State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,406 Iowa births in 1963 across 834 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#66Karla#189 nationally
#95Kristinoutside the national top 200
#93Jodi#196 nationally
#94Marty#186 nationally
#99Ted#188 nationally
#93Kyle#180 nationally
#56Kent#141 nationally
#96Marcia#180 nationally
#69Brad#146 nationally
#97Doug#174 nationally
#90Sara#162 nationally
#77Shelley#148 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa859US #1
#2Lori737US #8
#3Mary684US #2
#4Julie670US #22
#5Susan581US #3
#6Brenda429US #15
#7Linda374US #5
#8Karen372US #4
#9Kimberly366US #11
#10Tammy320US #12
#11Debra314US #21
#12Laura310US #16
#13Teresa306US #18
#14Pamela281US #14
#15Kelly276US #32
#16Michelle275US #26
#17Nancy250US #23
#18Barbara246US #17
#19Sandra245US #9
#20Christine241US #29
#21Kathy235US #34
#22Patricia235US #7
#23Diane234US #31
#24Ann224US #57
#25Cindy208US #37
#26Cynthia207US #10
#27Denise205US #27
#28Deborah202US #13
#29Donna201US #6
#30Laurie196US #47
#31Angela192US #30
#32Elizabeth188US #20
#33Connie187US #55
#34Rhonda186US #45
#35Janet185US #40
#36Dawn184US #52
#37Sharon182US #19
#38Kim180US #39
#39Robin180US #25
#40Carol175US #33
#41Jane173US #75
#42Debbie163US #41
#43Cheryl162US #24
#44Jill162US #68
#45Kathleen162US #28
#46Amy161US #54
#47Shelly156US #117
#48Tracy153US #48
#49Beth150US #66
#50Jennifer142US #36
#51Sheila141US #50
#52Rebecca134US #44
#53Jean133US #97
#54Theresa133US #38
#55Tina133US #35
#56Paula125US #42
#57Terri118US #58
#58Wendy111US #60
#59Penny109US #86
#60Peggy108US #106
#61Tamara108US #111
#62Annette107US #71
#63Judy107US #70
#64Lynn107US #73
#65Sherry105US #49
#66Karla103US #189
#67Anne98US #80
#68Melissa97US #61
#69Kathryn95US #93
#70Diana94US #62
#71Michele94US #59
#72Sherri93US #78
#73Margaret91US #46
#74Becky89US #126
#75Renee88US #74
#76Joan87US #95
#77Shelley87US #148
#78Catherine86US #53
#79Cathy86US #67
#80Suzanne86US #65
#81Vicki85US #100
#82Deanna84US #133
#83Janice84US #63
#84Carla83US #82
#85Sue80US #155
#86Jacqueline76US #51
#87Stephanie76US #64
#88Carolyn75US #56
#89Sheri75US #136
#90Sara73US #162
#91Valerie73US #69
#92Colleen72US #98
#93Jodi69US #196
#94Dana68US #88
#95Kristin67
#96Marcia67US #180
#97Ellen66US #112
#98Joyce66US #84
#99Sarah65US #94
#100Darla64US #165

Boys

#1David1,296US #3
#2Michael1,139US #1
#3Mark970US #6
#4John931US #2
#5Scott890US #12
#6Robert794US #5
#7James765US #4
#8Jeffrey715US #10
#9Kevin692US #11
#10Steven654US #14
#11Brian591US #20
#12Todd588US #30
#13Thomas520US #9
#14Richard507US #8
#15Timothy489US #15
#16Daniel480US #19
#17Douglas427US #28
#18Paul381US #17
#19William379US #7
#20Gary300US #24
#21Ronald300US #23
#22Randy297US #37
#23Joseph289US #13
#24Donald258US #25
#25Terry257US #32
#26Charles246US #16
#27Patrick240US #35
#28Dennis239US #39
#29Kenneth238US #18
#30Larry233US #36
#31Craig228US #51
#32Gregory228US #21
#33Jeff219US #48
#34Bradley213US #82
#35Christopher193US #26
#36Mike189US #44
#37Roger185US #53
#38Bruce179US #43
#39Rodney177US #76
#40Jerry171US #38
#41Keith168US #33
#42Jon163US #84
#43Randall163US #65
#44Alan160US #56
#45Matthew155US #50
#46Dean152US #86
#47Jay149US #85
#48Eric146US #31
#49Tim142US #79
#50Steve140US #49
#51Anthony136US #22
#52Curtis136US #72
#53Troy132US #66
#54Dale130US #69
#55Jeffery130US #46
#56Kent130US #141
#57Ricky130US #47
#58Stephen130US #29
#59Chris127US #59
#60Rick127US #111
#61Russell120US #57
#62Martin118US #62
#63Brent113US #125
#64Edward112US #27
#65Tom108US #103
#66Danny106US #55
#67Jim102US #92
#68Tony101US #52
#69Brad99US #146
#70Andrew93US #42
#71Joel93US #110
#72Kelly91US #126
#73Kurt89US #116
#74Brett83US #129
#75Bryan83US #73
#76Kirk83US #139
#77Duane81US #130
#78Raymond80US #45
#79Gerald79US #60
#80Joe78US #58
#81Dan77US #124
#82Phillip76US #70
#83Shawn75US #108
#84Wayne74US #63
#85Allen73US #90
#86Greg73US #81
#87Barry72US #67
#88George71US #34
#89Micheal63US #106
#90Peter63US #40
#91Tracy63US #121
#92Carl62US #54
#93Kyle57US #180
#94Marty56US #186
#95Bill55US #113
#96Jack51US #102
#97Doug46US #174
#98Mitchell45US #127
#99Ted45US #188
#100Jonathan43US #88

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑27Paula#56
↑26Melissa#68
↑25Christine#20
↑18Kathryn#69
↑15Angela#31
↑15Anne#67
↑14Karla#66
↑12Vicki#81

Falling

↓23Carla#84
↓19Carolyn#88
↓17Joan#76
↓16Barry#87
↓13Bryan#75
↓13Dan#81
↓12Cheryl#43
↓12Jeffery#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.