State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,395 Iowa births in 1960 across 857 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#52Shelly#157 nationally
#96Karlaoutside the national top 200
#92Jody#196 nationally
#100Jonioutside the national top 200
#87Doug#182 nationally
#79Deanna#173 nationally
#89Tami#176 nationally
#64Kent#148 nationally
#61Sheryl#142 nationally
#79Brent#154 nationally
#81Marcia#156 nationally
#68Kirk#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary789US #1
#2Lori739US #20
#3Julie686US #28
#4Susan657US #2
#5Lisa574US #6
#6Linda566US #3
#7Debra506US #8
#8Brenda494US #13
#9Karen488US #4
#10Kimberly440US #26
#11Nancy369US #15
#12Barbara368US #12
#13Teresa351US #19
#14Kathy339US #21
#15Sandra334US #11
#16Cynthia333US #9
#17Pamela329US #14
#18Diane323US #22
#19Cindy321US #30
#20Carol318US #23
#21Laura310US #25
#22Patricia293US #7
#23Donna271US #5
#24Debbie266US #24
#25Denise261US #29
#26Deborah260US #10
#27Kim253US #34
#28Cheryl248US #17
#29Janet245US #32
#30Laurie242US #37
#31Kelly241US #52
#32Connie230US #47
#33Tammy228US #31
#34Rhonda224US #44
#35Ann219US #51
#36Jane214US #67
#37Sharon213US #16
#38Kathleen203US #27
#39Rebecca193US #38
#40Elizabeth185US #18
#41Dawn182US #57
#42Christine173US #40
#43Terri170US #49
#44Michelle167US #39
#45Robin163US #33
#46Jean157US #86
#47Becky155US #111
#48Peggy151US #69
#49Theresa148US #35
#50Judy141US #48
#51Beth134US #72
#52Shelly133US #157
#53Vicki132US #73
#54Jill126US #76
#55Diana121US #53
#56Sheila117US #56
#57Sherry117US #54
#58Cathy116US #46
#59Joan115US #80
#60Carla114US #110
#61Sheryl114US #142
#62Catherine113US #42
#63Janice113US #41
#64Paula113US #55
#65Margaret111US #36
#66Tracy110US #84
#67Joyce109US #58
#68Kathryn104US #82
#69Tamara103US #124
#70Sue99US #120
#71Annette98US #62
#72Jennifer98US #61
#73Anne96US #88
#74Lynn96US #64
#75Amy94US #77
#76Bonnie94US #71
#77Tina94US #45
#78Sherri92US #136
#79Deanna91US #173
#80Angela89US #50
#81Marcia87US #156
#82Penny87US #113
#83Valerie87US #65
#84Renee86US #93
#85Wendy86US #63
#86Ruth82US #97
#87Sally81US #123
#88Michele77US #89
#89Tami75US #176
#90Ellen74US #94
#91Jeanne74US #129
#92Jody74US #196
#93Colleen73US #107
#94Jacqueline73US #85
#95Julia73US #122
#96Karla73
#97Sarah73US #116
#98Pam72US #132
#99Patty72US #145
#100Joni71

Boys

#1David1,442US #1
#2Michael1,194US #2
#3Mark1,142US #6
#4John952US #4
#5James932US #3
#6Robert833US #5
#7Jeffrey787US #14
#8Steven786US #10
#9Kevin739US #15
#10Scott621US #23
#11Thomas596US #9
#12Timothy579US #11
#13William556US #7
#14Daniel548US #17
#15Richard544US #8
#16Brian524US #20
#17Douglas503US #30
#18Randy471US #32
#19Dennis385US #31
#20Gary380US #22
#21Paul349US #18
#22Terry341US #34
#23Ronald337US #21
#24Larry322US #28
#25Craig319US #41
#26Gregory314US #24
#27Donald295US #19
#28Kenneth282US #16
#29Charles275US #13
#30Mike267US #36
#31Jeff262US #49
#32Joseph251US #12
#33Todd235US #71
#34Patrick227US #45
#35Randall220US #59
#36Alan214US #50
#37Roger213US #47
#38Jerry212US #37
#39Bruce207US #39
#40Tim204US #60
#41Rodney191US #68
#42Ricky188US #38
#43Bradley187US #90
#44Dale185US #54
#45Steve182US #43
#46Jon166US #97
#47Keith165US #35
#48Russell165US #56
#49Christopher160US #29
#50Rick157US #101
#51Eric155US #44
#52Tom154US #86
#53Anthony148US #25
#54Danny148US #48
#55Jay148US #78
#56Stephen148US #27
#57Jeffery146US #55
#58Dean140US #94
#59Dan132US #111
#60Edward132US #26
#61Matthew130US #61
#62Jim127US #75
#63Chris125US #63
#64Kent120US #148
#65Tony116US #52
#66Kelly111US #128
#67Joel109US #110
#68Kirk106US #142
#69Bryan101US #88
#70Duane101US #127
#71Curtis100US #79
#72Martin100US #77
#73Greg98US #83
#74Wayne95US #58
#75Bill91US #95
#76Kurt90US #130
#77Andrew87US #51
#78Brad87US #134
#79Brent84US #154
#80Dave84US #122
#81Peter81US #42
#82Raymond79US #46
#83Gerald78US #62
#84Carl77US #53
#85George77US #33
#86Allen75US #99
#87Doug75US #182
#88Joe75US #57
#89Micheal74US #105
#90Barry69US #72
#91Bob68US #131
#92Phillip68US #66
#93Tracy67US #137
#94Philip65US #76
#95Darrell63US #104
#96Lee61US #116
#97Frank60US #40
#98Jack59US #85
#99Brett58US #151
#100Harold57US #92

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑26Anthony#53
↑23Anne#73
↑18Todd#33
↑15Laurie#30
↑15Terri#43
↑15Sherry#57
↑15Tina#77
↑15Christopher#49

Falling

↓26Karla#96
↓25Pam#98
↓21Lynn#74
↓18Gerald#83
↓15Colleen#93
↓14Curtis#71
↓13Marcia#81
↓13Philip#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.