Popular baby names in Iowa, 2001

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2001 were Madison for girls (329 babies) and Jacob for boys (436). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,787 babies born in Iowa in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2001

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

Girls

Ellie: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Josie: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jayden: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zoey: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rylee: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Regan: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Abbigail: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rylie: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abby: 56 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Makenna: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Cale: 18 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Brody: 46 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Keaton: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Will: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carter: 150 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keegan: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brady: 88 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Drake: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lane: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cade: 62 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	329	–	2
2	Hannah	310	↑1	3
3	Emma	268	↑1	13
4	Emily	254	↓2	1
5	Alexis	230	–	5
6	Taylor	202	↑1	12
7	Elizabeth	194	↓1	9
8	Grace	193	–	16
9	Abigail	191	↑5	8
10	Samantha	177	↑3	7
11	Lauren	163	↑6	15
12	Megan	162	–	20
13	Sydney	158	↓3	23
14	Olivia	153	↓5	10
15	Anna	139	↓4	19
16	Chloe	139	↑14	30
17	Morgan	137	↓2	29
18	Ashley	135	↓2	4
19	Kaitlyn	119	↑5	31
20	Hailey	115	↑2	33
21	Mackenzie	115	↑6	40
22	Sarah	108	↓3	6
23	Paige	107	↑9	71
24	Rachel	105	↓1	24
25	Allison	104	↑1	44
26	Bailey	98	↑2	69
27	Kayla	98	↑7	17
28	Alyssa	97	↓10	14
29	Jessica	97	↓8	11
30	Brianna	94	↓1	18
31	Jenna	94	–	45
32	Natalie	89	↑1	32
33	Haley	86	↓13	34
34	Katelyn	84	↓9	52
35	Kaylee	83	↑11	66
36	Brooke	82	–	57
37	Claire	78	↑13	82
38	Nicole	76	–	36
39	Sophia	69	↓4	37
40	Jordan	66	↑5	47
41	Madeline	66	↓4	56
42	Shelby	65	↓2	68
43	Makayla	62	↑5	54
44	Rebecca	62	new	46
45	Riley	62	new	>100
46	Courtney	60	↓2	73
47	Katherine	60	↓6	35
48	Sierra	60	↓1	55
49	Alexandra	58	new	38
50	Destiny	57	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	436	–	1
2	Tyler	263	–	13
3	Logan	246	↑16	29
4	Ethan	228	↑7	17
5	Nicholas	226	–	6
6	Zachary	223	↓2	16
7	Austin	218	↓4	25
8	Andrew	217	↓2	7
9	Noah	214	↑6	28
10	Dylan	209	↓1	21
11	Samuel	204	↑9	26
12	Matthew	197	↓4	3
13	Benjamin	184	↓3	27
14	Joseph	184	↓2	8
15	Hunter	180	↓8	36
16	Brandon	175	–	18
17	Nathan	175	↓3	31
18	Michael	171	↓5	2
19	Caleb	165	↑2	37
20	Joshua	162	↑2	4
21	Ryan	160	↓3	15
22	Alexander	152	↓5	20
23	Carter	150	↑22	>100
24	Cole	143	↓1	74
25	William	136	↑12	10
26	Blake	134	↑15	77
27	Luke	134	new	50
28	Christopher	133	↑5	5
29	Mason	121	↓4	54
30	Jackson	119	new	60
31	Isaac	117	new	47
32	Christian	115	↑18	24
33	Daniel	114	↑1	9
34	John	110	↓8	14
35	Cameron	108	↑4	35
36	Gabriel	107	new	38
37	Thomas	106	↑3	33
38	Kyle	105	↓14	40
39	Connor	104	new	49
40	Tanner	104	↑8	>100
41	David	103	↓12	12
42	Jordan	103	↓15	39
43	Lucas	101	↑3	83
44	Carson	100	new	95
45	Justin	99	↓10	22
46	Jonathan	98	↓8	23
47	Alex	97	↓3	62
48	Colton	97	new	>100
49	James	97	↓19	19
50	Seth	96	new	68

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