State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,977 Iowa births in 1997 across 910 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#73Carteroutside the national top 200
#74Mckennaoutside the national top 200
#88Nolanoutside the national top 200
#81Abby#192 nationally
#53Brady#159 nationally
#99Treyoutside the national top 200
#88Riley#184 nationally
#90Kennedy#186 nationally
#100Mallory#190 nationally
#68Levi#156 nationally
#98Kaleb#185 nationally
#90Drew#171 nationally

Girls

#1Emily298US #1
#2Taylor284US #7
#3Hannah279US #5
#4Madison271US #10
#5Megan216US #11
#6Samantha211US #6
#7Jessica200US #2
#8Elizabeth197US #9
#9Ashley181US #3
#10Sarah179US #4
#11Alexis178US #8
#12Morgan176US #22
#13Rachel176US #13
#14Abigail147US #26
#15Nicole135US #21
#16Shelby134US #43
#17Courtney133US #28
#18Sydney133US #35
#19Allison130US #39
#20Bailey130US #65
#21Emma129US #36
#22Alyssa128US #15
#23Olivia127US #27
#24Kayla126US #12
#25Haley116US #31
#26Lauren114US #14
#27Paige114US #64
#28Anna113US #33
#29Jordan111US #40
#30Rebecca105US #25
#31Amanda99US #16
#32Brianna99US #17
#33Brittany98US #20
#34Brooke97US #45
#35Katelyn93US #63
#36Kelsey92US #57
#37Jenna90US #76
#38Mackenzie85US #71
#39Kaitlyn83US #41
#40Katherine80US #32
#41Danielle78US #34
#42Alexandra77US #30
#43Jennifer77US #18
#44Madeline76US #59
#45Grace75US #69
#46Kylie74US #116
#47Miranda72US #70
#48Cheyenne70US #68
#49Erin70US #52
#50Victoria70US #19
#51Cassandra68US #81
#52Hailey68US #80
#53Amber67US #29
#54Katie65US #87
#55Mariah65US #67
#56Sara64US #50
#57Stephanie64US #23
#58Natalie63US #48
#59Sierra62US #56
#60Alexandria61US #78
#61Breanna61US #74
#62Gabrielle60US #51
#63Savannah60US #47
#64Andrea59US #58
#65Marissa59US #60
#66Maria58US #38
#67Molly55US #98
#68Makayla54US #102
#69Mary54US #46
#70Kaylee53US #107
#71Michaela53US #100
#72Cassidy49US #105
#73Claire49US #108
#74Mckenna45
#75Mckenzie45US #150
#76Tiffany45US #61
#77Mikayla43US #112
#78Jasmine42US #24
#79Kathryn42US #86
#80Shannon42US #85
#81Abby41US #192
#82Alexa41US #106
#83Lindsey41US #95
#84Sabrina41US #53
#85Bethany40US #121
#86Laura40US #66
#87Chelsea39US #73
#88Riley39US #184
#89Christina37US #62
#90Kennedy36US #186
#91Alicia35US #89
#92Autumn35US #91
#93Chloe35US #109
#94Hayley35US #136
#95Leah35US #104
#96Kendra34US #153
#97Heather33US #90
#98Melissa33US #44
#99Caitlin32US #88
#100Mallory32US #190

Boys

#1Jacob513US #2
#2Austin447US #9
#3Tyler347US #10
#4Zachary320US #13
#5Nicholas314US #6
#6Michael277US #1
#7Matthew273US #3
#8Andrew269US #7
#9Brandon247US #8
#10Joshua223US #5
#11Ryan214US #16
#12Jordan202US #26
#13Joseph197US #12
#14Benjamin196US #29
#15Alexander192US #22
#16Dylan192US #30
#17Kyle187US #24
#18Samuel187US #27
#19Nathan183US #34
#20Logan170US #42
#21John165US #15
#22Cody157US #36
#23Christopher156US #4
#24Noah154US #38
#25Hunter153US #44
#26Justin148US #20
#27Daniel145US #11
#28Cole138US #72
#29Tanner138US #82
#30David135US #14
#31Alex133US #55
#32James133US #17
#33Trevor131US #62
#34Caleb128US #47
#35William128US #19
#36Blake127US #80
#37Ethan127US #46
#38Dakota121US #66
#39Adam120US #39
#40Anthony120US #18
#41Christian119US #25
#42Aaron117US #33
#43Colton115US #108
#44Connor115US #52
#45Dalton112US #90
#46Mason106US #89
#47Mitchell106US #96
#48Robert104US #23
#49Jared100US #56
#50Jonathan100US #21
#51Thomas95US #31
#52Bryce92US #112
#53Brady89US #159
#54Eric89US #35
#55Lucas87US #98
#56Spencer87US #104
#57Chase85US #77
#58Cameron82US #45
#59Seth82US #97
#60Grant81US #115
#61Devin76US #59
#62Nathaniel74US #65
#63Timothy73US #43
#64Luke69US #78
#65Riley69US #135
#66Brian67US #37
#67Evan66US #61
#68Levi66US #156
#69Taylor66US #87
#70Collin64US #122
#71Brett62US #116
#72Charles61US #49
#73Carter60
#74Derek60US #106
#75Isaac59US #73
#76Jason58US #41
#77Jesse58US #63
#78Garrett57US #85
#79Travis57US #81
#80Ian56US #70
#81Steven55US #40
#82Jack54US #76
#83Kevin54US #28
#84Wyatt54US #137
#85Elijah52US #74
#86Alec50US #123
#87Devon50US #119
#88Nolan50
#89Dillon49US #132
#90Drew49US #171
#91Tristan49US #92
#92Gabriel48US #57
#93Jackson47US #124
#94Sean47US #48
#95Bradley46US #94
#96Clayton45US #147
#97Parker45US #150
#98Kaleb44US #185
#99Trey41
#100Dustin40US #88

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑26Grace#45
↑25Miranda#47
↑24Mason#46
↑21Charles#72
↑20Savannah#63
↑20Mikayla#77
↑19Ethan#37
↑18Kylie#46

Falling

↓38Dustin#100
↓32Tristan#91
↓29Laura#86
↓25Sean#94
↓24Caitlin#99
↓24Derek#74
↓22Jesse#77
↓21Thomas#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.