Popular baby names in Iowa, 1999

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1999 were Emily for girls (329 babies) and Jacob for boys (481). Social Security records list 30,352 babies born in Iowa in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1999

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

Girls

Abbigail: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jayden: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Macy: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Josie: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maddison: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rylee: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Ellie: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Madalyn: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Mckenna: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tayler: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Kolton: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Carter: 96 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Keaton: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Brody: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Brady: 78 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Drake: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Keegan: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Reece: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tate: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brock: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	329	–	1
2	Madison	309	↑2	7
3	Hannah	258	↓1	2
4	Alexis	251	↑1	3
5	Taylor	216	↓2	8
6	Emma	207	↑3	17
7	Samantha	188	–	5
8	Megan	186	↓2	15
9	Elizabeth	184	↓1	10
10	Sarah	180	↑3	4
11	Ashley	167	↓1	6
12	Sydney	166	–	23
13	Lauren	162	↑3	12
14	Morgan	160	↓3	24
15	Abigail	159	↓1	18
16	Grace	159	↑27	27
17	Olivia	144	–	20
18	Anna	138	↑2	29
19	Alyssa	133	–	11
20	Rachel	132	↓5	19
21	Jessica	131	↓3	9
22	Bailey	124	↑1	65
23	Allison	123	↓2	40
24	Paige	108	–	67
25	Haley	105	↑2	31
26	Brooke	97	↑9	47
27	Kayla	97	↓5	13
28	Nicole	96	↑1	25
29	Shelby	94	↑11	62
30	Mackenzie	92	↑4	52
31	Courtney	90	↓5	44
32	Kaitlyn	90	↓7	33
33	Brianna	86	↓2	14
34	Natalie	85	↓1	34
35	Kaylee	83	↑12	69
36	Rebecca	81	↑2	38
37	Katelyn	80	–	55
38	Kelsey	79	↓10	72
39	Katherine	77	new	36
40	Brittany	75	↓8	35
41	Jenna	75	↓11	61
42	Claire	74	↑2	86
43	Hailey	73	new	54
44	Makayla	70	new	66
45	Cassandra	66	new	87
46	Chloe	66	new	63
47	Amanda	65	↓5	22
48	Jordan	65	↓9	48
49	Victoria	65	new	16
50	Gabrielle	64	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	481	–	1
2	Austin	332	–	13
3	Tyler	297	–	10
4	Nicholas	288	↑1	5
5	Zachary	266	↑1	17
6	Andrew	255	↑2	7
7	Brandon	239	–	11
8	Joseph	238	↑16	8
9	Michael	238	–	2
10	Matthew	233	↓6	3
11	Dylan	225	↑3	23
12	Noah	225	↓2	24
13	Joshua	222	↓2	4
14	Nathan	216	↑2	32
15	Samuel	211	–	27
16	Hunter	195	↑4	36
17	Benjamin	194	↑2	29
18	Alexander	189	↓5	21
19	Ryan	185	↓7	12
20	Logan	179	↑5	42
21	Caleb	162	↑2	41
22	Ethan	161	↑9	37
23	William	152	↑3	14
24	Daniel	143	↑3	9
25	Cole	141	↓3	75
26	Blake	138	↑21	84
27	John	138	↑5	15
28	Kyle	134	↓10	28
29	Tanner	133	↑8	87
30	Connor	131	↑8	48
31	Jordan	129	↓14	30
32	Cameron	126	new	33
33	Alex	121	↑6	58
34	Christopher	121	↓13	6
35	Justin	121	↑5	20
36	James	120	–	19
37	Anthony	117	↓8	18
38	Cody	117	↓8	45
39	Dakota	117	↓6	77
40	Dalton	114	↓5	86
41	Thomas	113	↑8	31
42	Jackson	111	new	83
43	Colton	109	↑5	>100
44	Jonathan	108	↓2	22
45	David	105	↓11	16
46	Christian	104	↓1	25
47	Lucas	104	new	90
48	Mason	103	new	71
49	Adam	101	↓3	44
50	Jared	101	↓7	54

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