Popular baby names in Iowa, 1996

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1996 were Emily for girls (375 babies) and Jacob for boys (553). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,891 babies born in Iowa in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1996

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

Girls

Rylee: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Mollie: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Riley: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mckayla: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Allie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Abby: 45 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Josie: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jordyn: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bailey: 112 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kennedy: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kolton: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Drake: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Brody: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Brady: 81 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Keaton: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carter: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brock: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Keegan: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Cole: 127 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Payton: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	375	–	1
2	Hannah	273	↑3	7
3	Taylor	265	↓1	6
4	Madison	249	↑6	15
5	Samantha	244	↓1	5
6	Jessica	226	↓3	2
7	Ashley	222	↓1	3
8	Megan	212	↓1	12
9	Rachel	205	↑2	9
10	Sarah	184	↓2	4
11	Elizabeth	183	↓2	10
12	Morgan	183	–	25
13	Alexis	162	↑9	8
14	Courtney	154	↑10	21
15	Abigail	150	–	32
16	Haley	142	↑9	30
17	Shelby	139	↓4	35
18	Allison	134	–	38
19	Kayla	132	–	11
20	Kelsey	132	↓3	36
21	Anna	131	↓1	33
22	Nicole	126	↓6	22
23	Alyssa	124	↑9	23
24	Brittany	123	↓3	14
25	Sydney	123	↑1	39
26	Paige	115	↓3	65
27	Brooke	113	–	45
28	Lauren	113	↑5	16
29	Amanda	112	↓15	13
30	Bailey	112	↑5	85
31	Jordan	109	↑9	49
32	Brianna	105	↓4	17
33	Emma	104	↑4	53
34	Rebecca	104	↑5	24
35	Jennifer	103	↓4	19
36	Katelyn	103	↓7	64
37	Olivia	102	↑4	34
38	Mackenzie	96	↑6	75
39	Alexandra	95	↑3	26
40	Amber	95	↓6	27
41	Mariah	86	new	63
42	Kaitlyn	85	↓4	40
43	Jenna	84	↓7	83
44	Katie	84	↑1	81
45	Stephanie	84	↑3	20
46	Victoria	84	new	18
47	Katherine	82	–	31
48	Danielle	81	↓18	29
49	Erin	81	↓3	51
50	Hailey	78	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	553	–	3
2	Austin	503	–	9
3	Tyler	377	–	7
4	Zachary	319	–	14
5	Nicholas	314	–	6
6	Michael	298	↑2	1
7	Matthew	275	↓1	2
8	Brandon	270	↓1	8
9	Ryan	255	↑3	16
10	Andrew	252	↑1	10
11	Joshua	238	↓2	5
12	Alexander	230	↑1	22
13	Benjamin	222	↑4	29
14	Cody	213	↓4	31
15	Kyle	189	↑1	25
16	Logan	189	↑8	42
17	Nathan	188	↑1	37
18	Joseph	186	↓4	12
19	Dylan	183	↓4	33
20	Jordan	183	–	27
21	Samuel	179	↑1	30
22	Christopher	175	↓3	4
23	Daniel	150	↓2	11
24	Caleb	146	new	48
25	Justin	145	↓2	20
26	James	137	↑1	17
27	John	137	↑2	15
28	Blake	136	↑8	84
29	Dakota	133	↑2	58
30	Thomas	130	↑4	28
31	Trevor	129	↑13	63
32	Tanner	128	↓2	90
33	Cole	127	↑15	>100
34	Hunter	121	↑9	47
35	Noah	121	new	50
36	William	119	↑6	18
37	Colton	117	↑1	>100
38	David	117	↓13	13
39	Lucas	117	↑8	93
40	Adam	116	↓7	39
41	Dalton	114	↓2	99
42	Alex	111	↓16	53
43	Aaron	109	↓11	34
44	Anthony	109	↓7	19
45	Chase	108	new	76
46	Connor	107	↑3	54
47	Mitchell	106	↓19	88
48	Christian	105	↑2	24
49	Jonathan	102	↓14	21
50	Derek	98	new	>100

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