State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,891 Iowa births in 1996 across 903 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#78Abbyoutside the national top 200
#57Brady#176 nationally
#90Rileyoutside the national top 200
#95Gageoutside the national top 200
#99Kennedyoutside the national top 200
#68Levi#163 nationally
#63Riley#146 nationally
#82Drew#165 nationally
#100Mallory#183 nationally
#33Cole#106 nationally
#37Colton#105 nationally
#98Kara#165 nationally

Girls

#1Emily375US #1
#2Hannah273US #7
#3Taylor265US #6
#4Madison249US #15
#5Samantha244US #5
#6Jessica226US #2
#7Ashley222US #3
#8Megan212US #12
#9Rachel205US #9
#10Sarah184US #4
#11Elizabeth183US #10
#12Morgan183US #25
#13Alexis162US #8
#14Courtney154US #21
#15Abigail150US #32
#16Haley142US #30
#17Shelby139US #35
#18Allison134US #38
#19Kayla132US #11
#20Kelsey132US #36
#21Anna131US #33
#22Nicole126US #22
#23Alyssa124US #23
#24Brittany123US #14
#25Sydney123US #39
#26Paige115US #65
#27Brooke113US #45
#28Lauren113US #16
#29Amanda112US #13
#30Bailey112US #85
#31Jordan109US #49
#32Brianna105US #17
#33Emma104US #53
#34Rebecca104US #24
#35Jennifer103US #19
#36Katelyn103US #64
#37Olivia102US #34
#38Mackenzie96US #75
#39Alexandra95US #26
#40Amber95US #27
#41Mariah86US #63
#42Kaitlyn85US #40
#43Jenna84US #83
#44Katie84US #81
#45Stephanie84US #20
#46Victoria84US #18
#47Katherine82US #31
#48Danielle81US #29
#49Erin81US #51
#50Hailey78US #93
#51Madeline77US #67
#52Cheyenne71US #68
#53Molly64US #99
#54Cassandra61US #89
#55Sierra61US #62
#56Andrea60US #61
#57Laura60US #66
#58Mary59US #44
#59Gabrielle58US #54
#60Kimberly58US #41
#61Breanna57US #74
#62Marissa57US #59
#63Kathryn56US #87
#64Kylie56US #111
#65Tiffany54US #52
#66Claire53US #116
#67Maria52US #37
#68Kaylee51US #110
#69Natalie51US #46
#70Alexandria50US #77
#71Grace50US #94
#72Miranda50US #76
#73Sara50US #50
#74Chelsea49US #55
#75Caitlin47US #84
#76Cassidy46US #109
#77Erica46US #79
#78Abby45
#79Lindsey45US #86
#80Michaela45US #102
#81Kaitlin44US #103
#82Michelle44US #47
#83Savannah44US #43
#84Shannon44US #80
#85Amy43US #88
#86Heather43US #71
#87Jade43US #145
#88Jamie43US #96
#89Melissa43US #42
#90Riley43
#91Leah42US #98
#92Brittney40US #115
#93Jasmine40US #28
#94Autumn39US #104
#95Bethany39US #117
#96Chloe39US #112
#97Mikayla39US #143
#98Kara38US #165
#99Kennedy38
#100Mallory36US #183

Boys

#1Jacob553US #3
#2Austin503US #9
#3Tyler377US #7
#4Zachary319US #14
#5Nicholas314US #6
#6Michael298US #1
#7Matthew275US #2
#8Brandon270US #8
#9Ryan255US #16
#10Andrew252US #10
#11Joshua238US #5
#12Alexander230US #22
#13Benjamin222US #29
#14Cody213US #31
#15Kyle189US #25
#16Logan189US #42
#17Nathan188US #37
#18Joseph186US #12
#19Dylan183US #33
#20Jordan183US #27
#21Samuel179US #30
#22Christopher175US #4
#23Daniel150US #11
#24Caleb146US #48
#25Justin145US #20
#26James137US #17
#27John137US #15
#28Blake136US #84
#29Dakota133US #58
#30Thomas130US #28
#31Trevor129US #63
#32Tanner128US #90
#33Cole127US #106
#34Hunter121US #47
#35Noah121US #50
#36William119US #18
#37Colton117US #105
#38David117US #13
#39Lucas117US #93
#40Adam116US #39
#41Dalton114US #99
#42Alex111US #53
#43Aaron109US #34
#44Anthony109US #19
#45Chase108US #76
#46Connor107US #54
#47Mitchell106US #88
#48Christian105US #24
#49Jonathan102US #21
#50Derek98US #101
#51Jared93US #64
#52Robert93US #23
#53Luke91US #75
#54Eric86US #35
#55Jesse85US #51
#56Ethan83US #62
#57Brady81US #176
#58Taylor78US #82
#59Tristan77US #68
#60Grant74US #119
#61Seth74US #103
#62Dustin73US #79
#63Riley73US #146
#64Spencer73US #109
#65Devin72US #60
#66Bryce70US #120
#67Cameron68US #49
#68Levi68US #163
#69Sean68US #46
#70Mason66US #104
#71Steven66US #38
#72Travis66US #73
#73Brian65US #36
#74Evan65US #65
#75Jason65US #41
#76Kevin65US #26
#77Collin62US #115
#78Nathaniel62US #69
#79Timothy62US #40
#80Jeremy60US #56
#81Brett58US #110
#82Drew58US #165
#83Devon57US #127
#84Dillon57US #121
#85Ian56US #70
#86Isaac56US #86
#87Alec55US #117
#88Gabriel55US #61
#89Garrett55US #85
#90Richard55US #45
#91Wyatt55US #134
#92Bradley54US #83
#93Charles52US #43
#94Elijah52US #81
#95Gage50
#96Jeffrey50US #72
#97Isaiah49US #71
#98Clayton48US #149
#99Colin48US #126
#100Marcus48US #87

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑37Kimberly#60
↑36Noah#35
↑32Hailey#50
↑28Mariah#41
↑27Gabrielle#59
↑27Caleb#24
↑27Brady#57
↑26Riley#63

Falling

↓35Mikayla#97
↓33Amy#85
↓33Heather#86
↓29Miranda#72
↓25Lindsey#79
↓25Melissa#89
↓22Sara#73
↓22Timothy#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.