Given name
Iowa
“of the lowa tribe; from the state of lowa”
Iowa is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “of the lowa tribe; from the state of lowa.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “of the lowa tribe; from the state of lowa.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iowa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 0 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 1899
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1921. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Appears in
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