State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,765 Iowa births in 1944 across 686 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#39Sheryloutside the national top 200
#60Dixieoutside the national top 200
#62Lyle#189 nationally
#65Dick#190 nationally
#78Pattyoutside the national top 200
#87Lorenoutside the national top 200
#94Colleenoutside the national top 200
#98Marlysoutside the national top 200
#34Dean#134 nationally
#38Duane#135 nationally
#70Julie#162 nationally
#64Craig#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,173US #1
#2Linda876US #3
#3Sharon622US #8
#4Sandra598US #6
#5Judy587US #12
#6Barbara575US #2
#7Karen567US #16
#8Carol555US #5
#9Judith536US #9
#10Nancy475US #7
#11Patricia471US #4
#12Donna369US #17
#13Janet358US #21
#14Susan314US #13
#15Janice302US #28
#16Marilyn294US #27
#17Carolyn271US #11
#18Joyce258US #18
#19Shirley248US #15
#20Betty245US #10
#21Connie234US #51
#22Diane231US #24
#23Cheryl228US #36
#24Kathleen210US #20
#25Ruth206US #32
#26Margaret203US #14
#27Jean198US #37
#28Jane189US #41
#29Joan182US #22
#30Beverly180US #35
#31Bonnie157US #34
#32Virginia155US #26
#33Phyllis138US #40
#34Lois133US #47
#35Pamela126US #44
#36Dorothy122US #19
#37Kathryn120US #68
#38Gloria114US #25
#39Sheryl112
#40Ann110US #39
#41Helen105US #31
#42Sally103US #59
#43Kay96US #88
#44Elizabeth95US #23
#45Carole92US #43
#46Marcia92US #89
#47Sherry91US #100
#48Elaine89US #46
#49Joann89US #65
#50Rita87US #54
#51Sue87US #62
#52Kathy83US #110
#53Marjorie83US #85
#54Darlene82US #76
#55Doris77US #42
#56Frances76US #33
#57Diana73US #60
#58Norma71US #66
#59Marlene68US #106
#60Dixie67
#61Martha66US #29
#62Charlotte64US #50
#63Jeanne64US #108
#64Peggy64US #45
#65Delores63US #97
#66Rose61US #52
#67Jo60US #61
#68Alice57US #38
#69Dianne56US #90
#70Julie56US #162
#71Rosemary56US #99
#72Joanne55US #55
#73Suzanne55US #78
#74Roberta53US #70
#75Ellen52US #63
#76Geraldine50US #53
#77Lynda49US #113
#78Patty49
#79Marsha48US #111
#80Wanda48US #58
#81Catherine47US #49
#82Deanna47US #167
#83Eileen47US #73
#84Vicki47US #161
#85Charlene45US #109
#86Cynthia45US #105
#87Georgia43US #114
#88Constance42US #104
#89Glenda42US #79
#90Katherine42US #77
#91Jacqueline41US #64
#92Jeanette41US #117
#93Rebecca39US #84
#94Colleen38
#95Louise37US #69
#96Claudia36US #120
#97Evelyn35US #57
#98Marlys35
#99Anna34US #74
#100Audrey34US #150

Boys

#1Robert1,105US #2
#2James1,100US #1
#3Richard900US #5
#4John875US #3
#5David831US #6
#6Larry789US #12
#7Gary734US #15
#8Ronald618US #10
#9Dennis595US #20
#10William557US #4
#11Donald528US #11
#12Michael516US #9
#13Thomas440US #8
#14Charles413US #7
#15Kenneth411US #16
#16Jerry392US #19
#17Roger379US #23
#18Paul269US #17
#19Terry213US #43
#20Dale196US #61
#21Jim193US #68
#22Gerald191US #24
#23George175US #14
#24Douglas174US #34
#25Wayne172US #37
#26Edward162US #18
#27Steven155US #52
#28Jack142US #30
#29Joseph141US #13
#30Daniel135US #25
#31Harold132US #27
#32Stephen131US #28
#33Raymond129US #22
#34Dean125US #134
#35Bill118US #66
#36Keith117US #104
#37Marvin116US #75
#38Duane115US #135
#39Tom114US #87
#40Don103US #72
#41Danny99US #76
#42Bruce97US #51
#43Fred94US #47
#44Mike92US #80
#45Eugene91US #48
#46Gene91US #95
#47Stanley89US #57
#48Bob88US #109
#49Alan86US #55
#50Darrell85US #133
#51Ronnie85US #69
#52Carl81US #36
#53Allen80US #77
#54Mark80US #93
#55Russell80US #63
#56Frank78US #21
#57Steve77US #89
#58Joe74US #33
#59Lawrence74US #32
#60Jon73US #122
#61Patrick72US #64
#62Lyle70US #189
#63Arthur67US #29
#64Craig66US #151
#65Dick66US #190
#66Harry64US #49
#67Howard63US #53
#68Lynn63US #153
#69Leroy62US #78
#70Ralph60US #42
#71Philip58US #60
#72Phillip58US #83
#73Melvin57US #67
#74Norman56US #58
#75Earl55US #65
#76Francis55US #71
#77Curtis54US #97
#78Walter53US #26
#79Leonard52US #56
#80Lloyd52US #102
#81Clifford51US #99
#82Leo51US #132
#83Gordon49US #105
#84Bernard47US #94
#85Clarence47US #74
#86Jerome47US #117
#87Loren47
#88Rodney47US #123
#89Vernon46US #119
#90Billy45US #38
#91Louis45US #54
#92Allan44US #141
#93Frederick44US #73
#94Albert43US #44
#95Floyd42US #110
#96Glenn41US #88
#97Peter41US #40
#98Randall41US #156
#99Garry40US #176
#100Leslie40US #114

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑33Sheryl#39
↑26Cheryl#23
↑20Danny#41
↑19Lynn#68
↑19Curtis#77
↑15Craig#64
↑14Sue#51
↑14Jeanne#63

Falling

↓31Evelyn#97
↓20Gordon#83
↓19Leonard#79
↓18Anna#99
↓18Norman#74
↓18Billy#90
↓17Alice#68
↓16Jeanette#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.