State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,080 Iowa births in 1982 across 782 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#47Abbyoutside the national top 200
#86Mindyoutside the national top 200
#92Bretoutside the national top 200
#97Grantoutside the national top 200
#77Jodi#176 nationally
#63Abigail#157 nationally
#41Molly#131 nationally
#94Ross#179 nationally
#67Beth#148 nationally
#57Kari#136 nationally
#76Ann#155 nationally
#81Austin#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer775US #1
#2Jessica645US #2
#3Amanda578US #3
#4Sarah517US #4
#5Melissa386US #5
#6Nicole376US #6
#7Amy354US #10
#8Amber300US #18
#9Sara300US #28
#10Elizabeth289US #8
#11Angela287US #16
#12Emily282US #24
#13Stephanie270US #7
#14Heather259US #12
#15Michelle246US #11
#16Erin231US #20
#17Rebecca220US #15
#18Megan217US #34
#19Laura214US #22
#20Ashley211US #17
#21Katie210US #45
#22Rachel206US #21
#23Lindsey202US #40
#24Andrea188US #27
#25Lindsay174US #39
#26Kimberly173US #14
#27Tiffany173US #13
#28Crystal170US #9
#29Kelly156US #25
#30Lisa155US #23
#31Jamie153US #29
#32Jill153US #89
#33Kristin151US #37
#34Katherine147US #36
#35Julie137US #41
#36Christina131US #19
#37Carrie119US #57
#38Mary117US #30
#39Tara117US #47
#40Shannon113US #38
#41Molly104US #131
#42Danielle102US #31
#43Holly99US #61
#44Kristen96US #33
#45Erica94US #35
#46Courtney92US #43
#47Abby91
#48Allison90US #58
#49Heidi90US #86
#50Alicia87US #53
#51Brandi87US #55
#52Brooke87US #92
#53Kathryn84US #48
#54Anna83US #56
#55April78US #32
#56Nichole76US #99
#57Kari75US #136
#58Stacy75US #72
#59Cassandra71US #62
#60Kara71US #113
#61Samantha71US #44
#62Kristina70US #70
#63Abigail69US #157
#64Kelli67US #127
#65Brandy65US #50
#66Dawn65US #95
#67Beth62US #148
#68Lacey62US #125
#69Bethany61US #112
#70Leah61US #79
#71Christine56US #46
#72Kathleen54US #77
#73Natalie54US #51
#74Susan54US #76
#75Anne53US #122
#76Ann52US #155
#77Jodi52US #176
#78Misty52US #74
#79Stacey52US #85
#80Melanie48US #65
#81Melinda48US #123
#82Alisha47US #145
#83Cassie47US #137
#84Tracy47US #88
#85Jenny46US #121
#86Mindy46
#87Lori45US #98
#88Renee45US #101
#89Wendy44US #105
#90Brenda43US #118
#91Bridget43US #147
#92Dana42US #67
#93Miranda42US #117
#94Natasha42US #71
#95Valerie42US #75
#96Catherine41US #73
#97Margaret41US #97
#98Jacqueline40US #54
#99Lauren40US #26
#100Tonya40US #126

Boys

#1Matthew857US #3
#2Michael777US #1
#3Joshua710US #7
#4Christopher649US #2
#5Ryan524US #13
#6Adam520US #19
#7Jason504US #4
#8Andrew503US #17
#9Justin499US #12
#10Nicholas469US #22
#11Joseph427US #11
#12Daniel403US #10
#13James361US #6
#14David358US #5
#15Benjamin356US #33
#16Brian351US #14
#17John344US #8
#18Nathan338US #36
#19Eric337US #20
#20Aaron312US #30
#21Brandon293US #18
#22Jeremy291US #28
#23Robert275US #9
#24Jacob265US #41
#25Jeffrey257US #29
#26Travis250US #39
#27Dustin238US #42
#28Timothy232US #24
#29Jonathan217US #16
#30Anthony212US #21
#31Kyle210US #47
#32Scott207US #34
#33Chad204US #48
#34Thomas192US #23
#35Jesse189US #43
#36William189US #15
#37Mark187US #32
#38Tyler183US #66
#39Steven179US #26
#40Bradley171US #51
#41Kevin159US #25
#42Zachary157US #55
#43Derek132US #50
#44Richard123US #27
#45Cody116US #95
#46Jared109US #54
#47Lucas109US #106
#48Patrick107US #37
#49Brett106US #72
#50Paul103US #35
#51Shawn101US #52
#52Gregory99US #40
#53Seth99US #102
#54Joel98US #69
#55Charles95US #31
#56Todd94US #82
#57Cory88US #93
#58Brent85US #91
#59Bryan82US #49
#60Luke82US #119
#61Shane81US #84
#62Nathaniel80US #75
#63Stephen80US #38
#64Sean79US #44
#65Corey75US #74
#66Jordan74US #85
#67Casey67US #86
#68Douglas67US #68
#69Keith67US #59
#70Curtis65US #101
#71Mitchell65US #135
#72Troy63US #115
#73Craig61US #73
#74Donald61US #58
#75Blake59US #120
#76Philip57US #79
#77Kenneth56US #45
#78Peter55US #57
#79Samuel54US #56
#80Jeremiah51US #89
#81Austin50US #156
#82Alan48US #107
#83Randy47US #94
#84Gary46US #64
#85Erik45US #80
#86Lance45US #142
#87Jamie43US #131
#88Jon41US #141
#89Brad40US #163
#90Clinton40US #133
#91Jonathon40US #153
#92Bret39
#93Jay39US #164
#94Ross39US #179
#95Wesley39US #98
#96Alexander38US #65
#97Grant38
#98Ian38US #83
#99Shaun38US #96
#100Evan37US #108

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑24Cody#45
↑23Jordan#66
↑21Lindsey#23
↑21Kathleen#72
↑20Ashley#20
↑19Bethany#69
↑18Susan#74
↑18Donald#74

Falling

↓23Brooke#52
↓22Jeremiah#80
↓20April#55
↓14Clinton#90
↓13Dawn#66
↓13Anne#75
↓13Cory#57
↓13Jamie#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.