Popular baby names in Iowa, 2000

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2000 were Madison for girls (296 babies) and Jacob for boys (484). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 30,829 babies born in Iowa in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2000

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

Girls

Unknown: 19 babies, 57.9× the national rate
Josie: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lexie: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ellie: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jayden: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jaden: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mckenna: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sadie: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zoey: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Regan: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 21 babies, 63.5× the national rate
Kolton: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Brady: 83 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Keaton: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carter: 102 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Drake: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kade: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Keegan: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tate: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Beau: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Madison	296	↑1	3
2	Emily	293	↓1	1
3	Hannah	293	–	2
4	Emma	277	↑2	17
5	Alexis	245	↓1	6
6	Elizabeth	204	↑3	9
7	Taylor	201	↓2	10
8	Grace	188	↑8	19
9	Olivia	187	↑8	16
10	Sydney	187	↑2	23
11	Anna	186	↑7	22
12	Megan	177	↓4	18
13	Samantha	177	↓6	7
14	Abigail	174	↑1	14
15	Morgan	171	↓1	25
16	Ashley	161	↓5	4
17	Lauren	148	↓4	11
18	Alyssa	137	↑1	12
19	Sarah	134	↓9	5
20	Haley	131	↑5	28
21	Jessica	124	–	8
22	Hailey	120	↑21	35
23	Rachel	119	↓3	21
24	Kaitlyn	115	↑8	30
25	Katelyn	113	↑12	54
26	Allison	109	↓3	44
27	Mackenzie	109	↑3	43
28	Bailey	100	↓6	68
29	Brianna	100	↑4	15
30	Chloe	96	↑16	38
31	Jenna	92	↑10	63
32	Paige	92	↓8	69
33	Natalie	90	↑1	34
34	Kayla	87	↓7	13
35	Sophia	82	new	42
36	Brooke	80	↓10	51
37	Madeline	79	new	56
38	Nicole	79	↓10	31
39	Victoria	79	↑10	20
40	Shelby	78	↓11	70
41	Katherine	75	↓2	33
42	Gabrielle	73	↑8	49
43	Amber	72	new	47
44	Courtney	71	↓13	59
45	Jordan	69	↑3	50
46	Kaylee	69	↓11	72
47	Sierra	68	new	53
48	Makayla	67	↓4	67
49	Erin	65	new	61
50	Claire	64	↓8	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	484	–	1
2	Tyler	282	↑1	10
3	Austin	273	↓1	23
4	Zachary	257	↑1	15
5	Nicholas	252	↓1	6
6	Andrew	248	–	7
7	Hunter	241	↑9	35
8	Matthew	240	↑2	3
9	Dylan	225	↑2	24
10	Benjamin	220	↑7	26
11	Ethan	214	↑11	25
12	Joseph	214	↓4	8
13	Michael	214	↓4	2
14	Nathan	212	–	30
15	Noah	212	↓3	27
16	Brandon	195	↓9	12
17	Alexander	192	↑1	20
18	Ryan	184	↑1	13
19	Logan	180	↑1	40
20	Samuel	176	↓5	28
21	Caleb	173	–	38
22	Joshua	172	↓9	4
23	Cole	155	↑2	71
24	Kyle	143	↑4	37
25	Mason	143	↑23	64
26	John	130	↑1	14
27	Jordan	127	↑4	36
28	Cody	125	↑10	60
29	David	125	↑16	16
30	James	124	↑6	18
31	Anthony	123	↑6	17
32	Chase	119	new	77
33	Christopher	116	↑1	5
34	Daniel	116	↓10	9
35	Justin	115	–	19
36	Dalton	114	↑4	91
37	William	114	↓14	11
38	Jonathan	113	↑6	21
39	Cameron	109	↓7	31
40	Thomas	108	↑1	33
41	Blake	107	↓15	80
42	Aaron	105	new	41
43	Trevor	105	new	75
44	Alex	103	↓11	62
45	Carter	102	new	>100
46	Lucas	102	↑1	83
47	Jack	101	new	46
48	Tanner	101	↓19	93
49	Spencer	99	new	98
50	Christian	98	↓4	22

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