State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,828 Iowa births in 1992 across 838 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#88Abbyoutside the national top 200
#66Bryce#175 nationally
#87Kylie#195 nationally
#94Bradyoutside the national top 200
#79Bailey#177 nationally
#96Nichole#192 nationally
#74Levi#166 nationally
#93Zachery#184 nationally
#54Cole#143 nationally
#38Mackenzie#126 nationally
#97Drew#182 nationally
#89Mallory#172 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley406US #1
#2Jessica371US #2
#3Emily322US #7
#4Samantha322US #6
#5Megan319US #10
#6Kelsey257US #23
#7Amanda256US #3
#8Sarah253US #5
#9Brittany243US #4
#10Kayla234US #13
#11Taylor224US #17
#12Rachel217US #16
#13Elizabeth213US #9
#14Nicole209US #14
#15Shelby189US #34
#16Hannah174US #26
#17Chelsea168US #15
#18Amber164US #19
#19Danielle155US #18
#20Allison154US #48
#21Stephanie154US #8
#22Courtney153US #21
#23Jennifer151US #11
#24Lauren147US #12
#25Rebecca135US #20
#26Alyssa132US #30
#27Katie128US #54
#28Morgan127US #41
#29Paige119US #64
#30Jordan115US #63
#31Heather114US #31
#32Brooke113US #59
#33Haley112US #56
#34Erin109US #46
#35Katherine103US #27
#36Cassandra99US #52
#37Jenna99US #67
#38Mackenzie98US #126
#39Lindsey96US #57
#40Kaitlyn95US #42
#41Katelyn95US #65
#42Melissa94US #24
#43Sara93US #37
#44Tiffany92US #32
#45Molly91US #83
#46Andrea86US #39
#47Anna85US #49
#48Michelle84US #25
#49Alexandra83US #29
#50Brianna83US #43
#51Amy77US #51
#52Abigail73US #86
#53Laura73US #38
#54Mariah73US #74
#55Madison72US #107
#56Alexis70US #40
#57Kimberly68US #35
#58Victoria68US #22
#59Mary64US #36
#60Alicia63US #71
#61Olivia63US #58
#62Kathryn62US #60
#63Breanna61US #94
#64Emma61US #104
#65Whitney61US #85
#66Brittney60US #68
#67Miranda59US #89
#68Caitlin57US #62
#69Christina57US #33
#70Holly57US #99
#71Jamie56US #75
#72Marissa56US #72
#73Chelsey55US #117
#74Erica54US #44
#75Natalie54US #61
#76Alexandria52US #73
#77Kelly51US #47
#78Kendra51US #125
#79Bailey50US #177
#80Bethany50US #115
#81Kara50US #114
#82Lindsay49US #81
#83Leah48US #96
#84Angela44US #69
#85Crystal44US #50
#86Kristen43US #53
#87Kylie43US #195
#88Abby42
#89Mallory42US #172
#90Shannon42US #66
#91Sydney42US #124
#92Jasmine41US #28
#93Kristin41US #90
#94Hailey40US #160
#95Natasha40US #120
#96Nichole40US #192
#97Ariel39US #87
#98Hillary38US #132
#99Kristina37US #93
#100Catherine36US #78

Boys

#1Jacob517US #15
#2Tyler517US #8
#3Michael458US #1
#4Zachary412US #16
#5Matthew399US #3
#6Andrew387US #5
#7Nicholas367US #12
#8Cody357US #24
#9Joshua342US #4
#10Brandon323US #6
#11Austin319US #38
#12Ryan307US #13
#13Christopher294US #2
#14Kyle291US #22
#15Alexander259US #23
#16Jordan254US #32
#17Daniel238US #7
#18Benjamin233US #33
#19Joseph229US #11
#20Justin226US #18
#21Dylan218US #28
#22David204US #10
#23Nathan196US #44
#24James183US #9
#25John183US #14
#26Anthony172US #19
#27Alex171US #54
#28Adam166US #36
#29William160US #20
#30Aaron150US #30
#31Jonathan149US #21
#32Eric145US #26
#33Samuel143US #40
#34Robert140US #17
#35Travis128US #48
#36Tanner126US #101
#37Mitchell120US #91
#38Taylor120US #52
#39Thomas117US #27
#40Dustin116US #58
#41Timothy116US #34
#42Dillon115US #73
#43Lucas113US #106
#44Blake111US #84
#45Ethan107US #76
#46Caleb105US #74
#47Jesse105US #50
#48Derek104US #62
#49Spencer100US #99
#50Logan97US #89
#51Trevor96US #63
#52Brian92US #31
#53Sean92US #42
#54Cole90US #143
#55Dakota90US #103
#56Jared90US #67
#57Colton88US #133
#58Kevin86US #25
#59Seth84US #94
#60Steven84US #29
#61Bradley82US #72
#62Dalton78US #121
#63Patrick77US #39
#64Shane76US #77
#65Scott74US #61
#66Bryce73US #175
#67Evan73US #66
#68Brett72US #97
#69Luke72US #93
#70Jeremy71US #47
#71Christian69US #35
#72Cory69US #83
#73Jason69US #46
#74Levi68US #166
#75Charles67US #43
#76Connor65US #80
#77Jeffrey62US #51
#78Mark61US #49
#79Chase60US #116
#80Cameron59US #53
#81Shawn55US #71
#82Stephen55US #45
#83Devin54US #75
#84Garrett54US #88
#85Casey53US #105
#86Richard53US #41
#87Ian51US #68
#88Curtis50US #142
#89Grant50US #167
#90Nathaniel50US #79
#91Gregory49US #60
#92Alec46US #172
#93Zachery45US #184
#94Brady44
#95Chad44US #108
#96Marcus44US #82
#97Drew43US #182
#98Bryan42US #57
#99Joel42US #100
#100Colin40US #126

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑40Mackenzie#38
↑40Kaitlyn#40
↑32Dillon#42
↑22Tanner#36
↑22Spencer#49
↑21Cole#54
↑21Dakota#55
↑20Marissa#72

Falling

↓27Drew#97
↓25Mark#78
↓23Jeffrey#77
↓22Steven#60
↓21Erica#74
↓21Leah#83
↓18Amy#51
↓18Laura#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.