State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,907 Iowa births in 1984 across 758 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#48Abbyoutside the national top 200
#79Shelbyoutside the national top 200
#79Coleoutside the national top 200
#67Kelsey#177 nationally
#77Grant#169 nationally
#68Kari#156 nationally
#83Beth#168 nationally
#47Molly#131 nationally
#63Kelli#147 nationally
#73Abigail#154 nationally
#50Lucas#130 nationally
#75Drew#153 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley708US #3
#2Jennifer618US #1
#3Jessica595US #2
#4Amanda565US #4
#5Megan434US #11
#6Sarah421US #5
#7Nicole326US #7
#8Heather315US #9
#9Amber295US #18
#10Melissa293US #8
#11Emily292US #24
#12Stephanie285US #6
#13Elizabeth277US #10
#14Amy265US #13
#15Rachel241US #15
#16Katie231US #44
#17Erin212US #25
#18Lindsey206US #35
#19Laura193US #19
#20Sara183US #32
#21Michelle182US #17
#22Danielle179US #16
#23Angela178US #26
#24Rebecca171US #23
#25Katherine153US #30
#26Jamie145US #31
#27Tiffany144US #14
#28Andrea143US #28
#29Lisa141US #29
#30Lindsay139US #36
#31Crystal131US #12
#32Kelly124US #27
#33Holly123US #53
#34Kathryn119US #48
#35Christina118US #20
#36Kimberly118US #22
#37Jenna115US #54
#38Kristin113US #47
#39Tara101US #49
#40Allison100US #51
#41Samantha95US #39
#42Mary94US #33
#43Alicia93US #40
#44Jill91US #120
#45Stacy89US #67
#46Courtney88US #46
#47Molly88US #131
#48Abby86
#49Cassandra84US #63
#50Erica81US #34
#51Julie81US #52
#52April79US #42
#53Shannon77US #37
#54Kayla76US #100
#55Carrie75US #78
#56Anna74US #57
#57Kara70US #95
#58Leah70US #83
#59Christine69US #43
#60Heidi67US #101
#61Brooke66US #99
#62Brandi64US #61
#63Kelli64US #147
#64Brittany62US #41
#65Chelsea61US #84
#66Natalie61US #55
#67Kelsey60US #177
#68Kari59US #156
#69Lacey59US #116
#70Nichole58US #97
#71Kristen57US #38
#72Lauren55US #21
#73Abigail53US #154
#74Stacey50US #79
#75Dana48US #73
#76Anne47US #127
#77Kristina47US #68
#78Meghan44US #65
#79Shelby44
#80Tracy44US #91
#81Valerie44US #76
#82Ann43US #160
#83Beth43US #168
#84Brandy43US #64
#85Jacqueline43US #56
#86Krystal43US #74
#87Bridget41US #163
#88Cassie41US #158
#89Kendra40US #150
#90Melinda40US #129
#91Natasha40US #77
#92Rachael40US #103
#93Catherine39US #69
#94Hannah39US #126
#95Alison38US #110
#96Bethany38US #93
#97Melanie38US #85
#98Sheena38US #80
#99Kathleen37US #71
#100Teresa37US #117

Boys

#1Matthew738US #3
#2Michael669US #1
#3Joshua645US #4
#4Christopher585US #2
#5Ryan556US #12
#6Adam546US #18
#7Andrew530US #14
#8Justin451US #13
#9Daniel413US #6
#10Nicholas403US #20
#11David402US #5
#12Jason361US #11
#13Joseph355US #10
#14Brandon346US #15
#15Jacob337US #37
#16Tyler336US #47
#17Nathan318US #38
#18Eric308US #22
#19John298US #8
#20Benjamin295US #30
#21James294US #7
#22Aaron280US #29
#23Brian279US #17
#24Kyle273US #34
#25Jeffrey245US #28
#26Robert243US #9
#27Travis237US #42
#28Dustin235US #41
#29Anthony216US #21
#30Timothy216US #26
#31Zachary209US #45
#32Jeremy207US #31
#33Jonathan207US #19
#34Scott200US #39
#35Thomas191US #25
#36Steven180US #23
#37William179US #16
#38Kevin173US #24
#39Mark160US #32
#40Chad152US #51
#41Cody150US #62
#42Jesse147US #50
#43Bradley134US #53
#44Derek129US #52
#45Patrick127US #36
#46Cory111US #83
#47Brett105US #72
#48Paul103US #40
#49Jared95US #59
#50Lucas93US #130
#51Sean93US #43
#52Luke91US #110
#53Charles90US #33
#54Bryan88US #48
#55Jordan87US #65
#56Gregory84US #44
#57Richard84US #27
#58Austin80US #117
#59Brent78US #89
#60Casey78US #82
#61Stephen77US #35
#62Shawn76US #56
#63Mitchell72US #125
#64Blake71US #103
#65Seth70US #99
#66Joel69US #66
#67Samuel68US #55
#68Todd68US #92
#69Corey67US #69
#70Shane64US #85
#71Alexander62US #54
#72Craig62US #75
#73Troy60US #114
#74Marcus59US #57
#75Drew57US #153
#76Nathaniel55US #80
#77Grant54US #169
#78Peter53US #60
#79Cole52
#80Curtis52US #96
#81Kenneth50US #46
#82Ian49US #78
#83Alex48US #93
#84Lee48US #124
#85Douglas44US #71
#86Keith44US #61
#87Jeremiah41US #102
#88Jon41US #147
#89Lance41US #127
#90Erik40US #84
#91Ross40US #155
#92Caleb38US #163
#93Evan38US #98
#94Philip38US #81
#95Trevor37US #115
#96Mathew36US #139
#97Phillip36US #70
#98Jeffery35US #94
#99Randy35US #100
#100Wesley35US #101

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑29Kelsey#67
↑22Marcus#74
↑21Tyler#16
↑19Blake#64
↑18Danielle#22
↑18Cassandra#49
↑17Drew#75
↑17Ian#82

Falling

↓19Kristen#71
↓19Bethany#96
↓19Kathleen#99
↓19Wesley#100
↓18Brooke#61
↓18Keith#86
↓17Shannon#53
↓16Douglas#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.