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Baby names in Iowa in the 2000s

In Iowa in the 2000s the most given names were Jacob (3,079 boys) and Emma (2,967 girls), of 300,701 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Iowa each year, the 2000s shaded
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Iowa births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020252000-2009BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Iowa, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Iowa, 2000s

Girls, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Emma2,967
2Madison2,281
3Olivia2,084
4Emily2,054
5Hannah1,975
6Grace1,856
7Abigail1,816
8Alexis1,683
9Elizabeth1,622
10Ava1,439
11Taylor1,366
12Chloe1,309
13Lauren1,228
14Samantha1,225
15Anna1,204
16Ella1,180
17Isabella1,167
18Sophia1,143
19Sydney1,132
20Morgan1,114
Boys, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Jacob3,079
2Ethan2,529
3Logan2,079
4Andrew1,954
5Tyler1,948
6Noah1,897
7Carter1,735
8Benjamin1,733
9Samuel1,713
10William1,705
11Alexander1,678
12Dylan1,644
13Austin1,642
14Joseph1,634
15Zachary1,627
16Hunter1,609
17Caleb1,580
18Michael1,565
19Matthew1,550
20Nicholas1,549

Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Iowa in the 2000s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 2000-2009.

More about names in Iowa

  1. The 2000s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Iowa: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Iowa in the 2010sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2000The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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