State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,446 Iowa births in 1991 across 816 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#77Abbyoutside the national top 200
#78Mackenzie#199 nationally
#83Baileyoutside the national top 200
#90Kylieoutside the national top 200
#70Drew#177 nationally
#80Bryce#183 nationally
#88Levi#186 nationally
#91Grant#182 nationally
#75Cole#162 nationally
#58Tanner#141 nationally
#64Colton#145 nationally
#96Audrey#169 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley501US #1
#2Jessica456US #2
#3Emily361US #10
#4Amanda328US #4
#5Megan320US #11
#6Samantha314US #5
#7Sarah288US #6
#8Kayla254US #12
#9Brittany248US #3
#10Kelsey236US #26
#11Elizabeth231US #9
#12Stephanie218US #7
#13Nicole208US #15
#14Shelby203US #33
#15Jennifer197US #8
#16Hannah195US #29
#17Amber194US #16
#18Rachel194US #14
#19Courtney162US #19
#20Danielle150US #17
#21Taylor144US #32
#22Heather141US #23
#23Allison136US #50
#24Rebecca136US #21
#25Katie128US #53
#26Lauren124US #13
#27Morgan121US #49
#28Brooke120US #65
#29Lindsey118US #52
#30Alyssa117US #30
#31Chelsea116US #18
#32Sara109US #37
#33Amy106US #43
#34Jordan106US #62
#35Laura106US #35
#36Melissa106US #20
#37Katherine103US #25
#38Michelle101US #22
#39Anna99US #46
#40Katelyn97US #75
#41Molly96US #74
#42Erin92US #44
#43Cassandra90US #54
#44Andrea88US #39
#45Haley85US #79
#46Abigail82US #92
#47Paige82US #76
#48Tiffany81US #27
#49Mary80US #38
#50Mariah77US #69
#51Jenna74US #80
#52Brianna73US #51
#53Erica73US #40
#54Kimberly73US #34
#55Alexandra71US #36
#56Christina69US #31
#57Whitney67US #68
#58Alicia66US #63
#59Madison65US #128
#60Miranda63US #90
#61Holly62US #105
#62Leah62US #91
#63Olivia61US #61
#64Chelsey60US #129
#65Alexis59US #47
#66Breanna58US #107
#67Caitlin58US #55
#68Kathryn58US #57
#69Angela57US #59
#70Kaitlin56US #99
#71Kelly56US #42
#72Bethany55US #109
#73Brittney54US #58
#74Jamie54US #60
#75Sydney54US #134
#76Victoria54US #28
#77Abby52
#78Mackenzie51US #199
#79Tara50US #104
#80Kaitlyn49US #82
#81Kristin49US #86
#82Alexandria48US #78
#83Bailey47
#84Natalie47US #64
#85Kristen45US #48
#86Kristina45US #87
#87Lindsay44US #77
#88Kendra43US #118
#89Lacey43US #145
#90Kylie42
#91Lisa42US #83
#92Marissa42US #81
#93April41US #88
#94Carly40US #137
#95Maria39US #45
#96Audrey38US #169
#97Kara38US #106
#98Shannon37US #71
#99Ariel36US #66
#100Brandi36US #110

Boys

#1Jacob525US #17
#2Tyler503US #16
#3Michael486US #1
#4Matthew466US #3
#5Joshua428US #4
#6Ryan410US #11
#7Andrew393US #5
#8Cody382US #24
#9Zachary359US #22
#10Nicholas354US #12
#11Christopher334US #2
#12Jordan316US #29
#13Kyle300US #21
#14Brandon270US #15
#15Joseph267US #9
#16Justin249US #14
#17Nathan242US #42
#18Alexander230US #26
#19Austin225US #50
#20Daniel221US #6
#21Benjamin218US #33
#22Adam204US #36
#23Anthony199US #18
#24James197US #7
#25David195US #8
#26Aaron192US #31
#27John192US #10
#28Eric180US #25
#29Robert175US #13
#30Alex158US #63
#31William157US #19
#32Dylan153US #46
#33Jonathan153US #20
#34Thomas147US #28
#35Travis136US #44
#36Ethan135US #65
#37Taylor131US #52
#38Steven128US #27
#39Timothy128US #32
#40Samuel125US #39
#41Derek123US #59
#42Jared120US #64
#43Dustin118US #56
#44Brian111US #30
#45Sean108US #40
#46Mitchell107US #96
#47Lucas101US #107
#48Jesse99US #51
#49Kevin99US #23
#50Scott98US #57
#51Blake95US #86
#52Logan95US #94
#53Mark95US #47
#54Jeffrey94US #45
#55Jeremy93US #43
#56Jason92US #49
#57Patrick91US #35
#58Tanner91US #141
#59Bradley88US #67
#60Seth88US #99
#61Trevor86US #69
#62Caleb81US #78
#63Shawn80US #71
#64Colton75US #145
#65Brett73US #88
#66Charles70US #38
#67Shane69US #75
#68Cory68US #74
#69Dalton68US #136
#70Drew66US #177
#71Spencer65US #105
#72Casey64US #90
#73Devin64US #83
#74Dillon64US #103
#75Cole63US #162
#76Dakota63US #121
#77Luke61US #113
#78Richard60US #34
#79Christian59US #48
#80Bryce56US #183
#81Cameron56US #62
#82Evan56US #70
#83Chase55US #108
#84Nathaniel55US #84
#85Chad54US #104
#86Gregory54US #55
#87Marcus53US #76
#88Levi52US #186
#89Bryan50US #61
#90Kenneth48US #54
#91Grant47US #182
#92Corey46US #58
#93Joel46US #100
#94Paul45US #53
#95Ian43US #73
#96Stephen42US #41
#97Garrett41US #91
#98Wesley40US #106
#99Curtis36US #126
#100Devon35US #132

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑41Shelby#14
↑36Dylan#32
↑32Alexis#65
↑29Dalton#69
↑21Colton#64
↑20Sydney#75
↑19Taylor#21
↑19Breanna#66

Falling

↓34Paul#94
↓29Jamie#74
↓25Brandi#100
↓25Corey#92
↓24Lindsay#87
↓22Stephen#96
↓21Brittney#73
↓21Kristen#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.