State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,787 Iowa births in 2001 across 1,006 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#75Cadeoutside the national top 200
#77Ryleeoutside the national top 200
#55Brady#174 nationally
#84Josieoutside the national top 200
#88Keeganoutside the national top 200
#52Abby#163 nationally
#90Drakeoutside the national top 200
#91Drewoutside the national top 200
#95Brodyoutside the national top 200
#90Kylee#195 nationally
#91Mckenna#194 nationally
#64Payton#164 nationally

Girls

#1Madison329US #2
#2Hannah310US #3
#3Emma268US #13
#4Emily254US #1
#5Alexis230US #5
#6Taylor202US #12
#7Elizabeth194US #9
#8Grace193US #16
#9Abigail191US #8
#10Samantha177US #7
#11Lauren163US #15
#12Megan162US #20
#13Sydney158US #23
#14Olivia153US #10
#15Anna139US #19
#16Chloe139US #30
#17Morgan137US #29
#18Ashley135US #4
#19Kaitlyn119US #31
#20Hailey115US #33
#21Mackenzie115US #40
#22Sarah108US #6
#23Paige107US #71
#24Rachel105US #24
#25Allison104US #44
#26Bailey98US #69
#27Kayla98US #17
#28Alyssa97US #14
#29Jessica97US #11
#30Brianna94US #18
#31Jenna94US #45
#32Natalie89US #32
#33Haley86US #34
#34Katelyn84US #52
#35Kaylee83US #66
#36Brooke82US #57
#37Claire78US #82
#38Nicole76US #36
#39Sophia69US #37
#40Jordan66US #47
#41Madeline66US #56
#42Shelby65US #68
#43Makayla62US #54
#44Rebecca62US #46
#45Riley62US #106
#46Courtney60US #73
#47Katherine60US #35
#48Sierra60US #55
#49Alexandra58US #38
#50Destiny57US #22
#51Erin57US #60
#52Abby56US #163
#53Jade56US #98
#54Jasmine56US #25
#55Kylie56US #95
#56Victoria56US #21
#57Faith55US #53
#58Gabrielle55US #50
#59Amanda54US #39
#60Amber53US #51
#61Autumn53US #72
#62Isabella53US #28
#63Kennedy52US #138
#64Payton52US #164
#65Julia51US #27
#66Kelsey50US #100
#67Mariah49US #85
#68Mary48US #48
#69Breanna47US #94
#70Isabelle47US #113
#71Kathryn47US #97
#72Molly47US #90
#73Madelyn46US #121
#74Jennifer45US #26
#75Lydia44US #140
#76Maria44US #41
#77Rylee44
#78Marissa43US #79
#79Trinity43US #67
#80Zoe43US #65
#81Cassidy42US #107
#82Leah42US #87
#83Cheyenne41US #119
#84Josie40
#85Katie40US #99
#86Lillian40US #111
#87Brooklyn39US #172
#88Danielle39US #63
#89Sophie39US #151
#90Kylee37US #195
#91Mckenna37US #194
#92Mikayla37US #109
#93Caitlin36US #89
#94Gracie36US #170
#95Hope36US #150
#96Lily36US #103
#97Sara36US #58
#98Savannah36US #42
#99Ashlyn34US #157
#100Caroline34US #62

Boys

#1Jacob436US #1
#2Tyler263US #13
#3Logan246US #29
#4Ethan228US #17
#5Nicholas226US #6
#6Zachary223US #16
#7Austin218US #25
#8Andrew217US #7
#9Noah214US #28
#10Dylan209US #21
#11Samuel204US #26
#12Matthew197US #3
#13Benjamin184US #27
#14Joseph184US #8
#15Hunter180US #36
#16Brandon175US #18
#17Nathan175US #31
#18Michael171US #2
#19Caleb165US #37
#20Joshua162US #4
#21Ryan160US #15
#22Alexander152US #20
#23Carter150US #111
#24Cole143US #74
#25William136US #10
#26Blake134US #77
#27Luke134US #50
#28Christopher133US #5
#29Mason121US #54
#30Jackson119US #60
#31Isaac117US #47
#32Christian115US #24
#33Daniel114US #9
#34John110US #14
#35Cameron108US #35
#36Gabriel107US #38
#37Thomas106US #33
#38Kyle105US #40
#39Connor104US #49
#40Tanner104US #101
#41David103US #12
#42Jordan103US #39
#43Lucas101US #83
#44Carson100US #95
#45Justin99US #22
#46Jonathan98US #23
#47Alex97US #62
#48Colton97US #118
#49James97US #19
#50Seth96US #68
#51Anthony95US #11
#52Cody95US #64
#53Jack93US #48
#54Evan91US #56
#55Brady88US #174
#56Adam87US #51
#57Dalton84US #98
#58Wyatt84US #107
#59Chase82US #79
#60Gage81US #144
#61Robert80US #30
#62Jared79US #65
#63Trevor75US #76
#64Riley73US #105
#65Spencer72US #103
#66Colby71US #99
#67Bryce70US #92
#68Gavin70US #78
#69Elijah69US #45
#70Dakota68US #93
#71Grant67US #135
#72Kaleb67US #116
#73Devin65US #71
#74Aaron62US #42
#75Cade62
#76Eric62US #44
#77Maxwell61US #124
#78Nathaniel61US #61
#79Garrett60US #80
#80Parker56US #123
#81Brayden55US #176
#82Mitchell55US #156
#83Levi54US #171
#84Owen54US #130
#85Tristan53US #108
#86Dawson52US #183
#87Jose52US #34
#88Keegan51
#89Charles50US #55
#90Drake50
#91Drew49
#92Isaiah49US #43
#93Nolan49US #180
#94Ian47US #70
#95Brody46
#96Peyton46US #177
#97Timothy46US #67
#98Brian45US #46
#99Preston45US #152
#100Conner44US #199

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑38Jade#53
↑36Riley#45
↑36Gabriel#36
↑32Luke#27
↑32Carson#44
↑28Gage#60
↑27Jackson#30
↑26Mariah#67

Falling

↓36Danielle#88
↓32Aaron#74
↓27Cassidy#81
↓27Chase#59
↓27Ian#94
↓26Sara#97
↓26Garrett#79
↓24Katie#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.