Popular baby names in Iowa, 2008

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2008 were Emma for girls (250 babies) and Ethan for boys (237). Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,005 babies born in Iowa in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2008

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: 18 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Elsie: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Joslyn: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Liberty: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brenna: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Halle: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maggie: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alivia: 57 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Danika: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emerson: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 17 babies, 95.7× the national rate
Cael: 40 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Kael: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Tate: 43 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kale: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Keagan: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Keaton: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Drake: 63 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lane: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jaxson: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	250	↑1	1
2	Ava	219	↓1	5
3	Olivia	219	↑1	4
4	Addison	209	↓1	12
5	Abigail	173	↑2	8
6	Ella	164	–	19
7	Emily	152	↑3	3
8	Grace	152	↓3	21
9	Madison	152	↓1	6
10	Isabella	146	↑3	2
11	Chloe	143	↑4	10
12	Sophia	139	↓3	7
13	Elizabeth	126	↓2	9
14	Lillian	119	↑8	29
15	Alexis	116	↓1	15
16	Avery	116	↑5	38
17	Hannah	114	↓5	17
18	Natalie	111	↑5	13
19	Taylor	110	↓3	22
20	Lauren	106	↓3	30
21	Hailey	104	↑3	25
22	Lily	103	↓2	24
23	Aubrey	94	↑10	42
24	Brooklyn	91	↓5	48
25	Kaylee	89	↑6	31
26	Anna	84	↓1	26
27	Samantha	84	–	11
28	Claire	82	↓2	62
29	Payton	78	new	91
30	Peyton	77	new	60
31	Morgan	76	↓3	46
32	Paige	68	↑2	89
33	Zoey	67	↑4	98
34	Allison	65	↓5	32
35	Isabelle	65	–	93
36	Kylie	65	↓6	51
37	Mia	65	↓1	14
38	Alyssa	64	↓20	16
39	Lydia	64	↑4	>100
40	Sydney	62	↓1	49
41	Leah	60	↑8	40
42	Mya	59	↑3	>100
43	Gracie	58	↓5	99
44	Madelyn	58	new	64
45	Alivia	57	new	>100
46	Kaitlyn	57	↓5	53
47	Audrey	56	–	44
48	Madeline	56	new	56
49	Rylee	56	new	>100
50	Savannah	56	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ethan	237	–	3
2	William	221	↑6	8
3	Carter	203	↑4	65
4	Jackson	195	↑1	32
5	Logan	192	↓2	19
6	Jacob	181	↓4	1
7	Noah	181	↓3	15
8	Gavin	179	↓2	30
9	Benjamin	160	↑1	25
10	Landon	160	↑4	45
11	Alexander	159	↓2	6
12	Mason	156	↑3	35
13	Owen	146	↓2	58
14	Andrew	145	↓1	12
15	Isaac	145	↑6	37
16	Samuel	143	–	27
17	Aiden	142	↓5	16
18	Wyatt	138	↑10	62
19	Joseph	134	↑19	13
20	Caleb	133	↓1	34
21	Jack	131	↑3	39
22	Brody	129	↑21	70
23	Evan	129	↓1	38
24	Brayden	126	↑16	51
25	Elijah	123	↑19	22
26	Gabriel	123	–	24
27	Hunter	121	↓7	54
28	Matthew	120	↑2	10
29	Anthony	118	↑8	7
30	Dylan	118	↓7	31
31	Lucas	118	–	46
32	Nathan	116	↑9	21
33	Jayden	115	↓1	11
34	Ryan	113	↑2	18
35	Tyler	111	↓17	28
36	Joshua	106	↑3	4
37	Michael	106	↓20	2
38	Cooper	105	new	92
39	Zachary	102	↓10	47
40	Daniel	101	new	5
41	Hayden	99	new	76
42	Connor	97	–	57
43	Caden	95	↑4	96
44	Luke	94	new	43
45	Carson	91	↓12	89
46	Parker	91	new	>100
47	Isaiah	88	new	42
48	James	87	↓14	17
49	John	87	new	20
50	Nicholas	87	↓23	29

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