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Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,753 Iowa births in 2004 across 1,076 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#69Drewoutside the national top 200
#70Macyoutside the national top 200
#74Brodyoutside the national top 200
#42Addison#160 nationally
#71Ellie#189 nationally
#92Eliseoutside the national top 200
#95Makennaoutside the national top 200
#87Ty#181 nationally
#76Delaney#169 nationally
#99Mallory#188 nationally
#98Ayden#182 nationally
#84Dalton#167 nationally

Girls

#1Emma355US #2
#2Madison251US #3
#3Grace220US #13
#4Olivia207US #4
#5Abigail201US #6
#6Emily201US #1
#7Hannah201US #5
#8Elizabeth167US #10
#9Alexis164US #11
#10Samantha154US #9
#11Ella143US #29
#12Anna135US #20
#13Chloe131US #23
#14Taylor127US #22
#15Lauren126US #16
#16Morgan125US #31
#17Sydney120US #27
#18Ava116US #25
#19Hailey116US #24
#20Sophia115US #15
#21Isabella111US #7
#22Jenna109US #56
#23Paige103US #51
#24Allison101US #40
#25Natalie97US #19
#26Alyssa94US #14
#27Megan93US #36
#28Ashley89US #8
#29Mackenzie87US #45
#30Avery86US #77
#31Sarah85US #12
#32Kaitlyn83US #33
#33Rachel83US #34
#34Haley78US #44
#35Kaylee78US #50
#36Kylie76US #49
#37Jessica75US #21
#38Lillian73US #65
#39Faith72US #52
#40Riley71US #58
#41Katelyn69US #59
#42Addison68US #160
#43Lily68US #53
#44Claire67US #99
#45Jasmine66US #26
#46Brooke65US #46
#47Mia64US #30
#48Brooklyn62US #101
#49Brianna60US #17
#50Lydia60US #126
#51Alexandra59US #37
#52Madeline59US #63
#53Bailey58US #100
#54Kayla57US #18
#55Isabelle56US #107
#56Kennedy54US #117
#57Makayla54US #47
#58Shelby52US #112
#59Peyton51US #134
#60Savannah51US #41
#61Gracie49US #114
#62Molly49US #97
#63Kylee48US #141
#64Maria48US #42
#65Trinity48US #48
#66Audrey47US #80
#67Leah47US #64
#68Madelyn47US #111
#69Katherine46US #35
#70Macy44
#71Ellie43US #189
#72Isabel43US #88
#73Marissa43US #78
#74Rylee43US #136
#75Ashlyn42US #131
#76Delaney42US #169
#77Nicole42US #43
#78Victoria42US #28
#79Zoe42US #54
#80Jordan41US #71
#81Alexa40US #72
#82Mary40US #62
#83Autumn39US #82
#84Payton39US #159
#85Julia38US #32
#86Sara38US #68
#87Breanna37US #115
#88Gabrielle37US #73
#89Mya37US #116
#90Vanessa37US #75
#91Amber36US #87
#92Elise36
#93Erin36US #95
#94Katie36US #102
#95Makenna36
#96Rebecca36US #70
#97Carly35US #177
#98Jennifer35US #39
#99Mallory35US #188
#100Jocelyn34US #85

Boys

#1Jacob298US #1
#2Ethan261US #5
#3Logan224US #27
#4Andrew214US #6
#5Samuel204US #23
#6William194US #8
#7Tyler192US #16
#8Dylan180US #19
#9Michael180US #2
#10Alexander174US #15
#11Carter174US #89
#12Benjamin173US #25
#13Caleb168US #33
#14Nathan168US #20
#15Ryan165US #12
#16Joseph163US #9
#17Matthew163US #4
#18Noah158US #29
#19Jackson155US #48
#20Joshua155US #3
#21Nicholas153US #13
#22Austin148US #35
#23Mason146US #51
#24Hunter136US #49
#25Zachary134US #26
#26Owen129US #67
#27Connor128US #38
#28Jack127US #42
#29Isaac124US #46
#30Elijah121US #31
#31Anthony116US #11
#32Lucas116US #66
#33Gavin115US #52
#34Gabriel114US #32
#35Evan109US #39
#36John108US #17
#37Christian107US #24
#38Luke107US #41
#39Cole106US #75
#40Carson105US #101
#41Aidan104US #40
#42Caden104US #104
#43Alex101US #63
#44Blake101US #95
#45David100US #14
#46James100US #18
#47Kaden99US #105
#48Landon99US #86
#49Aiden98US #60
#50Cameron95US #50
#51Brandon92US #22
#52Daniel90US #7
#53Brady86US #122
#54Jonathan85US #21
#55Christopher84US #10
#56Thomas84US #37
#57Jordan79US #43
#58Colton78US #135
#59Ashton77US #76
#60Grant76US #141
#61Jayden76US #62
#62Kyle75US #55
#63Trevor75US #110
#64Justin73US #30
#65Brayden71US #107
#66Adam70US #58
#67Chase70US #82
#68Cody70US #84
#69Drew70
#70Aaron69US #53
#71Wyatt69US #90
#72Ian68US #69
#73Charles67US #56
#74Brody66
#75Tanner66US #125
#76Robert65US #36
#77Gage62US #145
#78Isaiah62US #45
#79Bryce61US #108
#80Colin61US #85
#81Conner61US #134
#82Levi59US #153
#83Cooper57US #133
#84Dalton57US #167
#85Devin57US #81
#86Riley57US #106
#87Ty57US #181
#88Dakota56US #137
#89Kaleb56US #120
#90Seth56US #80
#91Jason55US #47
#92Jose53US #28
#93Dominic52US #91
#94Jesse52US #94
#95Parker52US #131
#96Braden51US #154
#97Nolan51US #162
#98Ayden50US #182
#99Tristan49US #115
#100Nathaniel48US #68

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑39Landon#48
↑37Addison#42
↑34Alexandra#51
↑32Jayden#61
↑24Ashlyn#75
↑24Owen#26
↑23Trevor#63
↑21Macy#70

Falling

↓36Gabrielle#88
↓31Chase#67
↓28Erin#93
↓27Seth#90
↓25Ellie#71
↓24Zoe#79
↓23Autumn#83
↓19Brandon#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.