State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,017 Iowa births in 2006 across 1,163 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#73Josieoutside the national top 200
#67Delaney#193 nationally
#76Drewoutside the national top 200
#88Drakeoutside the national top 200
#91Aliviaoutside the national top 200
#79Jace#187 nationally
#94Malloryoutside the national top 200
#96Tateoutside the national top 200
#74Ellie#175 nationally
#66Payton#163 nationally
#62Reagan#156 nationally
#63Grant#155 nationally

Girls

#1Emma317US #2
#2Ava260US #5
#3Olivia224US #7
#4Madison218US #3
#5Hannah195US #8
#6Addison191US #28
#7Abigail189US #6
#8Grace178US #16
#9Emily172US #1
#10Elizabeth162US #11
#11Alexis159US #14
#12Ella140US #21
#13Isabella140US #4
#14Sophia136US #9
#15Lauren135US #24
#16Natalie131US #17
#17Anna129US #22
#18Chloe120US #18
#19Hailey118US #25
#20Taylor109US #23
#21Brooklyn106US #66
#22Sydney103US #34
#23Morgan96US #35
#24Kaylee93US #42
#25Samantha93US #10
#26Allison92US #47
#27Isabelle92US #84
#28Lily91US #33
#29Claire90US #86
#30Avery88US #52
#31Paige88US #77
#32Lillian80US #38
#33Mackenzie80US #53
#34Mia76US #13
#35Sarah76US #15
#36Kylie75US #67
#37Alyssa70US #19
#38Ashley70US #12
#39Faith69US #62
#40Rachel69US #48
#41Alexa68US #39
#42Katelyn68US #61
#43Savannah66US #30
#44Jenna64US #88
#45Kaitlyn64US #41
#46Lydia64US #130
#47Nevaeh64US #43
#48Megan62US #60
#49Mya60US #102
#50Haley59US #75
#51Gracie58US #103
#52Isabel58US #87
#53Brianna57US #20
#54Brooke54US #44
#55Jasmine54US #29
#56Aubrey53US #93
#57Gabrielle53US #63
#58Kennedy53US #115
#59Ashlyn52US #141
#60Zoey52US #119
#61Jessica51US #32
#62Reagan51US #156
#63Zoe51US #54
#64Katherine50US #37
#65Kylee50US #146
#66Payton50US #163
#67Delaney48US #193
#68Madeline48US #71
#69Audrey47US #69
#70Autumn46US #95
#71Riley46US #56
#72Leah45US #68
#73Josie44
#74Ellie43US #175
#75Evelyn43US #65
#76Lilly43US #150
#77Peyton43US #138
#78Julia42US #31
#79Kayla42US #26
#80Amelia41US #83
#81Makayla41US #45
#82Rylee41US #135
#83Victoria41US #27
#84Madelyn40US #113
#85Maria40US #46
#86Reese40US #161
#87Shelby39US #133
#88Molly38US #105
#89Kate37US #142
#90Mary37US #80
#91Alivia36
#92Breanna36US #126
#93Jocelyn36US #73
#94Mallory36
#95Maya36US #57
#96Trinity36US #64
#97Katie35US #106
#98Lucy35US #153
#99Mariah35US #82
#100Rebecca35US #96

Boys

#1Ethan253US #4
#2Jacob240US #1
#3Noah215US #15
#4Logan207US #20
#5Andrew205US #7
#6Carter204US #75
#7William191US #10
#8Jackson181US #35
#9Owen178US #58
#10Tyler178US #18
#11Alexander171US #12
#12Caleb171US #34
#13Mason165US #40
#14Landon163US #50
#15Samuel161US #25
#16Joseph160US #11
#17Hunter159US #54
#18Benjamin157US #24
#19Austin154US #41
#20Dylan153US #26
#21Joshua153US #3
#22Jack148US #36
#23Nathan148US #23
#24Aiden143US #32
#25Isaac141US #48
#26Michael140US #2
#27Gavin138US #38
#28Matthew138US #5
#29Brayden129US #79
#30Zachary129US #33
#31Lucas128US #59
#32Nicholas128US #17
#33Evan127US #42
#34Ryan123US #14
#35Anthony121US #9
#36Carson118US #87
#37Cole115US #84
#38James115US #16
#39Gabriel114US #28
#40Blake113US #97
#41Aidan112US #44
#42Wyatt112US #82
#43Caden106US #91
#44John101US #19
#45Kaden101US #92
#46Daniel100US #6
#47David100US #13
#48Elijah92US #29
#49Luke92US #43
#50Jonathan91US #22
#51Cameron90US #52
#52Chase90US #83
#53Christopher90US #8
#54Connor90US #53
#55Christian87US #21
#56Isaiah85US #39
#57Brandon84US #27
#58Charles83US #60
#59Alex81US #67
#60Brady81US #106
#61Aaron76US #57
#62Brody75US #148
#63Grant74US #155
#64Adam72US #64
#65Cooper72US #113
#66Ian72US #80
#67Jayden71US #49
#68Thomas71US #51
#69Jordan70US #46
#70Parker69US #116
#71Colton68US #135
#72Hayden68US #73
#73Robert68US #47
#74Kyle67US #81
#75Nolan67US #146
#76Drew66
#77Bryce65US #109
#78Kaleb65US #115
#79Jace63US #187
#80Tanner62US #142
#81Riley60US #101
#82Dominic59US #85
#83Gage58US #154
#84Ashton57US #121
#85Levi56US #133
#86Tristan56US #86
#87Ayden55US #119
#88Drake55
#89Preston54US #114
#90Seth53US #103
#91Justin52US #45
#92Cody51US #105
#93Conner50US #144
#94Henry50US #95
#95Jose50US #30
#96Tate50
#97Eric49US #77
#98Nathaniel49US #69
#99Trevor49US #125
#100Braden48US #143

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑39Gabrielle#57
↑34Isabel#52
↑30Savannah#43
↑27Aaron#61
↑23Addison#6
↑23Alexa#41
↑23Delaney#67
↑23Brayden#29

Falling

↓35Kayla#79
↓33Trinity#96
↓31Riley#71
↓30Makayla#81
↓27Madeline#68
↓26Justin#91
↓24Jenna#44
↓24Ryan#34

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.