State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,042 Iowa births in 1943 across 695 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#52Dixieoutside the national top 200
#72Sheryloutside the national top 200
#62Lyle#185 nationally
#69Dick#188 nationally
#83Merleoutside the national top 200
#91Marlysoutside the national top 200
#94Daryloutside the national top 200
#42Dean#142 nationally
#88Patty#187 nationally
#83Vicki#179 nationally
#45Duane#138 nationally
#75Deanna#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,243US #1
#2Linda854US #4
#3Sharon787US #8
#4Karen690US #15
#5Carol568US #5
#6Judy567US #13
#7Sandra567US #6
#8Barbara562US #2
#9Judith532US #7
#10Patricia496US #3
#11Nancy452US #9
#12Donna402US #17
#13Janet392US #20
#14Carolyn338US #11
#15Janice330US #26
#16Betty315US #10
#17Marilyn310US #27
#18Joyce297US #16
#19Susan275US #18
#20Shirley246US #12
#21Connie222US #59
#22Beverly210US #32
#23Diane210US #24
#24Joan202US #21
#25Ruth197US #33
#26Margaret188US #14
#27Bonnie183US #34
#28Kathleen183US #22
#29Jean174US #36
#30Phyllis157US #39
#31Jane148US #44
#32Dorothy139US #19
#33Lois129US #43
#34Virginia128US #25
#35Elizabeth127US #23
#36Kay119US #81
#37Ann113US #37
#38Elaine110US #46
#39Pamela103US #54
#40Carole102US #42
#41Darlene102US #73
#42Rita102US #52
#43Helen101US #28
#44Marlene96US #104
#45Sally94US #57
#46Kathryn93US #75
#47Gloria92US #30
#48Joann90US #60
#49Cheryl89US #102
#50Martha89US #29
#51Alice85US #38
#52Dixie85
#53Marcia84US #96
#54Peggy83US #41
#55Sherry83US #123
#56Frances82US #31
#57Charlotte79US #47
#58Kathy78US #136
#59Doris75US #40
#60Norma75US #58
#61Roberta73US #66
#62Rosemary72US #97
#63Ellen71US #67
#64Marjorie71US #79
#65Sue71US #72
#66Evelyn70US #53
#67Diana66US #62
#68Wanda64US #56
#69Catherine62US #48
#70Delores61US #99
#71Dianne60US #88
#72Sheryl58
#73Julie57US #156
#74Rose57US #50
#75Deanna56US #160
#76Jeanette55US #110
#77Jeanne53US #113
#78Jo53US #63
#79Joanne49US #49
#80Suzanne48US #86
#81Anna45US #64
#82Lynda45US #115
#83Vicki45US #179
#84Geraldine44US #51
#85Paula44US #93
#86Pat43US #145
#87Marie42US #45
#88Patty42US #187
#89Charlene41US #121
#90Constance41US #109
#91Marlys41
#92Sheila41US #92
#93Eileen40US #68
#94Rebecca40US #87
#95Katherine39US #78
#96Dolores38US #74
#97Maxine38US #153
#98Arlene37US #90
#99Cynthia37US #101
#100Glenda37US #83

Boys

#1Robert1,156US #2
#2James1,132US #1
#3John960US #3
#4Richard868US #5
#5Larry846US #12
#6David840US #6
#7Gary791US #16
#8Ronald738US #9
#9Dennis607US #20
#10William597US #4
#11Donald515US #11
#12Michael469US #10
#13Jerry459US #17
#14Thomas455US #8
#15Kenneth419US #15
#16Roger414US #24
#17Charles401US #7
#18Paul285US #19
#19Gerald225US #23
#20Terry189US #49
#21George187US #14
#22Wayne185US #41
#23Douglas172US #28
#24Dale168US #59
#25Keith160US #108
#26Edward159US #18
#27Joseph146US #13
#28Raymond146US #22
#29Jim143US #75
#30Marvin142US #66
#31Harold137US #27
#32Jack136US #34
#33Bill133US #65
#34Daniel130US #25
#35Steven127US #58
#36Stephen116US #29
#37Don106US #72
#38Mike105US #90
#39Ronnie105US #71
#40Carl102US #33
#41Tom102US #87
#42Dean95US #142
#43Russell95US #73
#44Lawrence94US #32
#45Duane92US #138
#46Fred90US #45
#47Bruce88US #51
#48Stanley83US #54
#49Steve83US #93
#50Frank82US #21
#51Jon82US #127
#52Patrick79US #69
#53Allen78US #76
#54Eugene78US #47
#55Gene78US #89
#56Norman77US #56
#57Alan76US #67
#58Bob73US #110
#59Darrell73US #140
#60Leonard73US #55
#61Danny69US #88
#62Lyle69US #185
#63Gordon68US #98
#64Leroy68US #74
#65Mark67US #101
#66Ralph67US #40
#67Joe64US #35
#68Walter64US #26
#69Dick63US #188
#70Arthur62US #30
#71Philip61US #57
#72Billy60US #37
#73Harry60US #50
#74Phillip59US #81
#75Howard58US #48
#76Roy56US #38
#77Earl53US #60
#78Francis53US #64
#79Craig52US #164
#80Melvin52US #63
#81Clifford50US #94
#82Dan50US #139
#83Merle50
#84Vernon50US #117
#85Glenn49US #85
#86Henry49US #31
#87Lynn49US #147
#88Rodney48US #118
#89Dwight47US #158
#90Jimmy47US #42
#91Dave46US #167
#92Lloyd46US #104
#93Clarence44US #68
#94Daryl44
#95Leslie44US #121
#96Curtis42US #100
#97Louis42US #53
#98Albert41US #43
#99Jay41US #134
#100Virgil41US #175

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑31Steve#49
↑28Sherry#55
↑26Pamela#39
↑24Alan#57
↑21Mike#38
↑21Fred#46
↑19Kathy#58
↑18Roy#76

Falling

↓26Lloyd#92
↓23Harry#73
↓22Norma#60
↓22Patty#88
↓21Francis#78
↓20Philip#71
↓17Delores#70
↓16Doris#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.