Popular baby names in Iowa, 2006

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2006 were Emma for girls (318 babies) and Ethan for boys (253). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,019 babies born in Iowa in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2006

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

Girls

Jersey: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Maci: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Josie: 44 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Halle: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Macy: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alivia: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Liberty: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delaney: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Adeline: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hallie: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 16 babies, 92.4× the national rate
Cael: 40 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Kale: 22 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Kael: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Tate: 50 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Cale: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Keaton: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kole: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Landyn: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Drake: 55 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emma	318	–	2
2	Ava	260	↑3	5
3	Olivia	224	↓1	7
4	Madison	218	↓1	3
5	Hannah	195	↑1	8
6	Addison	191	↑23	28
7	Abigail	189	↑2	6
8	Grace	178	↓1	16
9	Emily	172	↓5	1
10	Elizabeth	162	–	11
11	Alexis	159	↑1	14
12	Ella	140	↓4	21
13	Isabella	140	↑3	4
14	Sophia	136	–	9
15	Lauren	135	↑4	24
16	Natalie	131	↓5	17
17	Anna	129	↑4	22
18	Chloe	120	↓5	18
19	Hailey	118	↑5	25
20	Taylor	109	↓3	23
21	Brooklyn	106	↑9	66
22	Sydney	103	↓4	34
23	Morgan	96	–	35
24	Kaylee	93	↑8	42
25	Samantha	93	↓10	10
26	Allison	92	↑5	47
27	Isabelle	92	↑22	84
28	Lily	91	↑9	33
29	Claire	90	↑6	86
30	Avery	88	↑4	52
31	Paige	88	↓9	77
32	Lillian	80	↓4	38
33	Mackenzie	80	↑12	53
34	Mia	76	↑12	13
35	Sarah	76	↑3	15
36	Kylie	75	↓11	67
37	Alyssa	70	↓4	19
38	Ashley	70	↓11	12
39	Rachel	70	new	48
40	Faith	69	new	62
41	Alexa	68	new	39
42	Katelyn	68	–	61
43	Savannah	66	new	30
44	Jenna	64	↓24	88
45	Kaitlyn	64	↑2	41
46	Lydia	64	↓7	>100
47	Nevaeh	64	new	43
48	Megan	62	↓22	60
49	Mya	60	new	>100
50	Haley	59	↓14	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Ethan	253	–	4
2	Jacob	240	–	1
3	Noah	215	↑6	15
4	Logan	207	↓1	20
5	Andrew	205	↓1	7
6	Carter	204	↑1	75
7	William	191	↑7	10
8	Jackson	181	↑4	35
9	Owen	178	↑16	58
10	Tyler	178	↓5	18
11	Alexander	171	–	12
12	Caleb	171	↑6	34
13	Mason	165	↑6	40
14	Landon	163	↑18	50
15	Samuel	161	↓2	25
16	Joseph	160	↓8	11
17	Hunter	159	↑6	54
18	Benjamin	157	↓12	24
19	Austin	154	↑5	41
20	Dylan	153	↓4	26
21	Joshua	153	↓4	3
22	Jack	148	↑4	36
23	Nathan	148	↓8	23
24	Aiden	143	↑10	32
25	Isaac	141	↑22	48
26	Michael	140	↓6	2
27	Gavin	138	↑1	38
28	Matthew	138	↓7	5
29	Brayden	129	new	79
30	Zachary	129	↓8	33
31	Lucas	128	↓1	59
32	Nicholas	128	↓3	17
33	Evan	127	↑2	42
34	Ryan	123	↓24	14
35	Anthony	121	↑7	9
36	Carson	118	↓9	87
37	Cole	115	↑3	84
38	James	115	↓7	16
39	Gabriel	114	↓1	28
40	Blake	113	new	97
41	Aidan	112	–	44
42	Wyatt	112	↓6	82
43	Caden	106	↑1	91
44	John	101	↑4	19
45	Kaden	101	↓6	92
46	Daniel	100	↓13	6
47	David	100	↓2	13
48	Elijah	92	↓2	29
49	Luke	92	↓6	43
50	Jonathan	91	new	22

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