Popular baby names in Iowa, 2003

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2003 were Emma for girls (384 babies) and Jacob for boys (334). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,990 babies born in Iowa in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2003

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

Girls

Josie: 47 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maci: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ellie: 62 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rylie: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alivia: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Liberty: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Abbigail: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Regan: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Kailee: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Zoey: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Cael: 44 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Cale: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Keaton: 36 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carter: 183 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brody: 63 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Blaine: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dayton: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Will: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brock: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Drake: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emma	384	–	2
2	Emily	239	↑1	1
3	Madison	238	↓1	3
4	Olivia	234	↑2	5
5	Grace	224	↑3	13
6	Hannah	212	↓2	4
7	Abigail	210	↓2	6
8	Alexis	182	↓1	7
9	Elizabeth	170	–	9
10	Lauren	142	↑2	15
11	Morgan	140	↑4	29
12	Sydney	135	↑6	25
13	Chloe	134	↓2	24
14	Megan	133	↑3	30
15	Taylor	124	↓5	19
16	Anna	123	↓2	21
17	Ella	123	↑28	44
18	Isabella	114	↑5	12
19	Samantha	111	↓6	10
20	Hailey	108	↑4	26
21	Kylie	106	↑23	52
22	Paige	104	–	47
23	Alyssa	102	↓7	14
24	Allison	98	↑8	46
25	Natalie	97	↓4	23
26	Haley	96	↑3	34
27	Ashley	94	–	8
28	Sarah	93	↓8	11
29	Ava	91	new	39
30	Jenna	91	↓5	55
31	Kaitlyn	91	↓5	32
32	Rachel	91	↓13	28
33	Jessica	85	↓5	18
34	Katelyn	83	↑6	58
35	Sophia	81	↑7	20
36	Mackenzie	79	↓6	45
37	Brianna	77	–	17
38	Kayla	77	–	16
39	Brooke	76	↑9	43
40	Kaylee	76	↓4	53
41	Madeline	76	↓8	61
42	Bailey	74	↓11	98
43	Faith	71	↓2	50
44	Brooklyn	65	new	>100
45	Avery	62	new	89
46	Ellie	62	↑4	>100
47	Lily	61	new	69
48	Isabelle	60	new	>100
49	Makayla	59	↓2	51
50	Riley	58	↓11	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	334	–	1
2	Ethan	296	–	7
3	Tyler	237	–	15
4	Andrew	215	↑3	5
5	Logan	214	↑1	28
6	Samuel	204	↑4	23
7	Hunter	191	↑9	41
8	Alexander	187	↑14	16
9	Austin	184	↓4	33
10	Nicholas	184	↓2	12
11	Zachary	184	↓7	20
12	Carter	183	↑8	>100
13	Dylan	181	↓2	19
14	Michael	178	↑5	2
15	Joseph	172	↓6	6
16	Joshua	172	↓1	3
17	Nathan	170	↑4	26
18	William	164	–	11
19	Benjamin	160	↓5	24
20	Matthew	158	↓3	4
21	Noah	158	↓8	31
22	Caleb	153	↓10	34
23	Ryan	146	↑1	13
24	Gabriel	140	↑2	29
25	Gavin	139	new	51
26	Carson	138	new	89
27	Mason	137	↓4	54
28	Jackson	134	↑1	52
29	Cole	127	↓4	69
30	Isaac	127	↑5	48
31	Luke	121	↑1	46
32	Brandon	120	↓5	21
33	Daniel	120	↓2	8
34	Connor	118	↑2	43
35	James	109	↑10	18
36	Chase	107	↑12	87
37	Lucas	105	↑4	71
38	Evan	104	new	44
39	Jack	104	↓11	45
40	Aidan	103	new	39
41	Anthony	100	↓11	10
42	Blake	100	↑4	79
43	Elijah	99	new	37
44	Jonathan	99	new	22
45	Kaden	98	new	>100
46	David	97	↓4	14
47	Thomas	97	↑2	36
48	Christian	94	↓10	25
49	Jordan	92	↓16	38
50	Owen	92	new	72

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