State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,433 Iowa births in 1962 across 848 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#84Kristioutside the national top 200
#80Karla#192 nationally
#97Jodyoutside the national top 200
#95Darla#190 nationally
#98Marty#186 nationally
#85Marcia#168 nationally
#81Shelley#162 nationally
#57Kent#136 nationally
#53Shelly#130 nationally
#81Brad#158 nationally
#95Dana#172 nationally
#100Kyle#176 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa800US #1
#2Mary729US #2
#3Lori678US #11
#4Julie660US #22
#5Susan597US #3
#6Brenda459US #12
#7Debra457US #15
#8Karen440US #4
#9Kimberly415US #16
#10Linda401US #5
#11Teresa343US #18
#12Barbara321US #14
#13Nancy314US #19
#14Diane309US #26
#15Laura305US #21
#16Michelle305US #31
#17Tammy298US #23
#18Cynthia296US #8
#19Pamela292US #13
#20Sandra266US #10
#21Denise257US #30
#22Kathy257US #27
#23Patricia252US #6
#24Kelly247US #38
#25Laurie245US #42
#26Rhonda224US #45
#27Cindy220US #34
#28Deborah217US #9
#29Robin214US #25
#30Carol210US #28
#31Cheryl210US #24
#32Connie208US #51
#33Kim208US #37
#34Ann205US #56
#35Donna204US #7
#36Dawn202US #50
#37Janet201US #35
#38Debbie193US #32
#39Kathleen193US #29
#40Sharon190US #17
#41Jane177US #73
#42Rebecca175US #47
#43Elizabeth170US #20
#44Theresa169US #40
#45Christine164US #39
#46Angela162US #36
#47Jennifer162US #41
#48Beth159US #66
#49Tracy157US #55
#50Jill154US #72
#51Tina149US #33
#52Amy144US #61
#53Shelly142US #130
#54Terri138US #54
#55Sheila136US #52
#56Sherry132US #48
#57Penny130US #92
#58Lynn128US #71
#59Joan125US #94
#60Peggy121US #93
#61Carla120US #78
#62Diana120US #57
#63Jean120US #95
#64Renee120US #76
#65Becky117US #122
#66Tamara116US #119
#67Annette110US #75
#68Wendy110US #64
#69Carolyn106US #46
#70Judy103US #63
#71Sherri102US #82
#72Cathy101US #62
#73Sheryl100US #134
#74Suzanne97US #65
#75Jacqueline96US #44
#76Margaret96US #43
#77Michele96US #59
#78Sue95US #135
#79Catherine92US #53
#80Karla91US #192
#81Shelley90US #162
#82Anne85US #83
#83Paula85US #60
#84Kristi84
#85Marcia83US #168
#86Colleen82US #101
#87Kathryn81US #89
#88Joyce79US #74
#89Valerie79US #67
#90Sarah78US #98
#91Sara77US #163
#92Janice76US #58
#93Vicki76US #85
#94Melissa75US #68
#95Darla74US #190
#96Shari74US #146
#97Jody73
#98Judith70US #86
#99Sally70US #136
#100Sandy70US #140

Boys

#1David1,292US #2
#2Michael1,231US #1
#3Mark1,016US #6
#4John934US #3
#5Scott900US #11
#6James855US #4
#7Jeffrey816US #10
#8Robert734US #5
#9Steven651US #12
#10Kevin637US #14
#11Brian580US #20
#12Thomas535US #9
#13Douglas489US #27
#14Daniel485US #17
#15Timothy479US #16
#16Richard466US #8
#17Todd465US #30
#18William422US #7
#19Gary343US #22
#20Randy325US #35
#21Ronald310US #25
#22Paul301US #19
#23Gregory285US #21
#24Terry278US #34
#25Dennis263US #37
#26Donald260US #23
#27Kenneth258US #18
#28Joseph250US #13
#29Jeff247US #44
#30Larry242US #31
#31Charles232US #15
#32Craig232US #51
#33Mike232US #39
#34Bruce230US #41
#35Roger222US #47
#36Patrick202US #40
#37Bradley201US #87
#38Christopher195US #26
#39Randall183US #64
#40Alan176US #53
#41Rodney174US #76
#42Eric171US #33
#43Jeffery171US #45
#44Matthew160US #56
#45Jerry158US #38
#46Tim151US #72
#47Steve150US #46
#48Jon147US #84
#49Keith145US #36
#50Dale144US #62
#51Dean138US #86
#52Ricky137US #50
#53Jay133US #80
#54Russell131US #57
#55Anthony130US #24
#56Danny129US #54
#57Kent126US #136
#58Chris125US #60
#59Troy124US #67
#60Rick122US #110
#61Tom120US #98
#62Bryan119US #82
#63Tony119US #52
#64Curtis117US #73
#65Jim116US #85
#66Stephen112US #28
#67Kelly109US #125
#68Dan108US #120
#69Joel108US #113
#70Edward107US #29
#71Barry99US #61
#72Brent99US #139
#73Kirk99US #138
#74Martin99US #74
#75Wayne89US #63
#76Brett88US #141
#77George87US #32
#78Duane86US #135
#79Kurt84US #121
#80Andrew83US #49
#81Brad83US #158
#82Greg82US #77
#83Bill79US #108
#84Tracy79US #111
#85Joe76US #59
#86Gerald74US #65
#87Allen73US #93
#88Raymond72US #48
#89Peter67US #43
#90Micheal64US #104
#91Phillip64US #68
#92Shawn63US #124
#93Carl56US #58
#94Mitchell55US #128
#95Dana53US #172
#96Doug53US #170
#97Frank53US #42
#98Marty53US #186
#99Jack50US #99
#100Kyle50US #176

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑21Annette#67
↑18Tina#51
↑18Barry#71
↑18Brett#76
↑16Anne#82
↑15Troy#59
↑14Laurie#25
↑14Sherry#56

Falling

↓27Janice#92
↓25Kathryn#87
↓19Vicki#93
↓16Jean#63
↓14Judy#70
↓14Joe#85
↓13Catherine#79
↓12Cindy#27

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.