State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,498 Iowa births in 1990 across 821 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
#76Tanneroutside the national top 200
#87Mackenzieoutside the national top 200
#93Baileyoutside the national top 200
#81Grant#183 nationally
#100Bradyoutside the national top 200
#95Ross#190 nationally
#98Dalton#193 nationally
#69Drew#160 nationally
#89Kylie#180 nationally
#89Levi#180 nationally
#92Kelli#182 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley573US #2
#2Jessica479US #1
#3Amanda393US #4
#4Samantha348US #5
#5Emily346US #12
#6Megan327US #11
#7Brittany311US #3
#8Sarah274US #6
#9Elizabeth239US #9
#10Stephanie238US #7
#11Kayla227US #14
#12Jennifer224US #8
#13Kelsey223US #32
#14Nicole223US #13
#15Rachel206US #16
#16Amber203US #15
#17Courtney197US #17
#18Hannah185US #30
#19Heather171US #19
#20Danielle158US #18
#21Chelsea146US #24
#22Alyssa144US #27
#23Laura142US #29
#24Rebecca135US #21
#25Melissa132US #20
#26Katie130US #53
#27Sara128US #34
#28Cassandra126US #49
#29Allison121US #48
#30Michelle121US #22
#31Tiffany120US #23
#32Amy118US #38
#33Andrea115US #40
#34Anna106US #45
#35Paige104US #79
#36Erin103US #43
#37Jordan103US #59
#38Lauren103US #10
#39Katherine100US #26
#40Taylor100US #46
#41Lindsey96US #51
#42Morgan94US #58
#43Brooke93US #70
#44Molly91US #80
#45Jamie90US #55
#46Alicia83US #54
#47Katelyn83US #75
#48Abigail82US #90
#49Kimberly79US #31
#50Kathryn78US #57
#51Whitney78US #60
#52Brittney77US #44
#53Angela73US #52
#54Jenna71US #81
#55Shelby70US #100
#56Alexandra69US #37
#57Brianna68US #61
#58Christina65US #25
#59Leah65US #82
#60Haley64US #108
#61Caitlin63US #50
#62Erica63US #36
#63Lindsay63US #69
#64Kristen62US #42
#65Mary62US #35
#66Abby61
#67Kristina59US #77
#68Bethany58US #107
#69Holly58US #89
#70Natalie58US #63
#71Kaitlin56US #101
#72Kelly56US #41
#73Kaitlyn53US #78
#74Kristin52US #65
#75Brandi51US #103
#76Miranda51US #112
#77Crystal50US #39
#78Victoria48US #33
#79Kendra47US #117
#80Lisa47US #64
#81Alison46US #132
#82Chelsey46US #128
#83Lacey45US #148
#84Tara44US #85
#85Breanna42US #113
#86Kara42US #110
#87Mackenzie42
#88Krista41US #145
#89Kylie41US #180
#90Rachael41US #111
#91Catherine39US #71
#92Kelli38US #182
#93Bailey37
#94Natasha37US #105
#95Sydney37US #150
#96Alexandria36US #95
#97Alexis36US #66
#98Kathleen36US #92
#99April35US #73
#100Casey34US #106

Boys

#1Michael525US #1
#2Jacob524US #20
#3Matthew505US #3
#4Tyler483US #21
#5Andrew453US #7
#6Joshua405US #4
#7Ryan398US #11
#8Nicholas392US #14
#9Christopher377US #2
#10Kyle355US #18
#11Zachary352US #22
#12Cody351US #31
#13Justin334US #9
#14Jordan309US #29
#15Benjamin302US #33
#16Joseph274US #10
#17Daniel258US #5
#18Brandon256US #19
#19Austin242US #55
#20Nathan233US #44
#21David232US #6
#22James224US #8
#23Aaron219US #34
#24Adam213US #32
#25Eric194US #24
#26John192US #12
#27Anthony181US #15
#28Travis181US #42
#29Alexander164US #28
#30Alex162US #59
#31Thomas162US #26
#32Ethan156US #58
#33Robert153US #13
#34Derek150US #54
#35Jonathan149US #17
#36Brian145US #27
#37Steven145US #25
#38Jason136US #46
#39Taylor134US #64
#40Timothy133US #30
#41William133US #16
#42Dustin124US #50
#43Jesse116US #48
#44Mitchell116US #93
#45Jeremy115US #40
#46Lucas110US #112
#47Samuel110US #45
#48Jared108US #63
#49Logan108US #104
#50Patrick106US #36
#51Cory103US #67
#52Kevin103US #23
#53Blake101US #91
#54Trevor100US #76
#55Scott98US #53
#56Brett97US #84
#57Jeffrey94US #43
#58Sean91US #37
#59Bradley89US #65
#60Paul86US #49
#61Shawn83US #69
#62Caleb81US #88
#63Mark79US #47
#64Seth78US #102
#65Charles75US #38
#66Shane73US #73
#67Corey72US #56
#68Dylan72US #83
#69Drew71US #160
#70Nathaniel71US #86
#71Cameron70US #62
#72Bryan69US #57
#73Gregory68US #51
#74Stephen68US #39
#75Chase67US #110
#76Tanner67
#77Chad65US #85
#78Richard65US #35
#79Luke64US #118
#80Casey61US #89
#81Grant58US #183
#82Evan57US #71
#83Devin56US #98
#84Spencer55US #105
#85Colton53US #139
#86Joel53US #95
#87Ian50US #70
#88Bryce49US #169
#89Levi46US #180
#90Marcus46US #72
#91Brent44US #127
#92Peter43US #74
#93Colin42US #122
#94Douglas42US #103
#95Ross42US #190
#96Garrett41US #99
#97Wesley40US #107
#98Dalton39US #193
#99Keith39US #80
#100Brady37

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑46Taylor#40
↑30Paige#35
↑25Jordan#37
↑25Brandi#75
↑25Taylor#39
↑23Brianna#57
↑23Ethan#32
↑20Nathaniel#70

Falling

↓29Lisa#80
↓27Kristin#74
↓21Christina#58
↓21Chelsey#82
↓20April#99
↓19Levi#89
↓18Caitlin#61
↓18Kylie#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.