State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,924 Iowa births in 1965 across 792 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#65Karla#188 nationally
#89Kristioutside the national top 200
#99Jodyoutside the national top 200
#100Martyoutside the national top 200
#90Sara#178 nationally
#75Kent#161 nationally
#66Becky#143 nationally
#73Brad#148 nationally
#85Dan#155 nationally
#70Rick#137 nationally
#86Kirk#152 nationally
#66Brent#131 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa878US #1
#2Julie566US #14
#3Mary496US #2
#4Lori434US #19
#5Susan427US #5
#6Kimberly408US #4
#7Karen340US #3
#8Brenda315US #23
#9Michelle309US #18
#10Angela295US #10
#11Amy294US #35
#12Teresa283US #24
#13Laura258US #17
#14Linda250US #8
#15Tammy240US #11
#16Christine238US #21
#17Dawn234US #26
#18Kelly218US #30
#19Pamela212US #12
#20Denise209US #28
#21Debra204US #27
#22Jill203US #51
#23Barbara202US #25
#24Jennifer202US #20
#25Patricia201US #6
#26Ann198US #59
#27Diane194US #40
#28Nancy191US #32
#29Rhonda188US #37
#30Deborah182US #13
#31Cynthia181US #9
#32Robin179US #33
#33Sandra175US #15
#34Elizabeth171US #16
#35Cindy169US #53
#36Tracy169US #36
#37Rebecca166US #41
#38Wendy159US #39
#39Shelly152US #98
#40Melissa147US #38
#41Carol146US #42
#42Connie143US #61
#43Janet141US #55
#44Kim141US #43
#45Michele141US #48
#46Tina137US #29
#47Kathleen136US #34
#48Donna134US #7
#49Cheryl133US #31
#50Theresa131US #45
#51Laurie124US #60
#52Jane120US #95
#53Beth116US #66
#54Sheila116US #50
#55Stephanie116US #44
#56Kathy113US #54
#57Sherry105US #56
#58Paula103US #49
#59Carla98US #76
#60Kristine95US #120
#61Penny94US #97
#62Sharon94US #22
#63Debbie93US #62
#64Jodi93US #127
#65Karla93US #188
#66Becky90US #143
#67Jacqueline88US #47
#68Renee87US #68
#69Terri87US #69
#70Joan86US #116
#71Anne83US #77
#72Jean81US #112
#73Annette78US #71
#74Catherine78US #57
#75Margaret77US #52
#76Diana76US #64
#77Judy75US #86
#78Peggy74US #124
#79Suzanne74US #65
#80Katherine73US #79
#81Deanna72US #110
#82Kristin72US #135
#83Tamara72US #104
#84Janice71US #73
#85Melinda71US #100
#86Heidi69US #105
#87Kathryn69US #87
#88Sarah69US #92
#89Kristi67
#90Sara67US #178
#91Lynn66US #80
#92Christina64US #74
#93Stacey64US #84
#94Vicki64US #114
#95Carolyn62US #58
#96Sherri62US #91
#97Shelley61US #148
#98Andrea60US #63
#99Jody59
#100Ruth59US #118

Boys

#1Michael1,128US #1
#2David1,084US #3
#3John837US #2
#4James748US #4
#5Mark695US #7
#6Robert649US #5
#7Jeffrey644US #10
#8Scott636US #15
#9Steven563US #14
#10Kevin560US #13
#11Brian557US #19
#12Todd495US #30
#13Daniel452US #17
#14Timothy445US #12
#15Richard431US #8
#16Thomas431US #9
#17William367US #6
#18Douglas362US #32
#19Paul329US #16
#20Joseph267US #11
#21Christopher238US #18
#22Patrick230US #31
#23Ronald230US #24
#24Rodney229US #33
#25Gregory225US #23
#26Donald220US #26
#27Bradley215US #72
#28Craig215US #46
#29Eric213US #25
#30Terry210US #40
#31Charles207US #20
#32Randy201US #42
#33Larry193US #38
#34Matthew192US #36
#35Gary191US #27
#36Kenneth180US #21
#37Dennis175US #44
#38Mike175US #51
#39Jeff173US #62
#40Troy158US #53
#41Jon154US #78
#42Jeffery138US #47
#43Jerry138US #41
#44Anthony136US #22
#45Shawn135US #69
#46Roger126US #49
#47Stephen125US #28
#48Alan124US #59
#49Tim124US #97
#50Dean123US #88
#51Keith122US #35
#52Chris121US #60
#53Steve119US #55
#54Jay116US #90
#55Andrew112US #37
#56Bruce107US #50
#57Russell107US #58
#58Randall102US #73
#59Ricky101US #57
#60Tony101US #48
#61Bryan96US #63
#62Darin96US #123
#63Dale95US #83
#64Curtis93US #75
#65Edward92US #29
#66Brent89US #131
#67Jim89US #116
#68Danny88US #56
#69Brett87US #132
#70Rick86US #137
#71Joel84US #114
#72Tom83US #127
#73Brad78US #148
#74Kurt77US #112
#75Kent73US #161
#76Darren72US #52
#77Kelly70US #136
#78Tracy70US #110
#79Allen68US #92
#80Raymond66US #45
#81Peter65US #39
#82Wayne65US #65
#83Martin64US #67
#84George63US #34
#85Dan62US #155
#86Kirk62US #152
#87Greg61US #105
#88Darrin60US #102
#89Duane58US #135
#90Gerald57US #64
#91Phillip57US #70
#92Sean57US #79
#93Jason56US #111
#94Joe55US #71
#95Barry54US #86
#96Bill54US #151
#97Carl46US #54
#98Frank46US #43
#99Philip46US #87
#100Marty45

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑27Stephanie#55
↑23Wendy#38
↑21Jennifer#24
↑19Amy#11
↑19Melissa#40
↑18Carla#59
↑18Kristine#60
↑18Rodney#24

Falling

↓31Lynn#91
↓27Tamara#83
↓21Shelley#97
↓20Kathy#56
↓18Carl#97
↓17Bruce#56
↓15Kathryn#87
↓15Gary#35

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.