Popular baby names in Iowa, 1993

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1993 were Ashley for girls (355 babies) and Jacob for boys (550). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,415 babies born in Iowa in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1993

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

Girls

Makenzie: 33 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Abbey: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abby: 45 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Makayla: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mackenzie: 96 babies, 4× the national rate
Bailey: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
Allie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kailey: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tayler: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sadie: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Keegan: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brody: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keaton: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mitchel: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tanner: 147 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cole: 100 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brock: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Levi: 69 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Drake: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brady: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	355	–	2
2	Jessica	325	–	1
3	Taylor	324	↑8	7
4	Emily	317	↓1	5
5	Samantha	300	↓1	4
6	Megan	279	↓1	11
7	Sarah	230	↑1	3
8	Rachel	223	↑4	14
9	Amanda	218	↓2	8
10	Elizabeth	218	↑3	9
11	Kelsey	217	↓5	24
12	Nicole	215	↑2	13
13	Kayla	208	↓3	16
14	Brittany	195	↓5	6
15	Hannah	174	↑1	21
16	Shelby	172	↓1	37
17	Courtney	168	↑5	20
18	Stephanie	162	↑3	10
19	Amber	158	↓1	17
20	Jennifer	146	↑3	15
21	Allison	143	↓1	41
22	Alyssa	139	↑4	26
23	Morgan	133	↑5	34
24	Danielle	129	↓5	18
25	Lauren	129	↓1	12
26	Abigail	126	new	67
27	Paige	124	↑2	60
28	Rebecca	119	↓3	22
29	Katelyn	117	↑12	54
30	Jenna	116	↑7	70
31	Alexis	115	new	27
32	Katherine	110	↑3	29
33	Haley	108	–	42
34	Kaitlyn	106	↑6	46
35	Anna	105	↑12	47
36	Jordan	105	↓5	58
37	Brooke	101	↓5	52
38	Madison	100	new	78
39	Chelsea	99	↓22	25
40	Brianna	97	↑10	32
41	Mackenzie	96	↓3	>100
42	Sara	92	↑1	40
43	Katie	90	↓16	63
44	Alexandra	85	↑5	28
45	Molly	84	–	87
46	Laura	79	new	43
47	Cassandra	78	↓11	66
48	Emma	76	new	80
49	Erin	76	↓15	48
50	Olivia	76	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Jacob	550	–	9
2	Tyler	494	–	5
3	Austin	446	↑8	26
4	Zachary	379	–	15
5	Nicholas	377	↑2	8
6	Michael	372	↓3	1
7	Andrew	357	↓1	10
8	Cody	347	–	24
9	Matthew	338	↓4	3
10	Brandon	321	–	6
11	Ryan	321	↑1	13
12	Joshua	312	↓3	4
13	Jordan	296	↑3	28
14	Christopher	270	↓1	2
15	Joseph	255	↑4	12
16	Alexander	251	↓1	21
17	Kyle	249	↓3	23
18	Benjamin	233	–	32
19	Nathan	216	↑4	41
20	Dylan	209	↑1	33
21	Daniel	208	↓4	7
22	Justin	193	↓2	20
23	David	183	↓1	11
24	Adam	162	↑4	39
25	Alex	158	↑2	52
26	Samuel	154	↑7	37
27	James	151	↓3	14
28	Aaron	148	↑2	30
29	John	147	↓4	16
30	Tanner	147	↑6	98
31	Logan	144	↑19	76
32	Robert	140	↑2	17
33	Taylor	140	↑5	51
34	Anthony	137	↓8	19
35	Blake	128	↑9	83
36	Dakota	125	new	85
37	Lucas	123	↑6	95
38	Eric	122	↓6	29
39	Thomas	121	–	27
40	Jonathan	120	↓9	22
41	William	117	↓12	18
42	Jared	113	new	63
43	Mitchell	113	↓6	81
44	Jesse	112	↑3	48
45	Travis	109	↓10	50
46	Caleb	106	–	66
47	Connor	105	new	57
48	Dustin	105	↓8	59
49	Trevor	103	new	64
50	Dalton	101	new	>100

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