State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,338 Iowa births in 1987 across 767 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#58Abbyoutside the national top 200
#56Jill#197 nationally
#88Tanneroutside the national top 200
#81Levi#193 nationally
#92Coleoutside the national top 200
#100Baileyoutside the national top 200
#86Chelsey#186 nationally
#83Grant#175 nationally
#83Kari#167 nationally
#66Heidi#144 nationally
#93Paige#171 nationally
#81Cassie#155 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley732US #2
#2Jessica588US #1
#3Amanda534US #3
#4Sarah352US #5
#5Jennifer348US #4
#6Megan344US #12
#7Emily281US #19
#8Nicole278US #8
#9Amber248US #15
#10Samantha247US #11
#11Amy232US #24
#12Stephanie221US #6
#13Elizabeth216US #10
#14Heather216US #9
#15Danielle207US #14
#16Kayla200US #27
#17Katie196US #38
#18Rachel189US #17
#19Melissa177US #13
#20Sara174US #29
#21Brittany159US #7
#22Laura152US #22
#23Allison150US #44
#24Kelsey142US #67
#25Lindsey137US #41
#26Kimberly133US #23
#27Michelle133US #21
#28Tiffany128US #18
#29Molly127US #97
#30Whitney125US #32
#31Erin117US #34
#32Jamie115US #39
#33Rebecca107US #25
#34Lisa106US #40
#35Angela103US #35
#36Katherine103US #28
#37Andrea101US #36
#38Chelsea94US #47
#39Christina94US #20
#40Kelly93US #30
#41Alicia92US #46
#42Lindsay92US #49
#43Anna89US #52
#44Courtney89US #33
#45Jenna89US #57
#46Kathryn85US #51
#47Holly80US #71
#48Cassandra78US #68
#49Shannon77US #45
#50Alyssa71US #60
#51Tara71US #69
#52Mallory70US #91
#53Lauren69US #16
#54Brooke66US #94
#55Hannah66US #66
#56Jill66US #197
#57Kristin64US #55
#58Abby63
#59Kristen63US #42
#60Crystal61US #26
#61Leah61US #82
#62Mary58US #37
#63Erica57US #31
#64Stacy55US #101
#65Kara53US #104
#66Heidi52US #144
#67Lacey52US #117
#68Brittney50US #61
#69Christine50US #48
#70Abigail49US #138
#71April49US #58
#72Bethany48US #87
#73Brandi47US #88
#74Natalie47US #56
#75Kelli46US #131
#76Morgan46US #95
#77Kendra44US #77
#78Carrie43US #119
#79Julie43US #65
#80Vanessa43US #43
#81Cassie41US #155
#82Krista41US #108
#83Kari40US #167
#84Krystal39US #70
#85Nichole39US #111
#86Chelsey38US #186
#87Margaret38US #90
#88Dana37US #83
#89Maria37US #53
#90Monica37US #64
#91Victoria37US #50
#92Meredith36US #148
#93Paige36US #171
#94Caitlin35US #63
#95Kristina35US #62
#96Casey33US #81
#97Catherine33US #74
#98Stacey33US #103
#99Alison32US #100
#100Bailey32

Boys

#1Michael588US #1
#2Matthew569US #3
#3Andrew547US #6
#4Joshua478US #4
#5Christopher433US #2
#6Ryan399US #13
#7Justin388US #9
#8Nicholas380US #16
#9Jacob366US #31
#10Kyle335US #22
#11Tyler333US #39
#12Daniel324US #7
#13Adam319US #27
#14David314US #5
#15Benjamin292US #28
#16Joseph271US #12
#17Brandon261US #14
#18Nathan237US #45
#19John236US #11
#20James235US #8
#21Eric230US #21
#22Brian222US #20
#23Jason217US #23
#24Zachary217US #33
#25Robert216US #10
#26Cody213US #49
#27Dustin201US #44
#28Anthony196US #17
#29Aaron186US #34
#30Jonathan184US #18
#31Timothy183US #26
#32Travis175US #42
#33Jeremy165US #29
#34William163US #15
#35Jeffrey160US #32
#36Derek159US #54
#37Steven153US #25
#38Scott152US #43
#39Thomas151US #24
#40Jordan150US #52
#41Austin140US #76
#42Alex133US #60
#43Mark132US #36
#44Kevin129US #19
#45Alexander121US #37
#46Bradley117US #56
#47Cory115US #62
#48Jared105US #58
#49Jesse103US #55
#50Samuel101US #50
#51Patrick96US #41
#52Mitchell86US #101
#53Shane86US #65
#54Paul85US #46
#55Sean85US #40
#56Richard84US #30
#57Brett83US #71
#58Gregory82US #47
#59Chad81US #63
#60Lucas80US #121
#61Bryan77US #51
#62Charles74US #35
#63Shawn71US #59
#64Seth67US #89
#65Stephen66US #38
#66Luke65US #111
#67Casey64US #80
#68Joel63US #75
#69Corey61US #57
#70Curtis59US #100
#71Logan58US #144
#72Trevor58US #93
#73Caleb55US #115
#74Brent54US #103
#75Todd52US #120
#76Peter51US #64
#77Spencer51US #124
#78Kenneth50US #53
#79Blake48US #106
#80Nathaniel48US #78
#81Levi46US #193
#82Devin45US #99
#83Grant45US #175
#84Marcus45US #67
#85Douglas44US #85
#86Evan43US #83
#87Phillip42US #68
#88Tanner42
#89Chase41US #139
#90Drew40US #160
#91Keith40US #69
#92Cole39
#93Mathew38US #140
#94Dylan37US #141
#95Ian37US #81
#96Craig35US #88
#97Jeffery35US #109
#98Wesley35US #92
#99Troy32US #122
#100Donald31US #70

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑31Shannon#49
↑27Brandi#73
↑24Kayla#16
↑21Leah#61
↑19Molly#29
↑18Kelsey#24
↑16Mallory#52
↑15Alyssa#50

Falling

↓31Kristina#95
↓25Alison#99
↓20April#71
↓20Donald#100
↓19Nichole#85
↓19Drew#90
↓19Craig#96
↓15Crystal#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.