Popular baby names in Iowa, 1994

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1994 were Emily for girls (372 babies) and Jacob for boys (525). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,224 babies born in Iowa in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1994

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

Girls

Maddison: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kassidy: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Abby: 53 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cheyanne: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bailey: 73 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shayla: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelsi: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mackenzie: 91 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kourtney: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelli: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Keaton: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brody: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Keegan: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brady: 74 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Drake: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carter: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Levi: 77 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mitchel: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cole: 117 babies, 4× the national rate
Tanner: 135 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Emily	372	↑3	3
2	Ashley	335	↓1	2
3	Taylor	292	–	6
4	Megan	274	↑2	10
5	Jessica	267	↓3	1
6	Samantha	246	↓1	4
7	Hannah	228	↑8	16
8	Sarah	215	↓1	5
9	Kelsey	198	↑2	29
10	Elizabeth	190	–	9
11	Rachel	183	↓3	13
12	Morgan	178	↑11	25
13	Brittany	176	↑1	7
14	Nicole	176	↓2	11
15	Amanda	164	↓6	8
16	Kayla	157	↓3	12
17	Shelby	155	↓1	40
18	Courtney	145	↓1	22
19	Lauren	133	↑6	14
20	Allison	131	↑1	34
21	Danielle	131	↑3	20
22	Haley	128	↑11	36
23	Katelyn	126	↑6	58
24	Alexis	122	↑7	18
25	Madison	118	↑13	51
26	Stephanie	117	↓8	15
27	Abigail	116	↓1	42
28	Amber	116	↓9	21
29	Jennifer	113	↓9	17
30	Brooke	109	↑7	54
31	Anna	108	↑4	41
32	Jordan	107	↑4	52
33	Paige	106	↓6	63
34	Alyssa	101	↓12	26
35	Brianna	99	↑5	27
36	Alexandra	98	↑8	28
37	Rebecca	97	↓9	24
38	Emma	91	↑10	74
39	Katherine	91	↓7	30
40	Mackenzie	91	↑1	>100
41	Kaitlyn	90	↓7	48
42	Erin	87	↑7	45
43	Miranda	82	new	61
44	Jenna	81	↓14	80
45	Lindsey	81	new	69
46	Sara	81	↓4	43
47	Cassandra	78	–	66
48	Mariah	77	new	75
49	Marissa	77	new	53
50	Katie	76	↓7	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jacob	525	–	7
2	Austin	510	↑1	17
3	Tyler	510	↓1	5
4	Zachary	396	–	12
5	Nicholas	356	–	9
6	Matthew	333	↑3	3
7	Michael	329	↓1	1
8	Brandon	317	↑2	6
9	Joshua	298	↑3	4
10	Andrew	289	↓3	10
11	Cody	287	↓3	25
12	Ryan	281	↓1	16
13	Kyle	260	↑4	24
14	Alexander	252	↑2	22
15	Joseph	227	–	11
16	Jordan	223	↓3	29
17	Christopher	218	↓3	2
18	Dylan	207	↑2	32
19	Daniel	201	↑2	8
20	Nathan	194	↓1	40
21	Benjamin	189	↓3	31
22	Justin	185	–	20
23	Samuel	175	↑3	33
24	John	164	↑5	15
25	James	158	↑2	14
26	David	151	↓3	13
27	Aaron	148	↑1	28
28	Logan	148	↑3	70
29	Mitchell	147	↑14	71
30	Blake	139	↑5	81
31	Adam	138	↓7	38
32	Tanner	135	↓2	96
33	Alex	131	↓8	50
34	William	131	↑7	19
35	Thomas	127	↑4	27
36	Trevor	127	↑13	58
37	Dalton	126	↑13	85
38	Anthony	125	↓4	18
39	Jonathan	118	↑1	23
40	Cole	117	new	>100
41	Caleb	115	↑5	60
42	Taylor	115	↓9	54
43	Dakota	114	↓7	69
44	Robert	112	↓12	21
45	Lucas	108	↓8	95
46	Christian	101	new	35
47	Connor	101	–	59
48	Eric	96	↓10	30
49	Jared	94	↓7	63
50	Colton	93	new	>100

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