State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,088 Iowa births in 2005 across 1,128 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#57Ellie#184 nationally
#68Brody#193 nationally
#77Makennaoutside the national top 200
#78Macyoutside the national top 200
#77Drew#198 nationally
#95Piperoutside the national top 200
#100Drakeoutside the national top 200
#90Delaney#190 nationally
#53Zoey#152 nationally
#61Grant#154 nationally
#91Dalton#180 nationally
#72Payton#158 nationally

Girls

#1Emma318US #2
#2Olivia219US #5
#3Madison218US #3
#4Emily208US #1
#5Ava188US #9
#6Hannah179US #7
#7Grace175US #14
#8Ella170US #23
#9Abigail169US #4
#10Elizabeth161US #11
#11Natalie140US #18
#12Alexis137US #13
#13Chloe136US #19
#14Sophia135US #12
#15Samantha130US #8
#16Isabella123US #6
#17Taylor112US #24
#18Sydney110US #30
#19Lauren109US #21
#20Jenna106US #62
#21Anna99US #22
#22Paige96US #60
#23Morgan95US #33
#24Hailey94US #26
#25Kylie93US #57
#26Megan92US #41
#27Ashley86US #10
#28Lillian86US #50
#29Addison85US #106
#30Brooklyn84US #78
#31Allison82US #45
#32Kaylee81US #40
#33Alyssa78US #16
#34Avery77US #67
#35Claire75US #95
#36Haley73US #53
#37Lily73US #39
#38Sarah73US #15
#39Lydia70US #119
#40Riley69US #54
#41Madeline67US #70
#42Katelyn65US #59
#43Brianna64US #20
#44Kayla64US #25
#45Mackenzie62US #51
#46Mia61US #17
#47Kaitlyn60US #34
#48Zoe58US #58
#49Isabelle57US #96
#50Gracie56US #94
#51Makayla56US #44
#52Rachel56US #38
#53Zoey56US #152
#54Jasmine52US #29
#55Ashlyn51US #127
#56Brooke51US #47
#57Ellie51US #184
#58Jessica50US #27
#59Mya50US #98
#60Bailey49US #108
#61Faith49US #49
#62Leah49US #68
#63Trinity49US #48
#64Alexa48US #66
#65Madelyn48US #107
#66Audrey47US #77
#67Marissa46US #91
#68Nevaeh46US #69
#69Jordan45US #86
#70Katherine45US #36
#71Kennedy45US #118
#72Payton44US #158
#73Savannah44US #35
#74Victoria44US #28
#75Amelia42US #84
#76Rylee42US #128
#77Makenna41
#78Macy40
#79Maya40US #73
#80Alexandra39US #37
#81Destiny39US #32
#82Molly39US #97
#83Autumn38US #90
#84Peyton38US #131
#85Rebecca38US #81
#86Isabel37US #89
#87Kylee37US #156
#88Mariah37US #85
#89Breanna36US #124
#90Delaney36US #190
#91Evelyn36US #71
#92Katie36US #99
#93Maria36US #46
#94Mary36US #72
#95Piper36
#96Gabrielle35US #55
#97Shelby35US #117
#98Caroline34US #83
#99Gabriella34US #61
#100Jada34US #76

Boys

#1Ethan287US #5
#2Jacob283US #1
#3Logan218US #26
#4Andrew215US #6
#5Tyler187US #16
#6Benjamin185US #25
#7Carter181US #77
#8Joseph178US #9
#9Noah178US #23
#10Ryan168US #14
#11Alexander160US #13
#12Jackson159US #44
#13Samuel157US #21
#14William153US #11
#15Nathan152US #20
#16Dylan150US #24
#17Joshua147US #3
#18Caleb146US #35
#19Mason146US #42
#20Michael146US #2
#21Matthew144US #4
#22Zachary144US #29
#23Hunter142US #53
#24Austin139US #38
#25Owen128US #60
#26Jack127US #34
#27Carson126US #101
#28Gavin126US #47
#29Nicholas125US #15
#30Lucas121US #58
#31James120US #17
#32Landon120US #61
#33Daniel119US #7
#34Aiden117US #50
#35Evan116US #39
#36Wyatt116US #81
#37Connor113US #48
#38Gabriel113US #28
#39Kaden112US #100
#40Cole107US #79
#41Aidan106US #43
#42Anthony106US #8
#43Luke106US #41
#44Caden105US #98
#45David103US #12
#46Elijah102US #31
#47Isaac102US #49
#48John102US #18
#49Ian100US #68
#50Thomas98US #40
#51Christian96US #22
#52Brayden94US #80
#53Jonathan91US #19
#54Chase90US #82
#55Brandon88US #27
#56Cameron88US #52
#57Blake86US #99
#58Alex84US #71
#59Christopher83US #10
#60Brady82US #110
#61Grant79US #154
#62Isaiah77US #45
#63Kyle76US #69
#64Hayden75US #76
#65Justin75US #36
#66Seth75US #91
#67Jordan74US #46
#68Brody71US #193
#69Jayden70US #54
#70Colton67US #155
#71Parker67US #119
#72Ashton66US #107
#73Cody65US #96
#74Cooper65US #120
#75Bryce64US #109
#76Charles64US #56
#77Drew63US #198
#78Gage63US #151
#79Adam62US #64
#80Robert62US #37
#81Riley61US #106
#82Nolan60US #149
#83Garrett59US #124
#84Levi58US #141
#85Maxwell58US #140
#86Angel57US #32
#87Conner56US #127
#88Aaron55US #57
#89Kaleb55US #121
#90Braden53US #133
#91Dalton53US #180
#92Jesse53US #89
#93Nathaniel51US #67
#94Trevor51US #112
#95Juan49US #55
#96Collin48US #145
#97Adrian47US #65
#98Dakota47US #148
#99Kevin47US #33
#100Drake46

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑35Wyatt#36
↑31Zoe#48
↑30Mya#59
↑24Seth#66
↑24Parker#71
↑23Ian#49
↑20Ashlyn#55
↑19Daniel#33

Falling

↓39Shelby#97
↓31Trevor#94
↓29Alexandra#80
↓29Maria#93
↓25Peyton#84
↓24Kylee#87
↓22Faith#61
↓21Jessica#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.