Popular baby names in Iowa, 1995

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1995 were Emily for girls (332 babies) and Jacob for boys (541). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,536 babies born in Iowa in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1995

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: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Josie: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tasha: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Abby: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Payton: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mckenna: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abbey: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bailey: 102 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sadie: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mckayla: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Keegan: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jace: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brody: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brock: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Drake: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mitchel: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Keaton: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bret: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carter: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tanner: 140 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Emily	332	–	3
2	Taylor	278	↑1	6
3	Jessica	268	↑2	1
4	Samantha	260	↑2	4
5	Hannah	252	↑2	7
6	Ashley	238	↓4	2
7	Megan	215	↓3	13
8	Sarah	214	–	5
9	Elizabeth	209	↑1	10
10	Madison	199	↑15	29
11	Rachel	194	–	12
12	Morgan	181	–	23
13	Shelby	177	↑4	38
14	Amanda	162	↑1	9
15	Abigail	161	↑12	36
16	Nicole	158	↓2	19
17	Kelsey	154	↓8	33
18	Allison	151	↑2	34
19	Kayla	148	↓3	11
20	Anna	144	↑11	31
21	Brittany	142	↓8	8
22	Alexis	137	↑2	14
23	Paige	136	↑10	58
24	Courtney	133	↓6	17
25	Haley	132	↓3	32
26	Sydney	121	new	43
27	Brooke	120	↑3	52
28	Brianna	118	↑7	21
29	Katelyn	115	↓6	59
30	Danielle	114	↓9	24
31	Jennifer	111	↓2	18
32	Alyssa	109	↑2	27
33	Lauren	108	↓14	15
34	Amber	102	↓6	22
35	Bailey	102	new	96
36	Jenna	100	↑8	84
37	Emma	99	↑1	67
38	Kaitlyn	96	↑3	42
39	Rebecca	93	↓2	28
40	Jordan	92	↓8	50
41	Olivia	91	new	39
42	Alexandra	89	↓6	26
43	Miranda	89	–	57
44	Mackenzie	84	↓4	88
45	Katie	82	↑5	77
46	Erin	78	↓4	49
47	Katherine	78	↓8	30
48	Stephanie	76	↓22	16
49	Breanna	74	new	76
50	Madeline	72	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Jacob	541	–	4
2	Austin	512	–	10
3	Tyler	411	–	6
4	Zachary	378	–	14
5	Nicholas	330	–	7
6	Matthew	313	–	2
7	Brandon	299	↑1	8
8	Michael	294	↓1	1
9	Joshua	269	–	5
10	Cody	264	↑1	26
11	Andrew	253	↓1	11
12	Ryan	238	–	15
13	Alexander	228	↑1	21
14	Joseph	219	↑1	12
15	Dylan	213	↑3	34
16	Kyle	209	↓3	24
17	Benjamin	203	↑4	31
18	Nathan	198	↑2	39
19	Christopher	190	↓2	3
20	Jordan	181	↓4	29
21	Daniel	177	↓2	9
22	Samuel	166	↑1	33
23	Justin	165	↓1	18
24	Logan	162	↑4	51
25	David	156	↑1	16
26	Alex	148	↑7	47
27	James	144	↓2	17
28	Mitchell	142	↑1	79
29	John	140	↓5	13
30	Tanner	140	↑2	86
31	Dakota	138	↑12	56
32	Aaron	132	↓5	30
33	Adam	129	↓2	38
34	Thomas	127	↑1	27
35	Jonathan	124	↑4	23
36	Blake	120	↓6	77
37	Anthony	118	↑1	19
38	Colton	118	↑12	>100
39	Dalton	118	↓2	87
40	Jared	114	↑9	63
41	Robert	114	↑3	22
42	William	109	↓8	20
43	Hunter	108	new	53
44	Trevor	108	↓8	61
45	Dustin	98	new	62
46	Spencer	97	new	>100
47	Lucas	93	↓2	91
48	Cole	91	↓8	>100
49	Connor	91	↓2	55
50	Christian	90	↓4	28

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