Top first names in Iowa

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Iowa since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Iowa account for 1,827,495 total births.

#	Name	Total in Iowa
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