Popular baby names in Iowa, 2002

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2002 were Emma for girls (319 babies) and Jacob for boys (378). Emma ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,766 babies born in Iowa in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2002

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

Girls

Laney: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rylie: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Elle: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Josie: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ellie: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carlie: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kali: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Liberty: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abby: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Taryn: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Cael: 76 babies, 40.9× the national rate
Treyton: 18 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Cale: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Keaton: 44 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kole: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tate: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brody: 55 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kolton: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carter: 161 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Beau: 19 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emma	319	↑2	4
2	Madison	291	↓1	2
3	Emily	249	↑1	1
4	Hannah	233	↓2	3
5	Abigail	215	↑4	7
6	Olivia	215	↑8	10
7	Alexis	210	↓2	5
8	Grace	203	–	15
9	Elizabeth	184	↓2	11
10	Taylor	160	↓4	18
11	Chloe	142	↑5	25
12	Lauren	142	↓1	13
13	Samantha	142	↓3	9
14	Anna	135	↑1	20
15	Morgan	135	↑2	29
16	Alyssa	129	↑12	12
17	Megan	127	↓5	22
18	Sydney	125	↓5	23
19	Rachel	119	↑5	24
20	Sarah	114	↑2	8
21	Natalie	111	↑11	30
22	Paige	109	↑1	51
23	Isabella	108	new	14
24	Hailey	107	↓4	31
25	Jenna	101	↑6	47
26	Kaitlyn	96	↓7	32
27	Ashley	94	↓9	6
28	Jessica	94	↑1	16
29	Haley	88	↑4	35
30	Mackenzie	87	↓9	42
31	Bailey	84	↓5	84
32	Allison	80	↓7	44
33	Madeline	80	↑8	56
34	Jordan	79	↑6	45
35	Claire	78	↑2	95
36	Kaylee	78	↓1	57
37	Brianna	76	↓7	17
38	Kayla	76	↓11	19
39	Riley	74	↑6	77
40	Katelyn	73	↓6	53
41	Faith	71	new	48
42	Sophia	70	↓3	27
43	Katherine	67	↑4	36
44	Kylie	64	new	61
45	Ella	63	new	89
46	Gabrielle	61	new	66
47	Makayla	60	↓4	50
48	Brooke	59	↓12	52
49	Kennedy	57	new	>100
50	Ellie	55	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	378	–	1
2	Ethan	288	↑2	5
3	Tyler	237	↓1	14
4	Zachary	223	↑2	19
5	Austin	222	↑2	26
6	Logan	219	↓3	29
7	Andrew	213	↑1	6
8	Nicholas	211	↓3	9
9	Joseph	198	↑5	7
10	Samuel	194	↑1	25
11	Dylan	192	↓1	23
12	Caleb	189	↑7	35
13	Noah	186	↓4	31
14	Benjamin	177	↓1	27
15	Joshua	177	↑5	3
16	Hunter	175	↓1	38
17	Matthew	174	↓5	4
18	William	174	↑7	11
19	Michael	172	↓1	2
20	Carter	161	↑3	>100
21	Nathan	158	↓4	28
22	Alexander	156	–	15
23	Mason	146	↑6	53
24	Ryan	145	↓3	16
25	Cole	138	↓1	69
26	Gabriel	137	↑10	32
27	Brandon	135	↓11	20
28	Jack	133	new	44
29	Jackson	124	↑1	50
30	Anthony	121	new	12
31	Daniel	120	↑2	10
32	Luke	120	↓5	46
33	Jordan	115	↑9	37
34	Christopher	113	↓6	8
35	Isaac	113	↓4	48
36	Connor	112	↑3	47
37	Kyle	109	↑1	40
38	Christian	106	↓6	24
39	Alex	104	↑8	63
40	John	103	↓6	17
41	Lucas	103	↑2	75
42	David	100	↓1	13
43	Brady	99	new	>100
44	Justin	99	↑1	22
45	James	94	↑4	18
46	Blake	93	↓20	76
47	Trevor	93	new	81
48	Chase	91	new	82
49	Thomas	90	↓12	36
50	Cameron	89	↓15	39

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