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Most Popular Names in Iowa

The most common baby names registered in Iowa across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Iowa account for 1,827,495 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 Robert 71,369
2 John 63,060
3 Mary 61,982
4 James 61,155
5 Michael 54,482
6 David 52,839
7 William 44,302
8 Richard 43,978
9 Donald 34,578
10 Thomas 30,170
11 Charles 27,379
12 Steven 25,650
13 Linda 25,000
14 Mark 24,872
15 Daniel 24,074
16 Joseph 23,157
17 Patricia 22,584
18 Barbara 22,298
19 Matthew 22,066
20 Ronald 21,155
21 Kenneth 21,134
22 Paul 21,107
23 Gary 20,493
24 Larry 20,432
25 Jennifer 20,182
26 Dorothy 19,888
27 Betty 19,865
28 Susan 19,444
29 Dennis 18,913
30 Brian 18,730
31 Jeffrey 18,283
32 Christopher 18,145
33 Margaret 18,075
34 Elizabeth 18,016
35 Scott 17,351
36 Karen 17,111
37 Timothy 16,969
38 Nancy 16,536
39 Andrew 16,170
40 Helen 16,161
41 Kevin 16,008
42 Ruth 15,868
43 Carol 15,480
44 Donna 15,321
45 Jason 14,676
46 Joshua 14,529
47 Ryan 14,529
48 Julie 14,348
49 Sandra 14,089
50 Jacob 13,954
51 Douglas 13,828
52 Lisa 13,737
53 Shirley 13,642
54 George 13,426
55 Jack 13,269
56 Sarah 13,030
57 Sharon 12,763
58 Amy 12,752
59 Harold 12,742
60 Roger 12,634
61 Jerry 12,612
62 Nicholas 12,169
63 Jessica 11,990
64 Janet 11,754
65 Debra 11,709
66 Edward 11,568
67 Michelle 11,549
68 Benjamin 11,386
69 Raymond 11,146
70 Terry 11,123
71 Marilyn 11,113
72 Eric 11,090
73 Emily 10,987
74 Rebecca 10,870
75 Kathleen 10,799
76 Dale 10,786
77 Kimberly 10,670
78 Angela 10,422
79 Laura 10,339
80 Jean 10,307
81 Anthony 10,142
82 Amanda 10,072
83 Diane 9,928
84 Lois 9,871
85 Tyler 9,870
86 Pamela 9,838
87 Patrick 9,831
88 Gerald 9,784
89 Melissa 9,774
90 Virginia 9,772
91 Evelyn 9,765
92 Joyce 9,748
93 Justin 9,600
94 Nathan 9,578
95 Kathryn 9,426
96 Cynthia 9,425
97 Beverly 9,371
98 Ashley 9,271
99 Janice 9,198
100 Anna 9,062