State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,351 Iowa births in 1999 across 944 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#53Carter#179 nationally
#61Brady#184 nationally
#75Mckenna#198 nationally
#98Paytonoutside the national top 200
#91Jordyn#193 nationally
#90Conner#185 nationally
#73Kennedy#165 nationally
#86Gage#178 nationally
#83Abby#174 nationally
#81Levi#170 nationally
#92Trenton#180 nationally
#95Brooklyn#182 nationally

Girls

#1Emily329US #1
#2Madison309US #7
#3Hannah258US #2
#4Alexis251US #3
#5Taylor216US #8
#6Emma207US #17
#7Samantha188US #5
#8Megan186US #15
#9Elizabeth184US #10
#10Sarah180US #4
#11Ashley167US #6
#12Sydney166US #23
#13Lauren162US #12
#14Morgan160US #24
#15Abigail159US #18
#16Grace159US #27
#17Olivia144US #20
#18Anna138US #29
#19Alyssa133US #11
#20Rachel132US #19
#21Jessica131US #9
#22Bailey124US #65
#23Allison123US #40
#24Paige108US #67
#25Haley105US #31
#26Brooke97US #47
#27Kayla97US #13
#28Nicole96US #25
#29Shelby94US #62
#30Mackenzie92US #52
#31Courtney90US #44
#32Kaitlyn90US #33
#33Brianna86US #14
#34Natalie85US #34
#35Kaylee83US #69
#36Rebecca81US #38
#37Katelyn80US #55
#38Kelsey79US #72
#39Katherine77US #36
#40Brittany75US #35
#41Jenna75US #61
#42Claire74US #86
#43Hailey73US #54
#44Makayla70US #66
#45Cassandra66US #87
#46Chloe66US #63
#47Amanda65US #22
#48Jordan65US #48
#49Victoria65US #16
#50Gabrielle64US #46
#51Kylie64US #109
#52Danielle62US #43
#53Breanna61US #74
#54Alexandra60US #32
#55Stephanie59US #37
#56Katie57US #92
#57Mariah57US #68
#58Amber56US #41
#59Jasmine56US #26
#60Jennifer56US #21
#61Madeline56US #70
#62Erin55US #58
#63Mikayla55US #85
#64Molly55US #102
#65Mary53US #45
#66Autumn51US #77
#67Destiny51US #28
#68Andrea50US #59
#69Cassidy50US #99
#70Cheyenne49US #84
#71Marissa49US #73
#72Faith48US #76
#73Kennedy47US #165
#74Jade46US #117
#75Mckenna46US #198
#76Riley46US #138
#77Sara46US #50
#78Savannah44US #42
#79Maria43US #39
#80Skylar43US #131
#81Julia42US #30
#82Leah42US #103
#83Abby41US #174
#84Hanna41US #168
#85Sierra41US #49
#86Alexandria40US #83
#87Madelyn40US #164
#88Sophia39US #53
#89Tiffany39US #80
#90Caitlyn38US #124
#91Jordyn38US #193
#92Kathryn38US #91
#93Kendra38US #170
#94Miranda38US #94
#95Brooklyn37US #182
#96Laura37US #81
#97Caitlin36US #93
#98Payton35
#99Vanessa35US #57
#100Mckenzie34US #141

Boys

#1Jacob481US #1
#2Austin332US #13
#3Tyler297US #10
#4Nicholas288US #5
#5Zachary266US #17
#6Andrew255US #7
#7Brandon239US #11
#8Joseph238US #8
#9Michael238US #2
#10Matthew233US #3
#11Dylan225US #23
#12Noah225US #24
#13Joshua222US #4
#14Nathan216US #32
#15Samuel211US #27
#16Hunter195US #36
#17Benjamin194US #29
#18Alexander189US #21
#19Ryan185US #12
#20Logan179US #42
#21Caleb162US #41
#22Ethan161US #37
#23William152US #14
#24Daniel143US #9
#25Cole141US #75
#26Blake138US #84
#27John138US #15
#28Kyle134US #28
#29Tanner133US #87
#30Connor131US #48
#31Jordan129US #30
#32Cameron126US #33
#33Alex121US #58
#34Christopher121US #6
#35Justin121US #20
#36James120US #19
#37Anthony117US #18
#38Cody117US #45
#39Dakota117US #77
#40Dalton114US #86
#41Thomas113US #31
#42Jackson111US #83
#43Colton109US #109
#44Jonathan108US #22
#45David105US #16
#46Christian104US #25
#47Lucas104US #90
#48Mason103US #71
#49Adam101US #44
#50Jared101US #54
#51Trevor98US #66
#52Luke97US #67
#53Carter96US #179
#54Chase93US #76
#55Jack92US #52
#56Seth87US #65
#57Spencer85US #92
#58Eric84US #39
#59Aaron82US #38
#60Riley80US #127
#61Brady78US #184
#62Evan77US #57
#63Grant76US #128
#64Bryce75US #93
#65Isaac74US #64
#66Robert74US #26
#67Garrett71US #78
#68Isaiah71US #51
#69Jason70US #40
#70Mitchell67US #112
#71Gabriel62US #53
#72Collin61US #130
#73Kevin61US #34
#74Dawson58US #136
#75Devin57US #68
#76Elijah57US #60
#77Gavin57US #101
#78Dillon56US #142
#79Charles55US #50
#80Clayton55US #157
#81Levi55US #170
#82Timothy55US #49
#83Tristan55US #99
#84Devon54US #125
#85Dustin54US #133
#86Gage54US #178
#87Kaleb54US #159
#88Derek53US #113
#89Drew53US #175
#90Conner52US #185
#91Jesse52US #82
#92Trenton52US #180
#93Colin51US #119
#94Taylor51US #120
#95Wyatt51US #131
#96Alec50US #132
#97Travis49US #102
#98Brett48US #137
#99Parker48US #124
#100Ian47US #72

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑37Jackson#42
↑36Kylie#51
↑27Grace#16
↑23Cassandra#45
↑23Jasmine#59
↑22Makayla#44
↑21Blake#26
↑20Cameron#32

Falling

↓43Miranda#94
↓32Sara#77
↓32Sierra#85
↓32Ian#100
↓25Madeline#61
↓24Taylor#94
↓24Parker#99
↓23Trevor#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.