State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,085 Iowa births in 1989 across 803 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#66Abbyoutside the national top 200
#73Tanneroutside the national top 200
#75Baileyoutside the national top 200
#92Karioutside the national top 200
#98Jilloutside the national top 200
#70Levi#169 nationally
#85Bryce#181 nationally
#92Grant#180 nationally
#84Ross#168 nationally
#82Kelli#165 nationally
#71Kylie#151 nationally
#61Chelsey#140 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley551US #2
#2Jessica545US #1
#3Amanda462US #4
#4Samantha346US #6
#5Megan344US #11
#6Brittany336US #3
#7Emily335US #13
#8Sarah298US #5
#9Jennifer265US #7
#10Kayla248US #20
#11Kelsey245US #31
#12Nicole242US #12
#13Elizabeth235US #10
#14Stephanie232US #8
#15Amber203US #14
#16Rachel199US #18
#17Heather189US #15
#18Danielle178US #17
#19Katie155US #45
#20Alyssa150US #33
#21Tiffany150US #16
#22Courtney148US #21
#23Allison141US #46
#24Melissa139US #19
#25Sara139US #29
#26Laura138US #25
#27Lindsey134US #48
#28Erin125US #40
#29Michelle124US #22
#30Hannah122US #42
#31Chelsea120US #27
#32Amy116US #35
#33Cassandra115US #54
#34Katherine114US #26
#35Rebecca114US #24
#36Brooke108US #74
#37Christina102US #23
#38Andrea100US #39
#39Lauren100US #9
#40Anna96US #51
#41Molly88US #93
#42Alicia87US #53
#43Caitlin86US #49
#44Angela85US #47
#45Whitney84US #57
#46Jenna81US #71
#47Kristin81US #60
#48Abigail80US #94
#49Brittney78US #41
#50Lindsay77US #63
#51Lisa77US #55
#52Kimberly76US #28
#53Jamie75US #52
#54Kathryn73US #58
#55Katelyn70US #76
#56Leah70US #83
#57Morgan70US #69
#58Erica64US #34
#59Kelly64US #37
#60Mary64US #38
#61Chelsey63US #140
#62Jordan59US #72
#63Alexandra57US #43
#64Crystal56US #32
#65Paige55US #124
#66Abby54
#67Holly53US #79
#68Natalie52US #62
#69Bethany51US #102
#70Kendra51US #99
#71Kylie51US #151
#72Melanie51US #88
#73Shannon51US #61
#74Tara51US #70
#75Bailey48
#76Kristen48US #36
#77Haley47US #125
#78Kaitlyn47US #95
#79April46US #66
#80Brianna45US #77
#81Christine45US #59
#82Kelli45US #165
#83Miranda45US #130
#84Kara44US #101
#85Kristina44US #65
#86Taylor44US #75
#87Julie43US #78
#88Natasha43US #87
#89Kaitlin42US #100
#90Kathleen41US #90
#91Rachael41US #109
#92Kari40
#93Nichole40US #136
#94Alexandria39US #104
#95Carrie38US #148
#96Margaret38US #97
#97Maria38US #56
#98Jill37
#99Alison36US #119
#100Brandi36US #98

Boys

#1Michael556US #1
#2Joshua494US #4
#3Matthew483US #3
#4Andrew450US #7
#5Jacob417US #26
#6Nicholas416US #14
#7Ryan411US #13
#8Christopher395US #2
#9Tyler386US #30
#10Justin343US #8
#11Kyle342US #20
#12Zachary333US #25
#13Adam305US #27
#14Daniel302US #6
#15Benjamin301US #29
#16Brandon274US #18
#17Joseph274US #11
#18Cody268US #45
#19Nathan260US #43
#20David247US #5
#21John229US #12
#22Aaron211US #31
#23Eric211US #21
#24James211US #9
#25Austin210US #59
#26Jordan204US #44
#27Robert195US #10
#28Anthony192US #16
#29Jonathan167US #17
#30Alexander166US #32
#31Dustin166US #48
#32Brian165US #24
#33Steven162US #22
#34Thomas162US #23
#35Travis162US #41
#36Jason159US #35
#37Alex156US #60
#38Kevin155US #19
#39Timothy152US #28
#40Derek142US #54
#41William134US #15
#42Jesse129US #50
#43Scott129US #51
#44Samuel128US #47
#45Jeremy125US #34
#46Bradley118US #58
#47Jared116US #57
#48Cory114US #61
#49Jeffrey114US #37
#50Lucas106US #114
#51Mark106US #42
#52Sean106US #39
#53Mitchell101US #93
#54Brett94US #81
#55Ethan91US #87
#56Patrick89US #38
#57Seth89US #94
#58Logan87US #104
#59Charles79US #36
#60Bryan78US #56
#61Shane76US #71
#62Gregory74US #52
#63Chad72US #74
#64Taylor71US #72
#65Blake68US #97
#66Stephen68US #40
#67Evan66US #69
#68Caleb65US #91
#69Paul64US #49
#70Levi63US #169
#71Trevor63US #83
#72Marcus60US #67
#73Tanner60
#74Spencer59US #107
#75Shawn58US #65
#76Corey57US #55
#77Richard57US #33
#78Joel56US #88
#79Chase55US #113
#80Drew55US #150
#81Cameron54US #64
#82Colton54US #157
#83Ian53US #68
#84Ross52US #168
#85Bryce51US #181
#86Casey49US #90
#87Brent47US #118
#88Devin47US #96
#89Luke47US #121
#90Nathaniel47US #84
#91Curtis45US #111
#92Grant45US #180
#93Garrett44US #102
#94Peter43US #66
#95Craig40US #105
#96Wesley40US #98
#97Kenneth39US #53
#98Todd38US #146
#99Phillip37US #75
#100Troy37US #124

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑35Jordan#62
↑29Chelsey#61
↑23Levi#70
↑19Brittney#49
↑18Brooke#36
↑17Austin#25
↑16Abigail#48
↑15Morgan#57

Falling

↓23Alison#99
↓19Crystal#64
↓18Holly#67
↓18Tara#74
↓18Kristen#76
↓18Jill#98
↓18Shawn#75
↓17Julie#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.