State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1967 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,317 Iowa births in 1967 across 768 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#68Karla#190 nationally
#91Jody#194 nationally
#80Kent#181 nationally
#74Kristi#165 nationally
#67Sara#155 nationally
#98Dan#184 nationally
#70Brad#155 nationally
#93Tom#175 nationally
#86Rick#167 nationally
#82Becky#162 nationally
#64Shelley#141 nationally
#40Chad#105 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa743US #1
#2Michelle543US #3
#3Julie507US #16
#4Kimberly465US #2
#5Susan363US #5
#6Amy351US #12
#7Mary344US #4
#8Angela333US #7
#9Lori316US #24
#10Jennifer285US #10
#11Brenda283US #31
#12Tammy279US #8
#13Kelly254US #23
#14Dawn241US #27
#15Melissa241US #9
#16Christine237US #14
#17Karen236US #6
#18Jill226US #50
#19Debra219US #38
#20Teresa214US #28
#21Laura213US #15
#22Tina195US #21
#23Pamela193US #17
#24Tracy189US #29
#25Denise188US #34
#26Deborah179US #22
#27Patricia176US #11
#28Stephanie174US #25
#29Elizabeth171US #13
#30Ann170US #57
#31Rhonda166US #41
#32Wendy166US #32
#33Linda158US #26
#34Nancy156US #37
#35Rebecca149US #39
#36Cynthia146US #18
#37Sandra146US #20
#38Barbara140US #33
#39Michele136US #36
#40Paula135US #46
#41Cindy131US #59
#42Jodi130US #103
#43Robin123US #45
#44Shelly122US #94
#45Beth121US #67
#46Diane119US #44
#47Carol117US #47
#48Kathleen111US #40
#49Kathy107US #64
#50Kristine107US #106
#51Sheila107US #56
#52Cheryl106US #35
#53Tamara104US #86
#54Kristin101US #97
#55Laurie99US #72
#56Theresa99US #43
#57Connie96US #75
#58Sarah96US #83
#59Sherry94US #51
#60Donna91US #19
#61Christina88US #53
#62Lynn88US #81
#63Renee87US #62
#64Shelley87US #141
#65Catherine86US #55
#66Andrea85US #48
#67Sara84US #155
#68Karla83US #190
#69Sherri80US #89
#70Deanna79US #104
#71Jane78US #127
#72Annette77US #85
#73Jacqueline77US #52
#74Kristi74US #165
#75Heidi73US #88
#76Kim73US #49
#77Janet72US #61
#78Carla71US #82
#79Valerie71US #73
#80Carrie67US #107
#81Terri67US #77
#82Becky66US #162
#83Suzanne65US #63
#84Diana64US #65
#85Gina64US #54
#86Kathryn64US #92
#87Sharon63US #30
#88Anne62US #84
#89Leslie62US #66
#90Stacey62US #69
#91Jody61US #194
#92Dana60US #71
#93Sheri59US #115
#94Margaret58US #58
#95Penny58US #119
#96Traci58US #143
#97Debbie57US #90
#98Jean57US #136
#99Melinda56US #95
#100Stacy56US #74

Boys

#1Michael1,200US #1
#2David941US #2
#3Mark681US #7
#4John676US #4
#5James648US #3
#6Brian624US #10
#7Scott621US #16
#8Jeffrey613US #13
#9Robert609US #5
#10Timothy498US #11
#11Steven492US #14
#12Todd477US #29
#13Kevin428US #17
#14Daniel405US #19
#15Thomas382US #12
#16Christopher354US #9
#17Richard340US #8
#18William324US #6
#19Douglas297US #33
#20Matthew270US #28
#21Paul263US #18
#22Troy235US #40
#23Joseph230US #15
#24Patrick225US #30
#25Eric211US #23
#26Ronald210US #24
#27Gary206US #32
#28Rodney194US #37
#29Charles185US #20
#30Craig176US #46
#31Donald175US #27
#32Dennis171US #43
#33Bradley170US #66
#34Kenneth169US #22
#35Randy167US #49
#36Anthony165US #21
#37Gregory158US #25
#38Terry157US #42
#39Larry149US #38
#40Chad147US #105
#41Roger130US #53
#42Stephen126US #26
#43Shawn124US #51
#44Andrew121US #35
#45Jay114US #87
#46Jeffery113US #47
#47Jason111US #54
#48Jon111US #71
#49Chris110US #60
#50Jerry108US #41
#51Jeff107US #88
#52Mike107US #84
#53Russell107US #58
#54Curtis105US #77
#55Keith105US #34
#56Brent100US #108
#57Bryan100US #52
#58Tony100US #50
#59Alan97US #61
#60Joel96US #90
#61Dean90US #78
#62Brett89US #111
#63Bruce86US #55
#64Kelly86US #102
#65Kurt86US #113
#66Tim86US #116
#67Edward85US #31
#68Dale83US #89
#69Randall77US #72
#70Brad74US #155
#71Ricky73US #75
#72Darren72US #63
#73Sean71US #44
#74Steve67US #79
#75Peter66US #39
#76Tracy62US #99
#77Greg61US #140
#78Raymond61US #48
#79Danny60US #68
#80Kent60US #181
#81Martin59US #80
#82Allen56US #100
#83Darin56US #142
#84Kirk56US #143
#85Kyle56US #138
#86Rick56US #167
#87Jim55US #151
#88Jonathan53US #56
#89Wayne53US #62
#90Duane52US #139
#91Micheal52US #115
#92Shane52US #145
#93Tom52US #175
#94Aaron48US #106
#95Ryan48US #147
#96Gerald45US #59
#97Lee45US #103
#98Dan43US #184
#99George43US #36
#100Phillip42US #73

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑45Jason#47
↑29Christina#61
↑28Sherri#69
↑26Chad#40
↑22Shelley#64
↑21Kristi#74
↑20Elizabeth#29
↑19Karla#68

Falling

↓28Sharon#87
↓26Kim#76
↓23Jean#98
↓20Jane#71
↓20Dale#68
↓19Gina#85
↓18Debbie#97
↓17Dan#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.