Kelsey	257	↑4	23
7	Amanda	256	↓3	3
8	Sarah	253	↓1	5
9	Brittany	243	–	4
10	Kayla	234	↓2	13
11	Taylor	224	↑10	17
12	Rachel	217	↑6	16
13	Elizabeth	213	↓2	9
14	Nicole	209	↓1	14
15	Shelby	189	↓1	34
16	Hannah	174	–	26
17	Chelsea	168	↑14	15
18	Amber	164	↓1	19
19	Danielle	155	↑1	18
20	Allison	154	↑3	48
21	Stephanie	154	↓9	8
22	Courtney	153	↓3	21
23	Jennifer	151	↓8	11
24	Lauren	147	↑2	12
25	Rebecca	135	↓1	20
26	Alyssa	132	↑4	30
27	Katie	128	↓2	54
28	Morgan	127	↓1	41
29	Paige	119	↑18	64
30	Heather	114	↓8	31
31	Jordan	114	↑3	63
32	Brooke	113	↓4	59
33	Haley	112	↑12	56
34	Erin	109	↑8	46
35	Katherine	103	↑2	27
36	Cassandra	99	↑7	52
37	Jenna	99	new	67
38	Mackenzie	98	new	>100
39	Lindsey	96	↓10	57
40	Kaitlyn	95	new	42
41	Katelyn	95	↓1	65
42	Melissa	94	↓6	24
43	Sara	93	↓11	37
44	Tiffany	92	↑4	32
45	Molly	91	↓4	83
46	Andrea	86	↓2	39
47	Anna	85	↓8	49
48	Michelle	84	↓10	25
49	Alexandra	83	new	29
50	Brianna	83	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Jacob	517	–	15
2	Tyler	517	–	8
3	Michael	458	–	1
4	Zachary	412	↑5	16
5	Matthew	399	↓1	3
6	Andrew	387	↑1	5
7	Nicholas	367	↑3	12
8	Cody	357	–	24
9	Joshua	342	↓4	4
10	Brandon	323	↑4	6
11	Austin	319	↑8	38
12	Ryan	307	↓6	13
13	Christopher	294	↓2	2
14	Kyle	291	↓1	22
15	Alexander	259	↑3	23
16	Jordan	254	↓4	32
17	Daniel	238	↑3	7
18	Benjamin	233	↑3	33
19	Joseph	229	↓4	11
20	Justin	226	↓4	18
21	Dylan	218	↑11	28
22	David	204	↑3	10
23	Nathan	196	↓6	44
24	James	183	–	9
25	John	183	↑2	14
26	Anthony	172	↓3	19
27	Alex	171	↑3	54
28	Adam	166	↓6	36
29	William	160	↑2	20
30	Aaron	150	↓4	30
31	Jonathan	149	↑2	21
32	Eric	145	↓4	26
33	Samuel	143	↑7	40
34	Robert	140	↓5	17
35	Travis	128	–	48
36	Tanner	126	new	>100
37	Mitchell	120	↑9	91
38	Taylor	120	↓1	52
39	Thomas	117	↓5	27
40	Dustin	116	↑3	58
41	Timothy	116	↓2	34
42	Dillon	115	new	73
43	Lucas	113	↑4	>100
44	Blake	111	new	84
45	Ethan	107	↓9	76
46	Caleb	105	new	74
47	Jesse	105	↑1	50
48	Derek	104	↓7	62
49	Spencer	100	new	99
50	Logan	97	new	89

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