State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,052 Iowa births in 1977 across 823 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#80Wadeoutside the national top 200
#82Lucasoutside the national top 200
#85Mindyoutside the national top 200
#98Heathoutside the national top 200
#83Jody#184 nationally
#96Lindsey#194 nationally
#37Kari#130 nationally
#97Luke#190 nationally
#52Molly#141 nationally
#88Tyler#165 nationally
#86Trisha#162 nationally
#36Jodi#105 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer938US #1
#2Amy594US #3
#3Sarah502US #11
#4Angela501US #6
#5Heather492US #5
#6Jessica450US #4
#7Melissa431US #2
#8Michelle311US #7
#9Sara309US #27
#10Kelly300US #10
#11Amanda287US #9
#12Nicole258US #15
#13Jamie247US #18
#14Lisa247US #12
#15Carrie234US #28
#16Stephanie231US #14
#17Jill223US #41
#18Erin214US #23
#19Kimberly207US #8
#20Elizabeth204US #13
#21Rebecca196US #17
#22Andrea194US #24
#23Shannon191US #19
#24Julie186US #22
#25Laura171US #20
#26Emily166US #37
#27Rachel155US #26
#28Amber145US #33
#29Megan145US #54
#30Christina137US #16
#31Dawn129US #43
#32Holly120US #52
#33Tara120US #35
#34Stacy115US #42
#35Mary112US #21
#36Jodi109US #105
#37Kari104US #130
#38Crystal100US #25
#39Heidi99US #81
#40Tracy97US #50
#41Susan94US #45
#42Danielle93US #31
#43Tiffany91US #34
#44Jaime90US #46
#45Erica89US #38
#46Wendy89US #49
#47Lori87US #57
#48Katie84US #115
#49Stacey84US #56
#50Misty83US #40
#51Katherine82US #44
#52Molly80US #141
#53Tina78US #58
#54Brandy76US #51
#55Beth75US #97
#56Tammy75US #55
#57Christine73US #30
#58Melanie73US #53
#59Allison71US #66
#60April71US #29
#61Teresa69US #79
#62Ann68US #118
#63Brenda67US #91
#64Brandi65US #71
#65Kathryn65US #70
#66Melinda65US #96
#67Courtney64US #76
#68Karen64US #32
#69Kelli63US #117
#70Renee63US #87
#71Mandy62US #94
#72Anne60US #123
#73Tonya59US #64
#74Kristi58US #104
#75Kristin58US #82
#76Kristina58US #83
#77Alicia57US #60
#78Jenny57US #108
#79Tanya57US #67
#80Gina56US #88
#81Kara56US #120
#82Patricia56US #47
#83Jody54US #184
#84Kristy54US #68
#85Mindy54
#86Trisha54US #162
#87Dana51US #62
#88Lindsay51US #110
#89Leah47US #112
#90Monica47US #39
#91Nichole47US #142
#92Shawna46US #139
#93Anna45US #74
#94Denise45US #78
#95Cynthia44US #48
#96Lindsey44US #194
#97Brooke43US #150
#98Kathleen42US #80
#99Alison41US #122
#100Erika41US #103

Boys

#1Jason914US #2
#2Michael826US #1
#3Matthew722US #9
#4Ryan636US #16
#5Joshua553US #14
#6Jeremy549US #15
#7Brian535US #8
#8Christopher533US #3
#9David483US #4
#10Chad455US #34
#11James419US #5
#12Daniel399US #11
#13John374US #7
#14Eric355US #17
#15Joseph354US #10
#16Andrew339US #24
#17Timothy329US #18
#18Robert326US #6
#19Jeffrey318US #19
#20Benjamin316US #29
#21Nathan316US #36
#22Scott316US #27
#23Aaron279US #32
#24Justin259US #30
#25Travis254US #44
#26Kevin245US #13
#27Adam232US #33
#28Mark222US #25
#29William220US #12
#30Steven211US #23
#31Bradley198US #49
#32Thomas195US #22
#33Anthony192US #21
#34Todd170US #50
#35Cory162US #67
#36Shawn160US #37
#37Nicholas148US #51
#38Paul145US #31
#39Brandon143US #41
#40Richard139US #20
#41Jonathan136US #28
#42Jacob135US #56
#43Shane133US #61
#44Corey125US #52
#45Bryan124US #42
#46Charles123US #26
#47Patrick122US #40
#48Jesse112US #54
#49Gregory106US #35
#50Troy106US #88
#51Brent100US #85
#52Douglas96US #59
#53Dustin95US #81
#54Jeremiah89US #69
#55Joel89US #73
#56Kyle89US #79
#57Donald88US #46
#58Jared85US #76
#59Jamie82US #82
#60Wesley82US #66
#61Sean80US #43
#62Keith77US #48
#63Craig76US #64
#64Brett71US #109
#65Casey69US #102
#66Zachary68US #95
#67Brad67US #106
#68Peter67US #55
#69Curtis66US #100
#70Kenneth66US #39
#71Randy61US #86
#72Tony61US #92
#73Stephen57US #38
#74Derek54US #84
#75Jon53US #117
#76Clinton52US #142
#77Ronald50US #53
#78Samuel50US #60
#79Gabriel49US #87
#80Wade47
#81Dennis46US #68
#82Lucas46
#83Terry46US #83
#84Erik45US #94
#85Seth45US #118
#86Jeffery43US #78
#87Lee43US #133
#88Tyler43US #165
#89Jay42US #130
#90Lance42US #139
#91Shaun42US #103
#92Edward41US #47
#93Russell40US #89
#94Kristopher38US #113
#95Gary37US #58
#96Phillip37US #70
#97Luke35US #190
#98Heath34
#99Kelly34US #162
#100Larry34US #62

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑51Erica#45
↑32Peter#68
↑31Katie#48
↑27Crystal#38
↑26Nicholas#37
↑25Allison#59
↑22Melinda#66
↑19Jeremiah#54

Falling

↓30Denise#94
↓26Tanya#79
↓26Cynthia#95
↓24Kelly#99
↓23Kristin#75
↓22Jay#89
↓20Heath#98
↓18Tammy#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.