State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,766 Iowa births in 2002 across 1,018 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#50Ellie#200 nationally
#64Caeloutside the national top 200
#67Dawson#193 nationally
#86Cadeoutside the national top 200
#52Abby#166 nationally
#88Josieoutside the national top 200
#88Brodyoutside the national top 200
#94Ryleeoutside the national top 200
#69Kaden#174 nationally
#43Brady#147 nationally
#75Mckenna#177 nationally
#99Addisonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emma319US #4
#2Madison291US #2
#3Emily249US #1
#4Hannah233US #3
#5Abigail215US #7
#6Olivia215US #10
#7Alexis210US #5
#8Grace203US #15
#9Elizabeth184US #11
#10Taylor160US #18
#11Chloe142US #25
#12Lauren142US #13
#13Samantha142US #9
#14Anna135US #20
#15Morgan135US #29
#16Alyssa129US #12
#17Megan127US #22
#18Sydney125US #23
#19Rachel119US #24
#20Sarah114US #8
#21Natalie111US #30
#22Paige109US #51
#23Isabella108US #14
#24Hailey107US #31
#25Jenna101US #47
#26Kaitlyn96US #32
#27Ashley94US #6
#28Jessica94US #16
#29Haley88US #35
#30Mackenzie87US #42
#31Bailey84US #84
#32Allison80US #44
#33Madeline80US #56
#34Jordan79US #45
#35Claire78US #95
#36Kaylee78US #57
#37Brianna76US #17
#38Kayla76US #19
#39Riley74US #77
#40Katelyn73US #53
#41Faith71US #48
#42Sophia70US #27
#43Katherine67US #36
#44Kylie64US #61
#45Ella63US #89
#46Gabrielle61US #66
#47Makayla60US #50
#48Brooke59US #52
#49Kennedy57US #136
#50Ellie55US #200
#51Jasmine55US #26
#52Abby54US #166
#53Alexa54US #69
#54Rebecca54US #54
#55Savannah54US #39
#56Sierra54US #62
#57Nicole53US #37
#58Zoe52US #60
#59Amber50US #65
#60Lillian50US #96
#61Mia50US #43
#62Victoria50US #21
#63Erin49US #72
#64Lily49US #79
#65Molly49US #107
#66Alexandra46US #38
#67Autumn46US #73
#68Julia46US #33
#69Amanda45US #46
#70Cheyenne45US #127
#71Isabel45US #85
#72Jade45US #86
#73Madelyn45US #120
#74Maria45US #40
#75Mckenna45US #177
#76Mary44US #49
#77Brooklyn43US #152
#78Lydia43US #137
#79Caitlyn42US #148
#80Gracie42US #153
#81Kelsey41US #118
#82Sara41US #59
#83Ava40US #82
#84Isabelle40US #111
#85Leah40US #87
#86Shelby40US #75
#87Destiny39US #34
#88Josie39
#89Peyton39US #188
#90Avery38US #132
#91Sophie38US #149
#92Hope37US #160
#93Kylee37US #161
#94Rylee37
#95Stephanie37US #41
#96Courtney36US #88
#97Mariah36US #130
#98Mikayla36US #124
#99Addison35
#100Jennifer35US #28

Boys

#1Jacob378US #1
#2Ethan288US #5
#3Tyler237US #14
#4Zachary223US #19
#5Austin222US #26
#6Logan219US #29
#7Andrew213US #6
#8Nicholas211US #9
#9Joseph198US #7
#10Samuel194US #25
#11Dylan192US #23
#12Caleb189US #35
#13Noah186US #31
#14Benjamin177US #27
#15Joshua177US #3
#16Hunter175US #38
#17Matthew174US #4
#18William174US #11
#19Michael172US #2
#20Carter161US #108
#21Nathan158US #28
#22Alexander156US #15
#23Mason146US #53
#24Ryan145US #16
#25Cole138US #69
#26Gabriel137US #32
#27Brandon135US #20
#28Jack133US #44
#29Jackson124US #50
#30Anthony121US #12
#31Daniel120US #10
#32Luke120US #46
#33Jordan115US #37
#34Christopher113US #8
#35Isaac113US #48
#36Connor112US #47
#37Kyle109US #40
#38Christian106US #24
#39Alex104US #63
#40John103US #17
#41Lucas103US #75
#42David100US #13
#43Brady99US #147
#44Justin99US #22
#45James94US #18
#46Blake93US #76
#47Trevor93US #81
#48Chase91US #82
#49Thomas90US #36
#50Cameron89US #39
#51Elijah89US #41
#52Seth89US #72
#53Adam88US #55
#54Gavin86US #61
#55Carson84US #105
#56Tanner83US #112
#57Cody81US #71
#58Grant81US #127
#59Jonathan81US #21
#60Evan79US #56
#61Wyatt79US #121
#62Colton78US #128
#63Gage77US #140
#64Cael76
#65Bryce72US #97
#66Caden71US #153
#67Dawson71US #193
#68Isaiah70US #45
#69Kaden70US #174
#70Ian69US #67
#71Kaleb69US #111
#72Riley69US #99
#73Owen68US #94
#74Dalton66US #117
#75Spencer66US #110
#76Aaron64US #43
#77Dakota63US #107
#78Parker63US #126
#79Collin62US #148
#80Eric61US #52
#81Aidan60US #60
#82Jason60US #42
#83Jose58US #30
#84Robert58US #34
#85Levi57US #164
#86Cade56
#87Brayden55US #138
#88Brody55
#89Devin55US #74
#90Nathaniel55US #62
#91Charles53US #58
#92Sean53US #59
#93Jesse52US #90
#94Kevin49US #33
#95Maxwell47US #129
#96Garrett46US #91
#97Jayden46US #101
#98Dominic45US #83
#99Juan45US #54
#100Brock44

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑43Savannah#55
↑39Isabella#23
↑32Lily#64
↑26Lillian#60
↑25Jack#28
↑24Isaiah#68
↑24Ian#70
↑22Zoe#58

Falling

↓50Courtney#96
↓44Shelby#86
↓37Destiny#87
↓30Mariah#97
↓26Jennifer#100
↓23Robert#84
↓20Blake#46
↓19Nicole#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.