State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,140 Iowa births in 1976 across 785 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Iowa more than they say America.

#74Mindyoutside the national top 200
#78Heath#195 nationally
#91Wadeoutside the national top 200
#92Clintoutside the national top 200
#93Lucasoutside the national top 200
#99Lukeoutside the national top 200
#75Trisha#174 nationally
#84Tyler#179 nationally
#70Jody#164 nationally
#57Molly#150 nationally
#44Kari#127 nationally
#75Kelly#158 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer996US #1
#2Amy646US #2
#3Angela525US #5
#4Heather449US #4
#5Sarah377US #15
#6Melissa370US #3
#7Jessica354US #8
#8Michelle325US #6
#9Sara282US #27
#10Lisa250US #9
#11Jamie246US #18
#12Amanda233US #10
#13Stephanie230US #11
#14Nicole228US #13
#15Kimberly227US #7
#16Shannon221US #17
#17Carrie215US #28
#18Rebecca212US #12
#19Julie197US #21
#20Kelly194US #19
#21Jill184US #52
#22Erin171US #24
#23Laura166US #20
#24Christina152US #14
#25Andrea143US #25
#26Elizabeth140US #16
#27Jaime139US #29
#28Dawn138US #35
#29Rachel133US #23
#30Stacy133US #38
#31Mary116US #22
#32Heidi115US #70
#33Tara109US #42
#34Tracy109US #37
#35Wendy108US #39
#36Megan106US #62
#37Jodi105US #102
#38Tammy104US #41
#39Holly103US #56
#40Emily101US #50
#41Amber98US #49
#42Danielle97US #33
#43Tina93US #48
#44Kari89US #127
#45Lori89US #47
#46Tiffany89US #32
#47Brenda86US #77
#48Susan84US #40
#49Christine78US #26
#50Katherine78US #57
#51Misty78US #46
#52Kristin77US #74
#53Tanya76US #61
#54Stacey75US #51
#55Teresa75US #66
#56April74US #30
#57Molly74US #150
#58Brandy70US #55
#59Brandi69US #79
#60Ann67US #108
#61Mandy67US #100
#62Kathryn66US #88
#63Renee63US #86
#64Denise62US #69
#65Crystal61US #36
#66Michele61US #63
#67Karen60US #31
#68Melanie59US #53
#69Cynthia56US #44
#70Jody56US #164
#71Natalie55US #80
#72Alicia54US #71
#73Tonya54US #58
#74Mindy53
#75Trisha53US #174
#76Dana52US #64
#77Catherine51US #72
#78Kara51US #138
#79Katie51US #162
#80Kristi51US #104
#81Monica51US #45
#82Courtney49US #76
#83Samantha49US #85
#84Allison47US #67
#85Angie46US #153
#86Anne46US #124
#87Jenny46US #109
#88Melinda46US #95
#89Kristina45US #97
#90Valerie45US #83
#91Leslie44US #65
#92Robin44US #75
#93Stacie44US #151
#94Shelly43US #145
#95Tamara43US #91
#96Erica42US #54
#97Kathleen41US #82
#98Patricia41US #43
#99Lindsay40US #133
#100Anna39US #78

Boys

#1Jason920US #2
#2Michael778US #1
#3Matthew708US #9
#4Christopher528US #3
#5Ryan524US #16
#6Brian521US #8
#7Chad512US #29
#8Jeremy479US #14
#9David409US #4
#10James391US #5
#11Eric368US #13
#12Scott366US #24
#13Daniel351US #10
#14John345US #6
#15Joshua334US #18
#16Robert329US #7
#17Aaron291US #30
#18Jeffrey285US #17
#19Justin281US #33
#20Andrew273US #27
#21Joseph271US #12
#22Benjamin259US #32
#23Timothy258US #21
#24Mark253US #25
#25Nathan246US #39
#26Kevin213US #15
#27Steven213US #20
#28Travis213US #46
#29Adam205US #36
#30William200US #11
#31Thomas187US #23
#32Anthony184US #22
#33Shawn180US #34
#34Todd153US #50
#35Cory152US #83
#36Shane145US #57
#37Bradley143US #51
#38Richard135US #19
#39Brandon127US #40
#40Paul121US #28
#41Jamie117US #62
#42Charles113US #26
#43Troy110US #73
#44Patrick106US #41
#45Corey101US #64
#46Gregory97US #35
#47Brent94US #78
#48Jesse93US #55
#49Jonathan93US #31
#50Bryan91US #43
#51Jacob91US #63
#52Kyle91US #80
#53Douglas90US #56
#54Craig89US #61
#55Zachary85US #97
#56Dustin83US #82
#57Joel80US #72
#58Jared78US #90
#59Sean78US #42
#60Kenneth68US #38
#61Tony66US #86
#62Derek65US #84
#63Nicholas62US #77
#64Stephen61US #37
#65Keith60US #48
#66Dennis59US #66
#67Jay59US #126
#68Randy59US #79
#69Donald58US #47
#70Terry56US #75
#71Casey55US #123
#72Brad54US #108
#73Jeremiah54US #93
#74Jon54US #111
#75Kelly54US #158
#76Ronald54US #49
#77Gary52US #52
#78Heath52US #195
#79Jeffery51US #76
#80Shannon50US #98
#81Brett48US #109
#82Jerry48US #67
#83Seth42US #128
#84Tyler42US #179
#85Curtis41US #105
#86Erik41US #94
#87Russell40US #87
#88Edward39US #45
#89Gabriel39US #81
#90Martin39US #118
#91Wade39
#92Clint38
#93Lucas37
#94Darren35US #147
#95George35US #53
#96Nathaniel35US #114
#97Samuel35US #59
#98Larry34US #60
#99Luke34
#100Peter34US #54

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑40Jamie#11
↑31Denise#64
↑29Kathryn#62
↑28Zachary#55
↑25Cynthia#69
↑25Derek#62
↑22Brandi#59
↑19Renee#63

Falling

↓35Patricia#98
↓33Melinda#88
↓23Tonya#73
↓22Peter#100
↓21Robin#92
↓19Gary#77
↓18Kathleen#97
↓18Larry#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.