Popular baby names in Iowa, 1998

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1998 were Emily for girls (318 babies) and Jacob for boys (509). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,388 babies born in Iowa in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1998

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

Girls

Jacey: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Josie: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shyanne: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rylee: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zoey: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tatum: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abby: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Riley: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sidney: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Regan: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 87 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carter: 76 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Keaton: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brock: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brody: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Keegan: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Drake: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Dallas: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Ross: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Clay: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	318	–	1
2	Hannah	310	↑1	2
3	Taylor	263	↓1	7
4	Madison	260	–	9
5	Alexis	258	↑6	6
6	Megan	220	↓1	13
7	Samantha	211	↓1	3
8	Elizabeth	204	–	10
9	Emma	178	↑12	22
10	Ashley	176	↓1	5
11	Morgan	176	↑1	23
12	Sydney	174	↑6	28
13	Sarah	164	↓3	4
14	Abigail	161	–	18
15	Rachel	158	↓2	15
16	Lauren	157	↑10	14
17	Olivia	153	↑6	21
18	Jessica	152	↓11	8
19	Alyssa	135	↑3	11
20	Anna	131	↑8	31
21	Allison	127	↓2	38
22	Kayla	127	↑2	12
23	Bailey	123	↓3	60
24	Paige	113	↑3	63
25	Kaitlyn	111	↑14	35
26	Courtney	110	↓9	39
27	Haley	110	↓2	36
28	Kelsey	108	↑8	56
29	Nicole	107	↓14	24
30	Jenna	104	↑7	65
31	Brianna	103	↑1	17
32	Brittany	103	↑1	25
33	Natalie	102	new	40
34	Mackenzie	99	↑4	64
35	Brooke	94	↓1	46
36	Madeline	94	↑8	50
37	Katelyn	88	↓2	58
38	Rebecca	85	↓8	30
39	Jordan	84	↓10	42
40	Shelby	80	↓24	49
41	Alexandra	75	↑1	27
42	Amanda	74	↓11	19
43	Grace	74	↑2	53
44	Claire	73	new	91
45	Sara	72	new	48
46	Amber	68	new	37
47	Kaylee	68	new	86
48	Danielle	67	↓7	41
49	Erin	67	–	57
50	Mariah	67	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	509	–	2
2	Austin	384	–	10
3	Tyler	328	–	8
4	Matthew	276	↑3	3
5	Nicholas	270	–	6
6	Zachary	270	↓2	16
7	Brandon	269	↑2	7
8	Andrew	260	–	9
9	Michael	251	↓3	1
10	Noah	236	↑14	29
11	Joshua	231	↓1	4
12	Ryan	225	↓1	17
13	Alexander	220	↑2	22
14	Dylan	209	↑2	25
15	Samuel	196	↑3	28
16	Nathan	183	↑3	34
17	Jordan	180	↓5	27
18	Kyle	173	↓1	24
19	Benjamin	171	↓5	30
20	Hunter	167	↑5	36
21	Christopher	163	↑2	5
22	Cole	156	↑6	77
23	Caleb	155	↑11	42
24	Joseph	155	↓11	11
25	Logan	154	↓5	44
26	William	153	↑9	14
27	Daniel	147	–	12
28	Trevor	141	↑5	58
29	Anthony	140	↑11	19
30	Cody	140	↓8	43
31	Ethan	139	↑6	38
32	John	137	↓11	15
33	Dakota	135	↑5	72
34	David	135	↓4	13
35	Dalton	133	↑10	88
36	James	132	↓4	18
37	Tanner	124	↓8	82
38	Connor	123	↑6	47
39	Alex	120	↓8	55
40	Justin	120	↓14	20
41	Aaron	119	↑1	37
42	Jonathan	119	↑8	21
43	Jared	113	↑6	51
44	Chase	112	new	67
45	Christian	108	↓4	26
46	Adam	107	↓7	45
47	Blake	106	↓11	85
48	Colton	104	↓5	>100
49	Thomas	104	new	31
50	Bryce	95	new	94

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