State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,829 Iowa births in 2000 across 962 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#63Brady#189 nationally
#76Mckenna#188 nationally
#91Paytonoutside the national top 200
#45Carter#152 nationally
#94Drakeoutside the national top 200
#82Drew#188 nationally
#95Treyoutside the national top 200
#96Brayden#199 nationally
#99Josieoutside the national top 200
#98Kylee#197 nationally
#70Payton#163 nationally
#98Conner#191 nationally

Girls

#1Madison296US #3
#2Emily293US #1
#3Hannah293US #2
#4Emma277US #17
#5Alexis245US #6
#6Elizabeth204US #9
#7Taylor201US #10
#8Grace188US #19
#9Olivia187US #16
#10Sydney187US #23
#11Anna186US #22
#12Megan177US #18
#13Samantha177US #7
#14Abigail174US #14
#15Morgan171US #25
#16Ashley161US #4
#17Lauren148US #11
#18Alyssa137US #12
#19Sarah134US #5
#20Haley131US #28
#21Jessica124US #8
#22Hailey120US #35
#23Rachel119US #21
#24Kaitlyn115US #30
#25Katelyn113US #54
#26Allison109US #44
#27Mackenzie109US #43
#28Bailey100US #68
#29Brianna100US #15
#30Chloe96US #38
#31Jenna92US #63
#32Paige92US #69
#33Natalie90US #34
#34Kayla87US #13
#35Sophia82US #42
#36Brooke80US #51
#37Madeline79US #56
#38Nicole79US #31
#39Victoria79US #20
#40Shelby78US #70
#41Katherine75US #33
#42Gabrielle73US #49
#43Amber72US #47
#44Courtney71US #59
#45Jordan69US #50
#46Kaylee69US #72
#47Sierra68US #53
#48Makayla67US #67
#49Erin65US #61
#50Claire64US #86
#51Rebecca64US #39
#52Danielle62US #48
#53Faith60US #66
#54Cassidy59US #107
#55Jennifer59US #26
#56Amanda58US #32
#57Kylie58US #104
#58Breanna56US #80
#59Autumn55US #77
#60Jasmine55US #27
#61Katie55US #95
#62Destiny54US #24
#63Marissa54US #78
#64Mary54US #46
#65Alexandra53US #36
#66Kathryn51US #89
#67Molly51US #96
#68Julia50US #29
#69Maria49US #41
#70Payton48US #163
#71Sara48US #57
#72Alexa47US #87
#73Andrea47US #55
#74Alexandria46US #91
#75Kelsey46US #88
#76Mckenna46US #188
#77Isabella45US #45
#78Kennedy45US #139
#79Leah45US #97
#80Madelyn45US #126
#81Riley45US #131
#82Trinity45US #74
#83Savannah44US #37
#84Brittany42US #60
#85Peyton42US #168
#86Caitlin41US #76
#87Cheyenne41US #99
#88Isabelle41US #144
#89Brooklyn40US #177
#90Laura39US #85
#91Jade38US #116
#92Lydia38US #147
#93Mariah38US #75
#94Mckenzie38US #133
#95Miranda38US #112
#96Erica37US #102
#97Hope37US #146
#98Kylee37US #197
#99Josie36
#100Lily36US #124

Boys

#1Jacob484US #1
#2Tyler282US #10
#3Austin273US #23
#4Zachary257US #15
#5Nicholas252US #6
#6Andrew248US #7
#7Hunter241US #35
#8Matthew240US #3
#9Dylan225US #24
#10Benjamin220US #26
#11Ethan214US #25
#12Joseph214US #8
#13Michael214US #2
#14Nathan212US #30
#15Noah212US #27
#16Brandon195US #12
#17Alexander192US #20
#18Ryan184US #13
#19Logan180US #40
#20Samuel176US #28
#21Caleb173US #38
#22Joshua172US #4
#23Cole155US #71
#24Kyle143US #37
#25Mason143US #64
#26John130US #14
#27Jordan127US #36
#28Cody125US #60
#29David125US #16
#30James124US #18
#31Anthony123US #17
#32Chase119US #77
#33Christopher116US #5
#34Daniel116US #9
#35Justin115US #19
#36Dalton114US #91
#37William114US #11
#38Jonathan113US #21
#39Cameron109US #31
#40Thomas108US #33
#41Blake107US #80
#42Aaron105US #41
#43Trevor105US #75
#44Alex103US #62
#45Carter102US #152
#46Lucas102US #83
#47Jack101US #46
#48Tanner101US #93
#49Spencer99US #98
#50Christian98US #22
#51Adam97US #45
#52Isaac96US #53
#53Garrett91US #74
#54Bryce89US #92
#55Colton89US #111
#56Seth89US #63
#57Jackson88US #72
#58Connor87US #50
#59Luke87US #59
#60Evan85US #55
#61Robert85US #29
#62Dakota84US #88
#63Brady83US #189
#64Riley77US #109
#65Devin76US #69
#66Gavin76US #85
#67Ian74US #73
#68Jared71US #56
#69Mitchell71US #132
#70Parker71US #127
#71Eric69US #42
#72Gabriel67US #44
#73Grant67US #123
#74Nathaniel64US #61
#75Isaiah62US #47
#76Carson61US #119
#77Elijah60US #52
#78Dawson59US #168
#79Jesse59US #90
#80Timothy59US #58
#81Kaleb57US #141
#82Drew56US #188
#83Wyatt56US #110
#84Collin54US #128
#85Jason54US #39
#86Maxwell54US #113
#87Clayton53US #151
#88Gage53US #166
#89Derek52US #121
#90Levi52US #172
#91Payton52
#92Tristan51US #105
#93Jose50US #34
#94Drake49
#95Trey49
#96Brayden48US #199
#97Charles48US #51
#98Conner48US #191
#99Nolan48US #182
#100Sean48US #57

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑53Sophia#35
↑38Sierra#47
↑33Ian#67
↑29Parker#70
↑28Payton#70
↑26Kathryn#66
↑24Madeline#37
↑23Mason#25

Falling

↓44Brittany#84
↓37Kelsey#75
↓36Mariah#93
↓28Connor#58
↓23Dakota#62
↓19Tanner#48
↓18Jared#68
↓18Charles#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.