Baby names in Iowa in the 1980s
In Iowa in the 1980s the most given names were Matthew (6,922 boys) and Jessica (5,836 girls), of 372,071 births recorded.
Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.
Iowa, 1980-1989: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.
The top names in Iowa, 1980s
Births summed over 1980-1989, per sex.
The names most over-represented in Iowa in the 1980s
Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).
Girls
Boys
Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1980-1989.
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