State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,416 Iowa births in 1993 across 886 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#84Abbyoutside the national top 200
#98Trentonoutside the national top 200
#100Kylieoutside the national top 200
#74Brady#174 nationally
#70Levi#162 nationally
#55Bailey#146 nationally
#73Bryce#163 nationally
#85Kaylee#167 nationally
#93Drew#173 nationally
#53Cole#130 nationally
#41Mackenzie#113 nationally
#80Grant#151 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley355US #2
#2Jessica325US #1
#3Taylor324US #7
#4Emily317US #5
#5Samantha300US #4
#6Megan279US #11
#7Sarah230US #3
#8Rachel223US #14
#9Amanda218US #8
#10Elizabeth218US #9
#11Kelsey217US #24
#12Nicole215US #13
#13Kayla208US #16
#14Brittany195US #6
#15Hannah174US #21
#16Shelby172US #37
#17Courtney168US #20
#18Stephanie162US #10
#19Amber158US #17
#20Jennifer146US #15
#21Allison143US #41
#22Alyssa139US #26
#23Morgan133US #34
#24Danielle129US #18
#25Lauren129US #12
#26Abigail126US #67
#27Paige124US #60
#28Rebecca119US #22
#29Katelyn117US #54
#30Jenna116US #70
#31Alexis115US #27
#32Katherine110US #29
#33Haley108US #42
#34Kaitlyn106US #46
#35Anna105US #47
#36Jordan105US #58
#37Brooke101US #52
#38Madison100US #78
#39Chelsea99US #25
#40Brianna97US #32
#41Mackenzie96US #113
#42Sara92US #40
#43Katie90US #63
#44Alexandra85US #28
#45Molly84US #87
#46Laura79US #43
#47Cassandra78US #66
#48Emma76US #80
#49Erin76US #48
#50Olivia76US #50
#51Heather75US #38
#52Mary75US #36
#53Victoria74US #19
#54Tiffany73US #33
#55Bailey71US #146
#56Melissa71US #30
#57Michelle70US #31
#58Caitlin69US #64
#59Miranda69US #89
#60Lindsey68US #56
#61Whitney67US #82
#62Amy65US #65
#63Alexandria63US #69
#64Kathryn63US #68
#65Leah63US #92
#66Alicia61US #76
#67Mariah60US #81
#68Brittney59US #77
#69Kaitlin58US #99
#70Andrea57US #44
#71Marissa57US #59
#72Shannon55US #53
#73Kimberly52US #39
#74Bethany51US #115
#75Christina51US #35
#76Jamie51US #79
#77Erica50US #49
#78Jasmine50US #23
#79Kendra50US #128
#80Natalie49US #62
#81Breanna48US #83
#82Sierra48US #91
#83Angela47US #73
#84Abby45
#85Kaylee43US #167
#86Maria43US #45
#87Sydney43US #106
#88Chelsey40US #145
#89Brandi39US #124
#90Crystal39US #57
#91Lindsay39US #88
#92Kelly38US #51
#93Madeline38US #127
#94Cheyenne37US #135
#95Holly37US #108
#96Kara37US #131
#97Meghan37US #93
#98Alexa36US #107
#99Catherine35US #75
#100Kylie35

Boys

#1Jacob550US #9
#2Tyler494US #5
#3Austin446US #26
#4Zachary379US #15
#5Nicholas377US #8
#6Michael372US #1
#7Andrew357US #10
#8Cody347US #24
#9Matthew338US #3
#10Brandon321US #6
#11Ryan321US #13
#12Joshua312US #4
#13Jordan296US #28
#14Christopher270US #2
#15Joseph255US #12
#16Alexander251US #21
#17Kyle249US #23
#18Benjamin233US #32
#19Nathan216US #41
#20Dylan209US #33
#21Daniel208US #7
#22Justin193US #20
#23David184US #11
#24Adam162US #39
#25Alex158US #52
#26Samuel154US #37
#27James151US #14
#28Aaron148US #30
#29John147US #16
#30Tanner147US #98
#31Logan144US #76
#32Robert140US #17
#33Taylor140US #51
#34Anthony137US #19
#35Blake128US #83
#36Dakota125US #85
#37Lucas123US #95
#38Eric122US #29
#39Thomas121US #27
#40Jonathan120US #22
#41William117US #18
#42Jared113US #63
#43Mitchell113US #81
#44Jesse112US #48
#45Travis109US #50
#46Caleb106US #66
#47Connor105US #57
#48Dustin105US #59
#49Trevor103US #64
#50Dalton101US #106
#51Timothy101US #38
#52Brian100US #34
#53Cole100US #130
#54Steven93US #31
#55Ethan90US #92
#56Derek88US #67
#57Seth87US #93
#58Colton85US #126
#59Dillon81US #90
#60Sean80US #42
#61Spencer79US #96
#62Brett78US #102
#63Patrick78US #43
#64Bradley77US #73
#65Kevin77US #25
#66Christian75US #35
#67Jason75US #45
#68Devin73US #71
#69Evan73US #62
#70Levi69US #162
#71Jeremy68US #46
#72Luke66US #87
#73Bryce64US #163
#74Brady63US #174
#75Colin63US #121
#76Cory60US #94
#77Jeffrey60US #53
#78Mark60US #49
#79Cameron59US #54
#80Grant59US #151
#81Ian58US #70
#82Scott58US #69
#83Charles56US #44
#84Hunter56US #97
#85Shawn56US #77
#86Casey54US #112
#87Garrett54US #79
#88Nathaniel54US #75
#89Marcus53US #74
#90Stephen50US #47
#91Chase49US #116
#92Richard49US #40
#93Drew48US #173
#94Paul45US #56
#95Isaac44US #110
#96Mason42US #137
#97Shane42US #84
#98Trenton41
#99Collin40US #149
#100Alec38US #154

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑29Connor#47
↑26Abigail#26
↑25Alexis#31
↑25Colin#75
↑24Bailey#55
↑20Brady#74
↑19Logan#31
↑19Dakota#36

Falling

↓33Shane#97
↓25Holly#95
↓24Andrea#70
↓22Chelsea#39
↓21Lindsey#60
↓20Heather#51
↓18Breanna#81
↓17Dillon#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.