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Baby names in Iowa in the 1990s

In Iowa in the 1990s the most given names were Jacob (5,238 boys) and Emily (3,370 girls), of 316,510 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Iowa each year, the 1990s shaded
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020251990-1999BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Iowa, 1990-1999: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Iowa, 1990s

Girls, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Emily3,370
2Ashley3,154
3Jessica2,875
4Samantha2,644
5Megan2,568
6Taylor2,390
7Hannah2,328
8Sarah2,181
9Elizabeth2,068
10Rachel1,888
11Amanda1,871
12Brittany1,714
13Kayla1,710
14Kelsey1,696
15Madison1,673
16Nicole1,653
17Morgan1,529
18Courtney1,445
19Shelby1,413
20Alexis1,388
Boys, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Jacob5,238
2Tyler4,267
3Austin3,920
4Michael3,528
5Zachary3,451
6Matthew3,411
7Nicholas3,362
8Andrew3,168
9Joshua2,968
10Ryan2,834
11Brandon2,811
12Cody2,615
13Kyle2,347
14Christopher2,298
15Jordan2,273
16Joseph2,247
17Alexander2,215
18Benjamin2,161
19Nathan2,049
20Daniel1,888

Births summed over 1990-1999, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Iowa in the 1990s

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, 1990-1999.

More about names in Iowa

  1. The 1990s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Iowa: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Iowa in the 2000sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1990The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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