State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,564 Iowa births in 1954 across 796 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#51Luann#192 nationally
#74Kirk#190 nationally
#87Randaloutside the national top 200
#67Becky#179 nationally
#75Lynn#187 nationally
#90Lyleoutside the national top 200
#99Marlaoutside the national top 200
#93Rex#189 nationally
#88Daryl#180 nationally
#76Kent#167 nationally
#51Duane#136 nationally
#79Roxanne#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,275US #1
#2Debra1,070US #6
#3Linda808US #2
#4Susan787US #5
#5Patricia635US #4
#6Nancy608US #9
#7Barbara602US #7
#8Deborah586US #3
#9Cynthia579US #10
#10Pamela543US #12
#11Karen474US #8
#12Diane452US #17
#13Sandra428US #13
#14Carol382US #15
#15Janet344US #19
#16Donna343US #11
#17Rebecca330US #26
#18Kathleen329US #14
#19Connie324US #39
#20Julie308US #70
#21Jane285US #49
#22Sharon285US #16
#23Kathy278US #23
#24Cheryl235US #22
#25Joyce225US #28
#26Peggy225US #48
#27Vicki222US #50
#28Denise217US #24
#29Jean207US #56
#30Teresa207US #34
#31Janice200US #25
#32Marilyn196US #35
#33Judy187US #29
#34Joan186US #40
#35Kathryn183US #51
#36Margaret182US #21
#37Ann179US #44
#38Elizabeth173US #20
#39Paula173US #38
#40Judith169US #30
#41Rhonda162US #71
#42Catherine157US #32
#43Marcia154US #90
#44Christine150US #43
#45Beverly148US #31
#46Cindy140US #91
#47Bonnie133US #52
#48Diana133US #57
#49Brenda129US #18
#50Laura121US #45
#51Luann121US #192
#52Lynn119US #63
#53Vickie119US #69
#54Carolyn118US #27
#55Ruth118US #66
#56Sue117US #106
#57Theresa117US #47
#58Sherry116US #62
#59Cathy111US #59
#60Lori111US #121
#61Sheila111US #60
#62Shirley111US #33
#63Sheryl109US #133
#64Katherine106US #64
#65Sally103US #84
#66Constance101US #111
#67Becky99US #179
#68Martha98US #46
#69Rose96US #54
#70Betty95US #36
#71Terri92US #100
#72Rita91US #67
#73Colleen90US #119
#74Gail89US #37
#75Michelle89US #94
#76Robin89US #41
#77Victoria89US #85
#78Jill88US #107
#79Roxanne88US #158
#80Lisa87US #73
#81Lois87US #110
#82Jo84US #53
#83Kay82US #146
#84Elaine80US #74
#85Carla79US #135
#86Marsha78US #86
#87Jeanne77US #112
#88Suzanne77US #82
#89Beth76US #130
#90Debbie76US #92
#91Laurie75US #98
#92Michele75US #89
#93Marlene74US #141
#94Anne73US #80
#95Jan71US #131
#96Roberta71US #102
#97Vicky71US #171
#98Jacqueline70US #68
#99Marla69
#100Dawn68US #124

Boys

#1David1,528US #5
#2Michael1,479US #1
#3Steven1,240US #11
#4James1,157US #3
#5Robert1,147US #2
#6John1,103US #4
#7Richard917US #7
#8Mark895US #12
#9Thomas801US #8
#10William731US #6
#11Dennis687US #21
#12Gary687US #9
#13Daniel559US #18
#14Randy505US #33
#15Douglas479US #29
#16Ronald474US #15
#17Kevin461US #28
#18Donald458US #14
#19Jeffrey450US #23
#20Charles449US #10
#21Larry408US #19
#22Timothy396US #26
#23Terry384US #27
#24Paul368US #16
#25Craig323US #51
#26Gregory319US #25
#27Kenneth319US #17
#28Roger303US #34
#29Stephen292US #20
#30Bruce289US #30
#31Randall283US #55
#32Joseph278US #13
#33Scott242US #40
#34Patrick240US #38
#35Dale229US #50
#36Jerry200US #31
#37Alan193US #43
#38Ricky182US #46
#39Rodney178US #66
#40Edward173US #22
#41Danny158US #42
#42Rick155US #102
#43Dean152US #110
#44Brian146US #48
#45Keith145US #45
#46Wayne143US #41
#47George134US #24
#48Gerald132US #44
#49Russell127US #69
#50Jon124US #111
#51Duane120US #136
#52Raymond119US #35
#53Micheal117US #88
#54Kim106US #109
#55Bradley105US #106
#56Allen98US #82
#57Martin97US #79
#58Stanley97US #58
#59Jack92US #57
#60Lawrence91US #39
#61Steve91US #76
#62Curtis89US #84
#63Anthony80US #32
#64Harold78US #60
#65Jay76US #101
#66Carl75US #47
#67Philip75US #62
#68Phillip75US #75
#69Jeffery74US #90
#70Joel73US #127
#71Peter68US #37
#72Christopher67US #64
#73Darrell67US #95
#74Kirk66US #190
#75Lynn66US #187
#76Kent65US #167
#77Allan64US #149
#78Dan62US #139
#79Marvin61US #97
#80Barry60US #68
#81Eugene60US #77
#82Gene57US #151
#83Gordon56US #122
#84Roy56US #56
#85Lee52US #96
#86Ralph51US #61
#87Randal51
#88Daryl50US #180
#89Howard50US #80
#90Lyle49
#91Ronnie49US #78
#92Arthur48US #52
#93Rex48US #189
#94Andrew47US #70
#95Frank47US #36
#96Frederick46US #83
#97Kurt46US #168
#98Lonnie46US #146
#99Joe44US #67
#100Leslie44US #137

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑48Luann#51
↑27Terri#71
↑20Lynn#52
↑18Laura#50
↑16Jay#65
↑16Phillip#68
↑16Barry#80
↑15Vicki#27

Falling

↓34Jacqueline#98
↓19Lyle#90
↓18Rita#72
↓18Frank#95
↓15Jo#82
↓15Eugene#81
↓14Marvin#79
↓13Betty#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.