State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,392 Iowa births in 1945 across 671 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#51Sheryl#194 nationally
#57Lyle#194 nationally
#76Dixieoutside the national top 200
#75Dick#196 nationally
#77Patty#192 nationally
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#88Marlysoutside the national top 200
#35Dean#136 nationally
#37Duane#138 nationally
#66Julie#155 nationally
#89Deanna#175 nationally
#71Lynn#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,079US #1
#2Linda937US #2
#3Carol575US #5
#4Sharon535US #8
#5Barbara528US #3
#6Judy528US #13
#7Patricia490US #4
#8Karen486US #16
#9Sandra457US #6
#10Nancy421US #7
#11Judith384US #9
#12Donna346US #17
#13Susan340US #10
#14Janet326US #20
#15Connie321US #47
#16Janice316US #24
#17Marilyn268US #27
#18Carolyn256US #12
#19Diane250US #22
#20Betty232US #11
#21Joyce228US #18
#22Jane225US #36
#23Shirley220US #14
#24Kathleen218US #19
#25Margaret205US #15
#26Cheryl204US #32
#27Beverly183US #37
#28Pamela181US #42
#29Ruth180US #33
#30Jean176US #38
#31Joan162US #25
#32Bonnie158US #35
#33Diana141US #43
#34Phyllis140US #40
#35Virginia135US #28
#36Lois133US #48
#37Ann120US #39
#38Kathryn117US #65
#39Gloria114US #23
#40Marcia114US #88
#41Dorothy113US #21
#42Kathy102US #101
#43Dianne100US #72
#44Sally93US #64
#45Elaine92US #44
#46Peggy92US #45
#47Kay91US #91
#48Martha89US #30
#49Marlene87US #110
#50Helen85US #31
#51Sheryl85US #194
#52Carole84US #51
#53Rita82US #59
#54Elizabeth80US #26
#55Joann79US #80
#56Alice78US #41
#57Vicki76US #117
#58Sue74US #66
#59Marjorie72US #94
#60Norma72US #74
#61Rosemary71US #79
#62Charlotte70US #55
#63Doris70US #46
#64Sherry68US #104
#65Joanne67US #53
#66Julie65US #155
#67Jo64US #60
#68Darlene62US #71
#69Roberta62US #75
#70Delores61US #112
#71Jeanne61US #98
#72Frances59US #34
#73Ellen58US #61
#74Suzanne58US #68
#75Rose57US #54
#76Dixie55
#77Patty54US #192
#78Rebecca54US #85
#79Evelyn52US #57
#80Constance51US #109
#81Catherine50US #50
#82Pat50US #154
#83Marsha49US #113
#84Sheila49US #89
#85Paula48US #67
#86Charlene47US #114
#87Lynn45US #102
#88Marlys45
#89Deanna42US #175
#90Jacqueline42US #63
#91Katherine41US #82
#92Wanda41US #58
#93Arlene40US #99
#94Anne39US #81
#95Eileen39US #70
#96Laura39US #77
#97Marie39US #49
#98Victoria38US #106
#99Anna37US #73
#100Lynda37US #111

Boys

#1James995US #1
#2Robert986US #2
#3John942US #3
#4Richard881US #5
#5David773US #6
#6Gary711US #13
#7Larry705US #11
#8Dennis615US #19
#9Michael586US #9
#10Donald530US #12
#11Ronald521US #10
#12William518US #4
#13Thomas428US #8
#14Charles385US #7
#15Roger359US #22
#16Kenneth357US #16
#17Jerry331US #20
#18Paul275US #17
#19Terry254US #33
#20Gerald206US #25
#21Dale188US #61
#22Douglas188US #29
#23Stephen182US #26
#24Steven181US #43
#25Edward155US #18
#26George150US #15
#27Wayne150US #35
#28Jim149US #68
#29Daniel147US #24
#30Tom146US #89
#31Joseph134US #14
#32Jack128US #32
#33Harold126US #28
#34Raymond120US #23
#35Dean117US #136
#36Bill114US #66
#37Duane112US #138
#38Bruce109US #48
#39Danny109US #56
#40Mike108US #69
#41Alan106US #52
#42Marvin105US #80
#43Steve99US #79
#44Keith98US #108
#45Mark96US #72
#46Patrick93US #63
#47Russell88US #64
#48Fred87US #51
#49Lawrence87US #30
#50Jon85US #112
#51Eugene81US #50
#52Allen79US #74
#53Don78US #73
#54Gene77US #100
#55Joe75US #36
#56Bob73US #107
#57Lyle72US #194
#58Craig71US #134
#59Ronnie69US #67
#60Frank67US #21
#61Stanley67US #59
#62Darrell66US #141
#63Norman66US #65
#64Timothy65US #70
#65Ralph64US #44
#66Rodney61US #105
#67Melvin60US #78
#68Walter60US #27
#69Francis59US #76
#70Carl58US #39
#71Lynn58US #156
#72Howard57US #54
#73Allan54US #137
#74Dan53US #127
#75Dick53US #196
#76Harry52US #47
#77Gordon51US #109
#78Arthur49US #34
#79Earl49US #71
#80Philip49US #58
#81Leo48US #139
#82Dave47US #164
#83Leroy46US #83
#84Leonard45US #57
#85Phillip45US #85
#86Loren44
#87Roy44US #40
#88Vernon43US #118
#89Lloyd41US #103
#90Gregory40US #96
#91Lee40US #87
#92Ray40US #92
#93Edwin39US #117
#94Peter38US #38
#95Billy37US #42
#96Curtis37US #97
#97Glen37US #148
#98Glenn37US #93
#99Clarence36US #82
#100Henry36US #37

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑27Vicki#57
↑26Dianne#43
↑24Diana#33
↑22Rodney#66
↑19Allan#73
↑18Peggy#46
↑18Evelyn#79
↑15Rebecca#78

Falling

↓23Lynda#100
↓19Curtis#96
↓18Carl#70
↓17Sherry#64
↓16Frances#72
↓16Dixie#76
↓15Arthur#78
↓14Darlene#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.