Popular baby names in Iowa, 2005

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2005 were Emma for girls (318 babies) and Ethan for boys (287). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,091 babies born in Iowa in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2005

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

Girls

Abbie: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brenna: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Josie: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Madalyn: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Macy: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Piper: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Liberty: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Addison: 85 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alivia: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaydence: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Cael: 33 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Treyton: 23 babies, 17× the national rate
Kael: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Kale: 20 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Tate: 45 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Beau: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brody: 71 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Drake: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jaxson: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Drew: 63 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emma	318	–	2
2	Olivia	219	↑2	5
3	Madison	218	↓1	3
4	Emily	208	↑2	1
5	Ava	188	↑13	9
6	Hannah	179	↑1	7
7	Grace	175	↓4	14
8	Ella	170	↑3	23
9	Abigail	169	↓4	4
10	Elizabeth	161	↓2	11
11	Natalie	140	↑14	18
12	Alexis	137	↓3	13
13	Chloe	136	–	19
14	Sophia	135	↑6	12
15	Samantha	130	↓5	8
16	Isabella	123	↑5	6
17	Taylor	112	↓3	24
18	Sydney	110	↓1	30
19	Lauren	109	↓4	21
20	Jenna	106	↑2	62
21	Anna	99	↓9	22
22	Paige	96	↑1	60
23	Morgan	95	↓7	33
24	Hailey	94	↓5	26
25	Kylie	93	↑11	57
26	Megan	92	↑1	41
27	Ashley	86	↑1	10
28	Lillian	86	↑10	50
29	Addison	85	↑13	>100
30	Brooklyn	84	↑18	78
31	Allison	82	↓7	45
32	Kaylee	81	↑3	40
33	Alyssa	78	↓7	16
34	Avery	77	↓4	67
35	Claire	75	↑9	95
36	Haley	73	↓2	53
37	Lily	73	↑6	39
38	Sarah	73	↓7	15
39	Lydia	70	↑11	>100
40	Riley	69	–	54
41	Madeline	67	new	70
42	Katelyn	65	↓1	59
43	Brianna	64	↑6	20
44	Kayla	64	new	25
45	Mackenzie	62	↓16	51
46	Mia	61	↑1	17
47	Kaitlyn	60	↓15	34
48	Zoe	58	new	58
49	Isabelle	57	new	96
50	Gracie	56	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Ethan	287	↑1	5
2	Jacob	283	↓1	1
3	Logan	218	–	26
4	Andrew	215	–	6
5	Tyler	187	↑2	16
6	Benjamin	185	↑6	25
7	Carter	181	↑4	77
8	Joseph	178	↑8	9
9	Noah	178	↑9	23
10	Ryan	168	↑5	14
11	Alexander	160	↓1	13
12	Jackson	159	↑7	44
13	Samuel	157	↓8	21
14	William	153	↓8	11
15	Nathan	152	↓1	20
16	Dylan	150	↓8	24
17	Joshua	147	↑3	3
18	Caleb	146	↓5	35
19	Mason	146	↑4	42
20	Michael	146	↓11	2
21	Matthew	144	↓4	4
22	Zachary	144	↑3	29
23	Hunter	142	↑1	53
24	Austin	139	↓2	38
25	Owen	128	↑1	60
26	Jack	127	↑2	34
27	Carson	126	↑13	>100
28	Gavin	126	↑5	47
29	Nicholas	125	↓8	15
30	Lucas	121	↑2	58
31	James	120	↑15	17
32	Landon	120	↑16	61
33	Daniel	119	new	7
34	Aiden	117	↑15	50
35	Evan	116	–	39
36	Wyatt	116	new	81
37	Connor	113	↓10	48
38	Gabriel	113	↓4	28
39	Kaden	112	↑8	100
40	Cole	107	↓1	79
41	Aidan	106	–	43
42	Anthony	106	↓11	8
43	Luke	106	↓5	41
44	Caden	105	↓2	98
45	David	103	–	12
46	Elijah	102	↓16	31
47	Isaac	102	↓18	49
48	John	102	↓12	18
49	Ian	100	new	68
50	Thomas	98	new	40

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