State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,830 Iowa births in 1983 across 774 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#57Abby#200 nationally
#79Coleoutside the national top 200
#93Mindyoutside the national top 200
#96Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#98Trishaoutside the national top 200
#88Jodi#188 nationally
#90Ross#186 nationally
#76Grant#167 nationally
#92Drew#182 nationally
#71Ann#157 nationally
#45Molly#129 nationally
#86Beth#169 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer713US #1
#2Jessica591US #2
#3Amanda544US #3
#4Ashley527US #4
#5Sarah503US #5
#6Nicole386US #7
#7Melissa356US #6
#8Megan350US #21
#9Amy336US #12
#10Emily312US #25
#11Amber310US #17
#12Stephanie308US #8
#13Heather304US #9
#14Elizabeth287US #10
#15Sara241US #31
#16Erin229US #18
#17Angela228US #22
#18Katie216US #45
#19Rachel215US #20
#20Michelle198US #13
#21Lindsey195US #35
#22Laura188US #23
#23Lindsay181US #36
#24Lisa179US #27
#25Andrea171US #30
#26Rebecca170US #19
#27Jamie163US #28
#28Tiffany155US #14
#29Crystal152US #11
#30Katherine151US #34
#31Kelly149US #26
#32Christina146US #16
#33Holly133US #48
#34Kimberly133US #15
#35Jill114US #98
#36Shannon111US #38
#37Mary110US #32
#38Kathryn103US #50
#39Samantha103US #40
#40Danielle102US #29
#41Kristin100US #42
#42Alicia99US #41
#43Brooke94US #96
#44Julie90US #46
#45Molly90US #129
#46Tara90US #51
#47Carrie89US #65
#48April88US #39
#49Stacy87US #61
#50Allison83US #59
#51Erica77US #33
#52Kristen76US #37
#53Heidi75US #95
#54Courtney74US #44
#55Anna72US #55
#56Natalie72US #52
#57Abby69US #200
#58Brandi68US #56
#59Kayla68US #81
#60Nichole68US #93
#61Anne66US #130
#62Lacey66US #128
#63Christine60US #47
#64Stacey60US #76
#65Kara58US #101
#66Kelli58US #136
#67Cassandra57US #70
#68Kari57US #145
#69Brandy56US #57
#70Leah56US #82
#71Ann55US #157
#72Valerie55US #74
#73Chelsea53US #102
#74Abigail52US #151
#75Susan52US #86
#76Kristina50US #63
#77Bethany48US #99
#78Dana48US #72
#79Brittany47US #64
#80Kathleen47US #73
#81Alison46US #116
#82Catherine46US #66
#83Dawn46US #106
#84Meghan46US #75
#85Patricia45US #60
#86Beth44US #169
#87Hannah44US #124
#88Jodi44US #188
#89Teresa44US #103
#90Monica42US #54
#91Leslie41US #67
#92Melinda41US #138
#93Mindy41
#94Rachael41US #123
#95Renee41US #97
#96Kelsey40
#97Krista40US #142
#98Trisha40
#99Brenda39US #120
#100Melanie39US #79

Boys

#1Matthew823US #3
#2Michael775US #1
#3Joshua618US #5
#4Christopher557US #2
#5Ryan549US #13
#6Adam536US #18
#7Andrew507US #15
#8Justin455US #12
#9Nicholas442US #21
#10Daniel424US #8
#11Jason419US #7
#12Joseph404US #11
#13David373US #4
#14Brian345US #14
#15John326US #9
#16Eric314US #20
#17Brandon313US #17
#18Nathan312US #40
#19Benjamin310US #32
#20James307US #6
#21Jacob282US #36
#22Aaron281US #29
#23Kyle275US #34
#24Robert261US #10
#25Jeffrey247US #28
#26Travis242US #41
#27Dustin239US #43
#28Jonathan222US #19
#29Scott215US #38
#30Anthony209US #22
#31Jeremy207US #30
#32Timothy207US #26
#33Steven200US #23
#34Chad198US #49
#35Zachary194US #50
#36Thomas193US #24
#37Tyler183US #57
#38William177US #16
#39Mark176US #31
#40Jesse170US #46
#41Kevin157US #25
#42Bradley155US #52
#43Derek153US #51
#44Patrick123US #37
#45Cody114US #81
#46Richard108US #27
#47Brett106US #73
#48Lucas106US #117
#49Paul106US #39
#50Bryan103US #47
#51Cory102US #83
#52Gregory102US #42
#53Shawn102US #53
#54Jared96US #56
#55Casey93US #90
#56Charles90US #33
#57Joel90US #67
#58Sean84US #44
#59Seth79US #98
#60Brent75US #94
#61Jordan75US #72
#62Stephen70US #35
#63Luke66US #105
#64Shane66US #84
#65Corey65US #74
#66Nathaniel65US #79
#67Craig64US #70
#68Keith64US #61
#69Douglas61US #69
#70Troy61US #113
#71Austin60US #131
#72Mitchell60US #143
#73Samuel60US #54
#74Todd59US #87
#75Curtis57US #100
#76Grant54US #167
#77Alexander53US #63
#78Kenneth51US #45
#79Cole50
#80Philip48US #82
#81Wesley48US #101
#82Phillip47US #66
#83Blake46US #109
#84Jeremiah45US #99
#85Donald44US #60
#86Clinton43US #141
#87Evan43US #93
#88Peter43US #59
#89Erik41US #80
#90Ross41US #186
#91Alan40US #102
#92Drew40US #182
#93Russell39US #104
#94Alex38US #123
#95Caleb38US #159
#96Marcus38US #58
#97Randy38US #96
#98Gary37US #68
#99Ian37US #77
#100Brad36US #175

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑23Valerie#72
↑22Samantha#39
↑21Grant#76
↑19Alexander#77
↑17Natalie#56
↑16Ashley#4
↑15Kathryn#38
↑15Stacey#64

Falling

↓20Melanie#100
↓19Beth#86
↓18Todd#74
↓17Dawn#83
↓14Kristina#76
↓14Randy#97
↓14Gary#98
↓11Kari#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.