State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,332 Iowa births in 1988 across 800 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#60Abbyoutside the national top 200
#80Tanneroutside the national top 200
#80Jill#197 nationally
#84Bradyoutside the national top 200
#85Kari#187 nationally
#81Bryce#179 nationally
#77Grant#172 nationally
#93Levi#174 nationally
#71Paige#151 nationally
#96Cassie#176 nationally
#79Kelli#150 nationally
#89Drew#159 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley603US #2
#2Amanda528US #3
#3Jessica510US #1
#4Sarah357US #4
#5Megan351US #12
#6Emily307US #18
#7Jennifer306US #5
#8Samantha290US #8
#9Kayla261US #20
#10Nicole261US #9
#11Elizabeth244US #10
#12Amber235US #15
#13Heather225US #14
#14Rachel209US #19
#15Stephanie206US #7
#16Katie198US #40
#17Kelsey198US #64
#18Brittany194US #6
#19Danielle193US #17
#20Melissa172US #16
#21Courtney155US #24
#22Tiffany153US #13
#23Sara151US #30
#24Amy145US #29
#25Laura140US #23
#26Michelle137US #21
#27Chelsea127US #33
#28Lindsey121US #48
#29Rebecca117US #26
#30Allison112US #46
#31Whitney112US #39
#32Andrea108US #35
#33Alyssa106US #47
#34Jenna105US #66
#35Erin104US #37
#36Katherine103US #27
#37Jamie101US #45
#38Lauren98US #11
#39Hannah96US #61
#40Angela93US #38
#41Kimberly93US #25
#42Anna92US #54
#43Cassandra89US #59
#44Alicia88US #50
#45Crystal86US #28
#46Caitlin78US #44
#47Molly78US #86
#48Christina76US #22
#49Holly76US #72
#50Kelly73US #32
#51Mary73US #34
#52Lisa72US #43
#53Kristin70US #58
#54Brooke69US #87
#55Lindsay69US #57
#56Tara66US #67
#57Kathryn65US #55
#58Kristen61US #36
#59Mallory61US #120
#60Abby59
#61Lacey59US #129
#62Bethany56US #89
#63Katelyn56US #84
#64Abigail54US #118
#65Alexandra54US #49
#66Kendra54US #80
#67Erica53US #31
#68Brittney51US #52
#69Leah50US #82
#70Julie49US #71
#71Paige49US #151
#72Morgan48US #78
#73Christine47US #51
#74Natalie46US #63
#75Alisha45US #126
#76Alison44US #113
#77Kara44US #95
#78Kathleen44US #75
#79Kelli43US #150
#80Jill42US #197
#81April41US #65
#82Natasha41US #73
#83Nichole41US #115
#84Shannon41US #56
#85Kari39US #187
#86Taylor39US #102
#87Krista38US #112
#88Kristina38US #68
#89Victoria38US #42
#90Chelsey37US #149
#91Meghan37US #81
#92Brianna36US #96
#93Kaitlin36US #98
#94Maria36US #60
#95Carrie34US #132
#96Cassie34US #176
#97Jordan33US #136
#98Jacqueline32US #62
#99Stacey32US #119
#100Casey31US #92

Boys

#1Matthew573US #3
#2Andrew538US #5
#3Michael524US #1
#4Joshua459US #4
#5Nicholas444US #14
#6Jacob408US #28
#7Justin399US #7
#8Ryan394US #13
#9Christopher386US #2
#10Tyler382US #33
#11Kyle316US #21
#12Adam315US #26
#13Daniel309US #8
#14Benjamin297US #30
#15Zachary297US #29
#16Cody280US #43
#17David262US #6
#18Brandon261US #17
#19Nathan257US #44
#20Joseph236US #12
#21Eric221US #19
#22James221US #9
#23Travis218US #41
#24Aaron206US #31
#25Anthony196US #18
#26Brian190US #22
#27John182US #11
#28Robert180US #10
#29Alex178US #58
#30Thomas178US #23
#31Jonathan163US #15
#32Dustin162US #48
#33Jason159US #27
#34Jordan157US #52
#35Scott153US #47
#36Alexander146US #34
#37Jeffrey146US #36
#38Timothy142US #25
#39Steven139US #24
#40Derek138US #53
#41William137US #16
#42Austin133US #63
#43Kevin130US #20
#44Jeremy129US #35
#45Bradley114US #57
#46Samuel112US #45
#47Cory109US #59
#48Jared107US #60
#49Mark107US #39
#50Jesse106US #55
#51Lucas106US #112
#52Patrick100US #42
#53Sean95US #38
#54Mitchell92US #95
#55Chad88US #65
#56Seth88US #90
#57Shawn82US #61
#58Logan77US #109
#59Charles74US #37
#60Shane72US #67
#61Blake70US #103
#62Caleb69US #108
#63Brett68US #73
#64Gregory67US #50
#65Joel65US #85
#66Stephen65US #40
#67Corey63US #56
#68Richard63US #32
#69Trevor63US #87
#70Bryan62US #54
#71Casey59US #83
#72Taylor58US #91
#73Brent54US #107
#74Paul53US #46
#75Curtis52US #105
#76Evan52US #74
#77Grant50US #172
#78Luke50US #119
#79Marcus48US #66
#80Tanner48
#81Bryce44US #179
#82Spencer44US #114
#83Nathaniel43US #81
#84Brady42
#85Donald42US #76
#86Kenneth42US #51
#87Todd42US #135
#88Wesley42US #93
#89Drew41US #159
#90Ian41US #77
#91Cameron40US #69
#92Troy40US #124
#93Levi39US #174
#94Chase36US #127
#95Douglas36US #88
#96Keith35US #70
#97Devin34US #98
#98Dylan34US #137
#99Craig33US #96
#100Peter33US #64

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑48Caitlin#46
↑23Courtney#21
↑23Alison#76
↑22Paige#71
↑18Blake#61
↑17Alyssa#33
↑16Hannah#39
↑15Lauren#38

Falling

↓35Shannon#84
↓24Jill#80
↓24Peter#100
↓20Paul#74
↓18Molly#47
↓18Lisa#52
↓17Carrie#95
↓15Kimberly#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.