State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,668 Iowa births in 1980 across 822 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#84Abbyoutside the national top 200
#94Trentoutside the national top 200
#55Kari#158 nationally
#99Heathoutside the national top 200
#100Beauoutside the national top 200
#96Clint#195 nationally
#69Jodi#167 nationally
#97Kurt#192 nationally
#96Shawna#188 nationally
#73Trisha#161 nationally
#46Molly#133 nationally
#89Abigail#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer880US #1
#2Amanda688US #2
#3Jessica590US #3
#4Sarah545US #5
#5Melissa516US #4
#6Amy372US #8
#7Angela358US #12
#8Nicole358US #7
#9Sara330US #27
#10Heather328US #6
#11Stephanie300US #13
#12Amber286US #22
#13Elizabeth272US #9
#14Emily268US #31
#15Erin267US #20
#16Michelle262US #10
#17Lisa256US #16
#18Megan236US #30
#19Laura225US #21
#20Kelly222US #19
#21Tiffany221US #14
#22Katie218US #44
#23Rachel206US #23
#24Rebecca203US #17
#25Jamie200US #24
#26Kimberly195US #11
#27Jill183US #66
#28Andrea180US #28
#29Christina162US #15
#30Kristin147US #37
#31Julie146US #32
#32Brooke138US #57
#33April133US #26
#34Mary133US #25
#35Tara131US #43
#36Katherine130US #35
#37Carrie127US #46
#38Crystal123US #18
#39Holly120US #52
#40Heidi116US #79
#41Shannon112US #29
#42Danielle110US #33
#43Stacy103US #53
#44Kathryn102US #50
#45Lindsay102US #71
#46Molly94US #133
#47Dawn91US #67
#48Alicia83US #47
#49Erica82US #34
#50Kelli81US #125
#51Allison80US #59
#52Anna80US #55
#53Anne77US #112
#54Beth76US #106
#55Kari76US #158
#56Lindsey76US #91
#57Misty76US #49
#58Brandi75US #63
#59Leah75US #84
#60Courtney74US #48
#61Mindy74US #131
#62Tracy74US #56
#63Brandy73US #42
#64Kristen70US #39
#65Ann69US #136
#66Stacey69US #74
#67Melanie67US #60
#68Wendy66US #75
#69Jodi65US #167
#70Christine64US #41
#71Kathleen64US #82
#72Nichole63US #102
#73Trisha63US #161
#74Dana62US #68
#75Jenny62US #117
#76Kristina60US #73
#77Susan60US #62
#78Ashley59US #40
#79Teresa57US #94
#80Karen56US #54
#81Kara55US #127
#82Melinda55US #92
#83Tonya54US #97
#84Abby53
#85Lori53US #76
#86Natalie53US #65
#87Samantha53US #58
#88Tanya53US #88
#89Abigail51US #176
#90Tina50US #72
#91Bethany49US #124
#92Renee49US #107
#93Monica48US #45
#94Jacqueline46US #81
#95Krista46US #121
#96Shawna44US #188
#97Tammy44US #96
#98Kristi43US #122
#99Leslie43US #61
#100Mandy42US #132

Boys

#1Joshua828US #7
#2Michael758US #1
#3Matthew753US #6
#4Jason637US #3
#5Ryan633US #15
#6Justin605US #13
#7Christopher547US #2
#8Adam531US #22
#9Nicholas524US #17
#10Brian487US #12
#11Andrew454US #19
#12Joseph434US #10
#13David428US #4
#14Eric418US #16
#15Jeremy417US #18
#16John380US #8
#17Daniel358US #11
#18Nathan356US #36
#19Benjamin355US #32
#20James335US #5
#21Chad327US #39
#22Timothy305US #20
#23Travis304US #37
#24Aaron293US #34
#25Jeffrey279US #27
#26Robert277US #9
#27Scott261US #33
#28Dustin246US #44
#29Brandon226US #31
#30Jacob220US #43
#31Bradley215US #51
#32Mark211US #30
#33Jonathan210US #21
#34Kevin205US #23
#35Anthony194US #24
#36William194US #14
#37Steven190US #28
#38Thomas182US #25
#39Jesse173US #45
#40Kyle141US #57
#41Cory137US #83
#42Lucas132US #98
#43Richard129US #26
#44Charles128US #29
#45Shane128US #69
#46Derek127US #50
#47Jared126US #61
#48Patrick121US #38
#49Todd113US #75
#50Paul110US #35
#51Zachary109US #72
#52Brett104US #96
#53Jeremiah102US #76
#54Brent101US #84
#55Shawn97US #47
#56Luke92US #97
#57Tyler89US #114
#58Bryan87US #49
#59Joel87US #67
#60Douglas85US #62
#61Gregory84US #42
#62Seth83US #99
#63Craig81US #73
#64Sean78US #48
#65Corey77US #68
#66Casey76US #93
#67Curtis76US #89
#68Erik76US #64
#69Kenneth75US #41
#70Nathaniel73US #86
#71Stephen70US #40
#72Jamie65US #105
#73Cody63US #143
#74Troy62US #106
#75Keith61US #56
#76Brad60US #116
#77Shaun58US #79
#78Jay57US #141
#79Peter57US #55
#80Donald55US #53
#81Phillip55US #65
#82Mitchell53US #164
#83Philip52US #82
#84Wesley50US #95
#85Gary49US #63
#86Randy49US #87
#87Clinton46US #131
#88Jon45US #127
#89Billy42US #100
#90Edward42US #52
#91Ronald42US #58
#92Samuel42US #54
#93Russell41US #92
#94Trent41
#95Alan40US #112
#96Clint40US #195
#97Kurt40US #192
#98Tony39US #108
#99Heath38
#100Beau37

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑35Ann#65
↑30Misty#57
↑27Kristen#64
↑26Kathleen#71
↑25Beth#54
↑20Tiffany#21
↑19Kristin#30
↑17Lindsey#56

Falling

↓32Lori#85
↓27Melinda#82
↓27Tina#90
↓26Christine#70
↓24Mindy#61
↓22Tammy#97
↓19Stacey#66
↓17Samuel#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.