State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,224 Iowa births in 1994 across 856 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#73Abbyoutside the national top 200
#65Brady#173 nationally
#96Makayla#199 nationally
#96Wyatt#197 nationally
#64Levi#157 nationally
#97Mallory#187 nationally
#86Drew#171 nationally
#54Bailey#137 nationally
#76Kylie#158 nationally
#76Bryce#150 nationally
#40Cole#111 nationally
#50Colton#121 nationally

Girls

#1Emily372US #3
#2Ashley335US #2
#3Taylor292US #6
#4Megan274US #10
#5Jessica267US #1
#6Samantha246US #4
#7Hannah228US #16
#8Sarah215US #5
#9Kelsey198US #29
#10Elizabeth190US #9
#11Rachel183US #13
#12Morgan178US #25
#13Brittany176US #7
#14Nicole176US #11
#15Amanda164US #8
#16Kayla157US #12
#17Shelby155US #40
#18Courtney145US #22
#19Lauren133US #14
#20Allison131US #34
#21Danielle131US #20
#22Haley128US #36
#23Katelyn126US #58
#24Alexis122US #18
#25Madison118US #51
#26Stephanie117US #15
#27Abigail116US #42
#28Amber116US #21
#29Jennifer113US #17
#30Brooke109US #54
#31Anna108US #41
#32Jordan107US #52
#33Paige106US #63
#34Alyssa101US #26
#35Brianna99US #27
#36Alexandra98US #28
#37Rebecca97US #24
#38Emma91US #74
#39Katherine91US #30
#40Mackenzie91US #102
#41Kaitlyn90US #48
#42Erin87US #45
#43Miranda82US #61
#44Jenna81US #80
#45Lindsey81US #69
#46Sara81US #43
#47Cassandra78US #66
#48Mariah77US #75
#49Marissa77US #53
#50Katie76US #70
#51Jasmine75US #23
#52Sydney75US #76
#53Chelsea74US #38
#54Bailey73US #137
#55Sierra73US #71
#56Tiffany73US #35
#57Michelle66US #33
#58Kathryn65US #79
#59Victoria65US #19
#60Kimberly64US #32
#61Heather63US #44
#62Laura62US #46
#63Molly62US #96
#64Andrea61US #49
#65Caitlin58US #78
#66Melissa58US #31
#67Natalie58US #56
#68Olivia58US #50
#69Madeline57US #92
#70Breanna56US #85
#71Erica56US #57
#72Cheyenne54US #99
#73Abby53
#74Mary53US #37
#75Kaitlin52US #93
#76Kylie52US #158
#77Michaela52US #109
#78Gabrielle50US #67
#79Hailey50US #119
#80Alexandria49US #73
#81Brittney48US #89
#82Leah48US #101
#83Cassidy46US #139
#84Shannon45US #60
#85Amy44US #77
#86Kaylee44US #154
#87Kendra44US #126
#88Grace43US #103
#89Kara43US #134
#90Christina42US #39
#91Holly42US #112
#92Alexa40US #95
#93Whitney40US #91
#94Alicia39US #83
#95Brandi39US #122
#96Makayla39US #199
#97Mallory38US #187
#98Angela37US #81
#99Kristen37US #55
#100Autumn35US #117

Boys

#1Jacob525US #7
#2Austin510US #17
#3Tyler510US #5
#4Zachary396US #12
#5Nicholas356US #9
#6Matthew333US #3
#7Michael329US #1
#8Brandon317US #6
#9Joshua298US #4
#10Andrew289US #10
#11Cody287US #25
#12Ryan281US #16
#13Kyle260US #24
#14Alexander252US #22
#15Joseph227US #11
#16Jordan223US #29
#17Christopher218US #2
#18Dylan207US #32
#19Daniel201US #8
#20Nathan194US #40
#21Benjamin189US #31
#22Justin185US #20
#23Samuel175US #33
#24John164US #15
#25James158US #14
#26David151US #13
#27Aaron148US #28
#28Logan148US #70
#29Mitchell147US #71
#30Blake139US #81
#31Adam138US #38
#32Tanner135US #96
#33Alex131US #50
#34William131US #19
#35Thomas127US #27
#36Trevor127US #58
#37Dalton126US #85
#38Anthony125US #18
#39Jonathan118US #23
#40Cole117US #111
#41Caleb115US #60
#42Taylor115US #54
#43Dakota114US #69
#44Robert112US #21
#45Lucas108US #95
#46Christian101US #35
#47Connor101US #59
#48Eric96US #30
#49Jared94US #63
#50Colton93US #121
#51Jesse93US #45
#52Steven92US #34
#53Travis90US #53
#54Jeremy88US #47
#55Hunter87US #67
#56Seth86US #90
#57Dustin84US #56
#58Spencer82US #98
#59Timothy80US #39
#60Brian78US #37
#61Derek78US #77
#62Sean78US #44
#63Dillon77US #101
#64Levi77US #157
#65Brady74US #173
#66Luke73US #91
#67Nathaniel73US #78
#68Patrick72US #42
#69Kevin70US #26
#70Scott70US #80
#71Bradley67US #83
#72Chase67US #114
#73Richard66US #41
#74Jason64US #46
#75Devin63US #61
#76Bryce62US #150
#77Garrett60US #82
#78Colin59US #124
#79Ethan59US #89
#80Evan56US #62
#81Cameron55US #52
#82Grant55US #152
#83Isaac55US #103
#84Brett54US #107
#85Collin54US #151
#86Drew53US #171
#87Charles50US #43
#88Shane50US #92
#89Cory49US #102
#90Ian49US #74
#91Alec48US #109
#92Mason48US #125
#93Devon45US #117
#94Marcus45US #75
#95Mark45US #48
#96Wyatt44US #197
#97Clayton43US #149
#98Chad42US #130
#99Casey41US #116
#100Jeffrey40US #55

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑35Sydney#52
↑29Hunter#55
↑27Jasmine#51
↑27Sierra#55
↑24Madeline#69
↑24Kylie#76
↑22Marissa#49
↑22Cheyenne#72

Falling

↓32Whitney#93
↓28Alicia#94
↓24Ethan#79
↓23Amy#85
↓23Jeffrey#100
↓22Mary#74
↓22Brett#84
↓18Molly#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.