State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,388 Iowa births in 1998 across 922 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#62Carter#189 nationally
#83Abby#194 nationally
#56Brady#163 nationally
#99Malloryoutside the national top 200
#73Riley#166 nationally
#96Drew#188 nationally
#95Allyson#186 nationally
#71Levi#158 nationally
#60Grant#127 nationally
#75Parker#142 nationally
#64Riley#128 nationally
#98Madelyn#162 nationally

Girls

#1Emily318US #1
#2Hannah310US #2
#3Taylor263US #7
#4Madison260US #9
#5Alexis258US #6
#6Megan220US #13
#7Samantha211US #3
#8Elizabeth204US #10
#9Emma178US #22
#10Ashley176US #5
#11Morgan176US #23
#12Sydney174US #28
#13Sarah164US #4
#14Abigail161US #18
#15Rachel158US #15
#16Lauren157US #14
#17Olivia153US #21
#18Jessica152US #8
#19Alyssa135US #11
#20Anna131US #31
#21Allison127US #38
#22Kayla127US #12
#23Bailey123US #60
#24Paige113US #63
#25Kaitlyn111US #35
#26Courtney110US #39
#27Haley110US #36
#28Kelsey108US #56
#29Nicole107US #24
#30Jenna104US #65
#31Brianna103US #17
#32Brittany103US #25
#33Natalie102US #40
#34Mackenzie99US #64
#35Brooke94US #46
#36Madeline94US #50
#37Katelyn88US #58
#38Rebecca85US #30
#39Jordan84US #42
#40Shelby80US #49
#41Alexandra75US #27
#42Amanda74US #19
#43Grace74US #53
#44Claire73US #91
#45Sara72US #48
#46Amber68US #37
#47Kaylee68US #86
#48Danielle67US #41
#49Erin67US #57
#50Mariah67US #62
#51Miranda67US #80
#52Victoria66US #16
#53Sierra65US #51
#54Katherine64US #33
#55Hailey63US #70
#56Molly63US #108
#57Gabrielle62US #47
#58Jennifer61US #20
#59Marissa60US #66
#60Breanna59US #76
#61Katie58US #88
#62Maria58US #43
#63Stephanie58US #29
#64Autumn57US #77
#65Chloe56US #87
#66Makayla56US #71
#67Alexandria55US #81
#68Cassandra54US #85
#69Mary54US #44
#70Julia51US #32
#71Cassidy50US #113
#72Andrea49US #61
#73Riley47US #166
#74Tiffany46US #67
#75Cheyenne45US #72
#76Laura45US #74
#77Leah45US #106
#78Mikayla45US #82
#79Jade44US #125
#80Lindsey44US #97
#81Caitlin43US #78
#82Jasmine43US #26
#83Abby42US #194
#84Michaela42US #103
#85Destiny41US #34
#86Faith41US #107
#87Kylie41US #117
#88Sabrina41US #68
#89Caitlyn40US #115
#90Jamie40US #112
#91Kathryn40US #89
#92Carly39US #141
#93Mckenzie38US #142
#94Savannah38US #45
#95Allyson37US #186
#96Margaret37US #114
#97Alexa35US #93
#98Madelyn35US #162
#99Mallory35
#100Melissa35US #59

Boys

#1Jacob509US #2
#2Austin384US #10
#3Tyler328US #8
#4Matthew276US #3
#5Nicholas270US #6
#6Zachary270US #16
#7Brandon269US #7
#8Andrew260US #9
#9Michael251US #1
#10Noah236US #29
#11Joshua231US #4
#12Ryan225US #17
#13Alexander220US #22
#14Dylan209US #25
#15Samuel196US #28
#16Nathan183US #34
#17Jordan180US #27
#18Kyle173US #24
#19Benjamin171US #30
#20Hunter167US #36
#21Christopher163US #5
#22Cole156US #77
#23Caleb155US #42
#24Joseph155US #11
#25Logan154US #44
#26William153US #14
#27Daniel147US #12
#28Trevor141US #58
#29Anthony140US #19
#30Cody140US #43
#31Ethan139US #38
#32John137US #15
#33Dakota135US #72
#34David135US #13
#35Dalton133US #88
#36James132US #18
#37Tanner124US #82
#38Connor123US #47
#39Alex120US #55
#40Justin120US #20
#41Aaron119US #37
#42Jonathan119US #21
#43Jared113US #51
#44Chase112US #67
#45Christian108US #26
#46Adam107US #45
#47Blake106US #85
#48Colton104US #106
#49Thomas104US #31
#50Bryce95US #94
#51Lucas95US #93
#52Cameron94US #35
#53Seth94US #86
#54Luke92US #75
#55Spencer89US #84
#56Brady87US #163
#57Robert85US #23
#58Jack82US #61
#59Mason81US #83
#60Grant80US #127
#61Mitchell79US #103
#62Carter76US #189
#63Isaac74US #65
#64Riley74US #128
#65Jason72US #40
#66Eric70US #39
#67Collin66US #130
#68Ian66US #73
#69Evan64US #63
#70Taylor62US #104
#71Levi60US #158
#72Tristan60US #92
#73Dustin59US #108
#74Nathaniel59US #60
#75Parker59US #142
#76Isaiah58US #59
#77Alec55US #112
#78Derek55US #110
#79Jackson55US #100
#80Devin54US #62
#81Kevin54US #32
#82Wyatt54US #137
#83Garrett52US #80
#84Dillon51US #134
#85Gabriel51US #54
#86Gavin50US #116
#87Steven50US #46
#88Timothy50US #49
#89Colin49US #122
#90Travis48US #98
#91Brett47US #133
#92Clayton47US #150
#93Devon46US #119
#94Elijah46US #66
#95Sean46US #50
#96Drew45US #188
#97Brian44US #41
#98Jesse44US #70
#99Charles43US #48
#100Joel43US #117

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑29Claire#44
↑28Autumn#64
↑28Chloe#65
↑27Dustin#73
↑25Natalie#33
↑24Jack#58
↑23Kaylee#47
↑22Parker#75

Falling

↓41Kylie#87
↓31Savannah#94
↓31Brian#97
↓27Cheyenne#75
↓27Charles#99
↓25Timothy#88
↓24Shelby#40
↓21Jesse#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.