Popular baby names in Iowa, 2009

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 2009 were Ava for girls (215 babies) and Jacob for boys (208). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,047 babies born in Iowa in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 2009

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

Girls

Emersyn: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Kenna: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mara: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Karlee: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lainey: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Adalynn: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Taryn: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Josie: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Addisyn: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maci: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Kinnick: 24 babies, 103.8× the national rate
Carver: 20 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Cael: 35 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Tate: 49 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Kael: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Cale: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kale: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Lane: 49 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Karson: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Drake: 63 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Ava	215	↑1	5
2	Olivia	211	↑1	3
3	Emma	208	↓2	2
4	Isabella	185	↑6	1
5	Addison	170	↓1	12
6	Ella	167	–	15
7	Sophia	155	↑5	4
8	Chloe	136	↑3	9
9	Abigail	131	↓4	8
10	Grace	131	↓2	17
11	Natalie	130	↑7	16
12	Emily	128	↓5	6
13	Madison	125	↓4	7
14	Avery	109	↑2	32
15	Lillian	109	↓1	27
16	Alexis	107	↓1	13
17	Elizabeth	104	↓4	11
18	Brooklyn	103	↑6	37
19	Taylor	102	–	22
20	Lily	98	↑2	18
21	Hailey	92	–	25
22	Claire	91	↑6	53
23	Hannah	88	↓6	23
24	Anna	84	↑2	28
25	Kaylee	83	–	26
26	Leah	83	↑15	29
27	Peyton	81	↑3	42
28	Mia	75	↑9	10
29	Aubrey	74	↓6	41
30	Samantha	72	↓3	14
31	Evelyn	71	new	40
32	Sydney	68	↑8	48
33	Payton	66	↓4	84
34	Brianna	63	new	24
35	Lydia	63	↑4	>100
36	Nevaeh	62	new	34
37	Riley	61	new	38
38	Hayden	60	new	>100
39	Layla	59	new	45
40	Kylie	58	↓4	62
41	Morgan	58	↓10	57
42	Zoey	58	↓9	75
43	Allison	56	↓9	30
44	Lauren	56	↓24	46
45	Madelyn	55	↓1	59
46	Bailey	54	new	85
47	Ellie	53	new	>100
48	Paige	53	↓16	98
49	Bella	52	new	58
50	Alyssa	51	↓12	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Jacob	208	↑5	1
2	Ethan	204	↓1	2
3	Carter	198	–	50
4	Noah	194	↑3	9
5	William	179	↓3	5
6	Jackson	174	↓2	27
7	Owen	174	↑6	51
8	Gavin	167	–	33
9	Logan	167	↓4	17
10	Mason	166	↑2	34
11	Aiden	153	↑6	12
12	Alexander	150	↓1	4
13	Landon	149	↓3	36
14	Wyatt	148	↑4	60
15	Benjamin	141	↓6	19
16	Caleb	138	↑4	31
17	Jack	131	↑4	42
18	Andrew	125	↓4	16
19	Brayden	125	↑5	48
20	Evan	123	↑3	35
21	Hunter	122	↑6	56
22	Samuel	118	↓6	24
23	Joseph	117	↓4	15
24	Tyler	116	↑11	28
25	Jayden	114	↑8	8
26	Michael	113	↑11	3
27	Brody	108	↓5	77
28	Cooper	108	↑10	84
29	Gabriel	108	↓3	22
30	Elijah	107	↓5	21
31	Hayden	106	↑10	91
32	Zachary	106	↑7	53
33	Chase	104	new	61
34	Isaac	102	↓19	40
35	Dylan	101	↓5	30
36	Ryan	101	↓2	20
37	Joshua	100	↓1	6
38	Henry	99	new	71
39	Parker	99	↑7	96
40	James	98	↑8	18
41	Connor	95	↑1	52
42	Lucas	94	↓11	39
43	Matthew	92	↓15	13
44	Daniel	91	↓4	7
45	Anthony	90	↓16	11
46	Blake	90	new	89
47	Carson	89	↓2	88
48	Austin	87	new	63
49	Levi	83	new	85
50	Liam	83	new	49

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