State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 2010 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,155 Iowa births in 2010 across 1,190 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#71Kinleyoutside the national top 200
#36Hayden#162 nationally
#72Drake#196 nationally
#86Alainaoutside the national top 200
#86Tateoutside the national top 200
#78Addyson#192 nationally
#47Nora#159 nationally
#89Adalynoutside the national top 200
#92Hadleyoutside the national top 200
#92Keatonoutside the national top 200
#96Makennaoutside the national top 200
#96Drewoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ava209US #5
#2Emma202US #3
#3Sophia195US #2
#4Isabella193US #1
#5Olivia192US #4
#6Addison171US #11
#7Ella151US #13
#8Abigail130US #7
#9Chloe130US #9
#10Elizabeth128US #12
#11Madison120US #8
#12Avery115US #23
#13Claire110US #53
#14Grace109US #18
#15Lillian100US #22
#16Natalie99US #14
#17Brooklyn98US #34
#18Aubrey97US #45
#19Emily92US #6
#20Kaylee92US #35
#21Alexis90US #16
#22Hannah82US #20
#23Anna81US #27
#24Lily79US #17
#25Zoey73US #47
#26Ellie71US #104
#27Evelyn71US #39
#28Lauren71US #58
#29Nevaeh71US #25
#30Taylor70US #37
#31Leah69US #24
#32Peyton68US #51
#33Hailey65US #19
#34Morgan63US #63
#35Amelia62US #41
#36Hayden62US #162
#37Payton61US #79
#38Mia60US #10
#39Harper59US #120
#40Layla58US #36
#41Lydia58US #110
#42Lucy57US #75
#43Autumn56US #81
#44Isabelle56US #105
#45Sydney56US #60
#46Rylee55US #102
#47Nora54US #159
#48Khloe53US #42
#49Riley53US #40
#50Samantha53US #15
#51Kennedy52US #111
#52Kylie52US #57
#53Lilly52US #106
#54Molly51US #87
#55Piper50US #144
#56Sophie50US #59
#57Allison49US #38
#58Mya49US #101
#59Savannah49US #44
#60Bailey48US #78
#61Charlotte48US #46
#62Stella48US #85
#63Faith45US #74
#64Gabriella44US #33
#65Madelyn44US #76
#66Paige44US #100
#67Bella43US #48
#68Jenna43US #141
#69Mackenzie43US #68
#70Audrey41US #52
#71Kinley41
#72Zoe41US #31
#73Alyssa40US #21
#74Alivia39US #175
#75Naomi38US #95
#76Eva37US #91
#77Ruby37US #113
#78Addyson36US #192
#79Gracie36US #130
#80Katelyn36US #103
#81Reese36US #137
#82Alexa35US #50
#83Izabella35US #138
#84Kaitlyn35US #90
#85Aaliyah34US #56
#86Alaina34
#87Arianna34US #54
#88Brooke34US #73
#89Adalyn33
#90Kylee33US #139
#91Rachel33US #99
#92Hadley32
#93Isabel32US #116
#94Kayla32US #49
#95Lyla32US #135
#96Makenna32
#97Mallory32
#98Sarah32US #26
#99Ashlyn31US #157
#100Gabrielle31US #94

Boys

#1Noah184US #7
#2Mason183US #12
#3Ethan179US #2
#4Aiden170US #9
#5Jacob166US #1
#6Landon162US #33
#7William161US #5
#8Carter158US #48
#9Jackson157US #25
#10Logan156US #17
#11Samuel147US #24
#12Benjamin145US #22
#13Evan145US #36
#14Owen139US #47
#15Alexander136US #6
#16Wyatt133US #57
#17Gavin130US #38
#18Joseph126US #20
#19Brayden122US #40
#20Liam122US #30
#21Caleb121US #32
#22Jayden121US #4
#23Gabriel120US #21
#24Jack119US #45
#25Eli117US #65
#26Andrew114US #14
#27Lucas113US #35
#28Brody109US #83
#29Isaac107US #39
#30Tyler104US #34
#31Carson102US #82
#32Cooper102US #75
#33Elijah101US #18
#34Anthony99US #10
#35Dylan99US #31
#36James99US #19
#37Michael98US #3
#38Joshua97US #11
#39Hayden96US #96
#40Nolan96US #104
#41Colton95US #73
#42Bentley94US #100
#43Hunter94US #58
#44Levi92US #70
#45Daniel90US #8
#46Connor88US #49
#47Parker87US #85
#48Luke86US #41
#49Henry85US #67
#50David82US #15
#51John82US #26
#52Blake81US #87
#53Charles81US #63
#54Chase80US #66
#55Matthew80US #16
#56Oliver78US #88
#57Austin77US #64
#58Christopher77US #13
#59Jonathan76US #28
#60Cole74US #90
#61Ryan74US #23
#62Zachary74US #61
#63Ayden73US #78
#64Nathan71US #27
#65Kaden69US #106
#66Isaiah66US #43
#67Max66US #98
#68Caden65US #119
#69Aaron64US #55
#70Ian63US #72
#71Cameron59US #60
#72Drake58US #196
#73Easton58US #145
#74Grant58US #155
#75Thomas58US #62
#76Tristan58US #84
#77Kayden55US #123
#78Nicholas55US #37
#79Hudson54US #139
#80Jaxon54US #99
#81Jaxson54US #172
#82Brady53US #126
#83Jordan53US #46
#84Gage52US #152
#85Adrian50US #56
#86Tate48
#87Alex46US #93
#88Christian46US #29
#89Asher45US #138
#90Dominic45US #74
#91Josiah44US #77
#92Keaton44
#93Tanner43US #176
#94Xavier43US #71
#95Brandon42US #44
#96Drew42
#97Grayson42US #122
#98Maxwell42US #133
#99Riley42US #105
#100Tucker42

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑42Eli#25
↑41Molly#54
↑39Nora#47
↑35Khloe#48
↑33Savannah#59
↑31Amelia#35
↑30Liam#20
↑27Oliver#56

Falling

↓30Zachary#62
↓29Sarah#98
↓26Gracie#79
↓25Ryan#61
↓23Alyssa#73
↓22Hunter#43
↓21Chase#54
↓20Samantha#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.