Popular baby names in Iowa, 2004

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2004 were Emma for girls (356 babies) and Jacob for boys (298). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,757 babies born in Iowa in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2004

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

Girls

Maci: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mara: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Addison: 68 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brynn: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Taryn: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Macy: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Madelynn: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cora: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abbigail: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Teagan: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Cael: 30 babies, 21× the national rate
Cale: 25 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Kale: 20 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Keaton: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Drew: 70 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lane: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Easton: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Brody: 66 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tate: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carter: 174 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emma	356	–	2
2	Madison	251	↑1	3
3	Grace	220	↑2	13
4	Olivia	207	–	4
5	Abigail	201	↑2	6
6	Emily	201	↓4	1
7	Hannah	201	↓1	5
8	Elizabeth	167	↑1	10
9	Alexis	164	↓1	11
10	Samantha	154	↑9	9
11	Ella	143	↑6	29
12	Anna	135	↑4	20
13	Chloe	131	–	23
14	Taylor	127	↑1	22
15	Lauren	126	↓5	16
16	Morgan	125	↓5	31
17	Sydney	120	↓5	27
18	Ava	116	↑11	25
19	Hailey	116	↑1	24
20	Sophia	115	↑15	15
21	Isabella	111	↓3	7
22	Jenna	109	↑8	56
23	Paige	103	↓1	51
24	Allison	101	–	40
25	Natalie	97	–	19
26	Alyssa	94	↓3	14
27	Megan	93	↓13	36
28	Ashley	89	↓1	8
29	Mackenzie	87	↑7	45
30	Avery	86	↑15	77
31	Sarah	85	↓3	12
32	Kaitlyn	83	↓1	33
33	Rachel	83	↓1	34
34	Haley	78	↓8	44
35	Kaylee	78	↑5	50
36	Kylie	76	↓15	49
37	Jessica	75	↓4	21
38	Lillian	73	new	65
39	Faith	72	↑4	52
40	Riley	71	↑10	58
41	Katelyn	69	↓7	59
42	Addison	68	new	>100
43	Lily	68	↑4	53
44	Claire	67	new	99
45	Jasmine	66	new	26
46	Brooke	65	↓7	46
47	Mia	64	new	30
48	Brooklyn	62	↓4	>100
49	Brianna	60	↓12	17
50	Lydia	60	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Jacob	298	–	1
2	Ethan	261	–	5
3	Logan	224	↑2	27
4	Andrew	214	–	6
5	Samuel	204	↑1	23
6	William	194	↑12	8
7	Tyler	192	↓4	16
8	Dylan	180	↑5	19
9	Michael	180	↑5	2
10	Alexander	174	↓2	15
11	Carter	174	↑1	89
12	Benjamin	173	↑7	25
13	Caleb	168	↑9	33
14	Nathan	168	↑3	20
15	Ryan	165	↑8	12
16	Joseph	163	↓1	9
17	Matthew	163	↑3	4
18	Noah	158	↑3	29
19	Jackson	155	↑9	48
20	Joshua	155	↓4	3
21	Nicholas	153	↓11	13
22	Austin	148	↓13	35
23	Mason	146	↑4	51
24	Hunter	136	↓17	49
25	Zachary	134	↓14	26
26	Owen	129	↑24	67
27	Connor	128	↑7	38
28	Jack	127	↑11	42
29	Isaac	124	↑1	46
30	Elijah	121	↑13	31
31	Anthony	116	↑10	11
32	Lucas	116	↑5	66
33	Gavin	115	↓8	52
34	Gabriel	114	↓10	32
35	Evan	109	↑3	39
36	John	108	new	17
37	Christian	107	↑11	24
38	Luke	107	↓7	41
39	Cole	106	↓10	75
40	Carson	105	↓14	>100
41	Aidan	104	↓1	40
42	Caden	104	new	>100
43	Alex	101	new	63
44	Blake	101	↓2	95
45	David	100	↑1	14
46	James	100	↓11	18
47	Kaden	99	↓2	>100
48	Landon	99	new	86
49	Aiden	98	new	60
50	Cameron	95	new	50

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