Iowa Popularity by Year
Follow Iowa across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Iowa birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Girls | 5 | #5,099 | Down 1,647 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 8 | #3,452 | Up 60 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 8 | #3,512 | Down 168 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 8 | #3,344 | Up 451 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 6 | #3,795 | Down 1,435 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 7 | #2,360 | Down 483 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 5 | #1,877 | Down 538 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 7 | #1,339 | Down 158 places |
| 1899 | Girls | 8 | #1,181 | Up 402 places |
| 1896 | Girls | 5 | #1,583 | Down 230 places |
| 1894 | Girls | 6 | #1,353 | Down 143 places |
| 1890 | Girls | 6 | #1,210 | — |