Popular baby names in Iowa, 1997

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1997 were Emily for girls (298 babies) and Jacob for boys (513). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,977 babies born in Iowa in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1997

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

Girls

Josie: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ellie: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Mckenna: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Makenna: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mckayla: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Addison: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sidney: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ellen: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kassidy: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abbey: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Brody: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keaton: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brady: 89 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lane: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carter: 60 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nolan: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Garret: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Keegan: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brock: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Drake: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	298	–	1
2	Taylor	284	↑1	7
3	Hannah	279	↓1	5
4	Madison	271	–	10
5	Megan	216	↑3	11
6	Samantha	211	↓1	6
7	Jessica	200	↓1	2
8	Elizabeth	197	↑3	9
9	Ashley	181	↓2	3
10	Sarah	179	–	4
11	Alexis	178	↑2	8
12	Morgan	176	–	22
13	Rachel	176	↓4	13
14	Abigail	147	↑1	26
15	Nicole	135	↑7	21
16	Shelby	134	↑1	43
17	Courtney	133	↓3	28
18	Sydney	133	↑7	35
19	Allison	130	↓1	39
20	Bailey	130	↑10	65
21	Emma	129	↑12	36
22	Alyssa	128	↑1	15
23	Olivia	127	↑14	27
24	Kayla	126	↓5	12
25	Haley	116	↓9	31
26	Lauren	114	↑2	14
27	Paige	114	↓1	64
28	Anna	113	↓7	33
29	Jordan	111	↑2	40
30	Rebecca	105	↑4	25
31	Amanda	99	↓2	16
32	Brianna	99	–	17
33	Brittany	98	↓9	20
34	Brooke	97	↓7	45
35	Katelyn	93	↑1	63
36	Kelsey	92	↓16	57
37	Jenna	90	↑6	76
38	Mackenzie	85	–	71
39	Kaitlyn	83	↑3	41
40	Katherine	80	↑7	32
41	Danielle	78	↑7	34
42	Alexandra	77	↓3	30
43	Jennifer	77	↓8	18
44	Madeline	76	new	59
45	Grace	75	new	69
46	Kylie	74	new	>100
47	Miranda	72	new	70
48	Cheyenne	70	new	68
49	Erin	70	–	52
50	Victoria	70	↓4	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	513	–	2
2	Austin	447	–	9
3	Tyler	347	–	10
4	Zachary	320	–	13
5	Nicholas	314	–	6
6	Michael	277	–	1
7	Matthew	273	–	3
8	Andrew	269	↑2	7
9	Brandon	247	↓1	8
10	Joshua	223	↑1	5
11	Ryan	214	↓2	16
12	Jordan	202	↑8	26
13	Joseph	197	↑5	12
14	Benjamin	196	↓1	29
15	Alexander	192	↓3	22
16	Dylan	192	↑3	30
17	Kyle	187	↓2	24
18	Samuel	187	↑3	27
19	Nathan	183	↓2	34
20	Logan	170	↓4	42
21	John	165	↑6	15
22	Cody	157	↓8	36
23	Christopher	156	↓1	4
24	Noah	154	↑11	38
25	Hunter	153	↑9	44
26	Justin	148	↓1	20
27	Daniel	145	↓4	11
28	Cole	138	↑5	72
29	Tanner	138	↑3	82
30	David	135	↑8	14
31	Alex	133	↑11	55
32	James	133	↓6	17
33	Trevor	131	↓2	62
34	Caleb	128	↓10	47
35	William	128	↑1	19
36	Blake	127	↓8	80
37	Ethan	127	new	46
38	Dakota	121	↓9	66
39	Adam	120	↑1	39
40	Anthony	120	↑4	18
41	Christian	119	↑7	25
42	Aaron	117	↑1	33
43	Colton	115	↓6	>100
44	Connor	115	↑2	52
45	Dalton	112	↓4	90
46	Mason	106	new	89
47	Mitchell	106	–	96
48	Robert	104	new	23
49	Jared	100	new	56
50	Jonathan	100	↓1	21

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