State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,643 Iowa births in 1968 across 785 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#75Karlaoutside the national top 200
#78Kent#194 nationally
#57Jody#169 nationally
#88Tami#191 nationally
#63Becky#161 nationally
#89Tom#185 nationally
#88Rick#182 nationally
#70Brad#158 nationally
#51Sara#130 nationally
#98Jim#177 nationally
#31Chad#104 nationally
#74Darin#147 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa708US #1
#2Michelle559US #2
#3Kimberly442US #3
#4Julie438US #16
#5Amy387US #13
#6Jennifer386US #4
#7Angela384US #7
#8Lori326US #22
#9Melissa325US #5
#10Susan324US #10
#11Mary309US #6
#12Laura300US #11
#13Brenda286US #34
#14Tammy283US #8
#15Kelly265US #12
#16Christine248US #14
#17Teresa245US #30
#18Jill242US #46
#19Dawn238US #21
#20Tina204US #18
#21Tracy201US #25
#22Karen196US #9
#23Stephanie178US #23
#24Pamela172US #20
#25Wendy169US #31
#26Ann158US #54
#27Elizabeth156US #17
#28Patricia153US #15
#29Debra150US #38
#30Cynthia145US #19
#31Jodi140US #97
#32Rebecca140US #33
#33Deborah136US #27
#34Denise136US #35
#35Michele134US #29
#36Rhonda132US #42
#37Sandra130US #26
#38Barbara129US #36
#39Linda127US #28
#40Nancy126US #39
#41Kristin112US #84
#42Tamara111US #80
#43Robin110US #43
#44Theresa110US #47
#45Diane108US #51
#46Paula108US #45
#47Sheila107US #59
#48Kristine106US #105
#49Shelly105US #98
#50Christina104US #44
#51Sara99US #130
#52Cindy97US #67
#53Andrea96US #48
#54Beth96US #74
#55Sarah96US #78
#56Carol95US #49
#57Jody92US #169
#58Kathy92US #76
#59Stacy87US #64
#60Cheryl85US #37
#61Heidi85US #89
#62Kathleen84US #40
#63Becky83US #161
#64Donna82US #24
#65Carrie80US #86
#66Stacey79US #55
#67Sherry78US #52
#68Laurie76US #79
#69Suzanne76US #69
#70Gina74US #58
#71Sharon74US #32
#72Connie73US #87
#73Heather73US #62
#74Dana72US #70
#75Karla72
#76Renee72US #65
#77Kim69US #57
#78Kathryn68US #100
#79Melinda67US #90
#80Leslie66US #66
#81Anne65US #88
#82Jacqueline65US #50
#83Terri64US #83
#84Janet63US #73
#85Shelley63US #129
#86Diana62US #71
#87Shannon62US #53
#88Tami62US #191
#89Deanna61US #104
#90Carla60US #91
#91Catherine60US #56
#92Sherri60US #95
#93Lynn59US #85
#94Holly58US #103
#95Penny57US #124
#96Tonya57US #60
#97Kristi56US #138
#98Jane54US #146
#99Peggy54US #155
#100Tracey54US #72

Boys

#1Michael1,112US #1
#2David838US #2
#3James703US #4
#4Mark681US #7
#5John673US #3
#6Robert649US #5
#7Brian643US #10
#8Jeffrey622US #11
#9Scott585US #14
#10Todd526US #28
#11Steven486US #15
#12Timothy455US #13
#13Daniel401US #18
#14Christopher395US #9
#15Richard374US #8
#16Kevin373US #17
#17Thomas363US #12
#18William345US #6
#19Matthew324US #24
#20Douglas323US #33
#21Paul274US #19
#22Troy256US #40
#23Eric254US #22
#24Joseph245US #16
#25Patrick223US #30
#26Bradley183US #57
#27Gregory182US #26
#28Charles179US #20
#29Ronald177US #25
#30Kenneth175US #23
#31Chad172US #104
#32Donald158US #29
#33Andrew155US #34
#34Gary155US #32
#35Dennis153US #45
#36Craig151US #41
#37Rodney151US #42
#38Anthony148US #21
#39Terry141US #48
#40Jason139US #47
#41Larry136US #38
#42Randy128US #54
#43Shawn127US #43
#44Stephen122US #27
#45Jeffery120US #46
#46Jon120US #65
#47Jeff117US #90
#48Sean111US #37
#49Bryan109US #51
#50Keith109US #35
#51Jerry108US #44
#52Joel107US #80
#53Tony104US #52
#54Brent101US #102
#55Chris100US #64
#56Russell92US #56
#57Bruce91US #61
#58Curtis89US #75
#59Jay89US #88
#60Kurt88US #123
#61Mike88US #93
#62Kelly87US #97
#63Shane86US #120
#64Roger84US #55
#65Edward83US #31
#66Alan73US #74
#67Dale72US #91
#68Darren71US #60
#69Brett70US #105
#70Brad69US #158
#71Randall69US #79
#72Dean68US #78
#73Danny67US #72
#74Darin67US #147
#75Duane65US #146
#76Ryan64US #131
#77Tim61US #139
#78Kent60US #194
#79Steve60US #89
#80Kirk59US #143
#81Ricky59US #70
#82Martin57US #68
#83Kyle56US #148
#84Tracy54US #111
#85Wayne54US #63
#86Jonathan53US #53
#87Aaron50US #87
#88Rick49US #182
#89Tom49US #185
#90Micheal48US #114
#91Gerald47US #62
#92Lance47US #144
#93Lee47US #106
#94Peter47US #39
#95Jack46US #110
#96Raymond46US #50
#97Darrin43US #138
#98Jim42US #177
#99Marc42US #84
#100Allen40US #100

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑41Stacy#59
↑34Jody#57
↑29Shane#63
↑25Sean#48
↑24Stacey#66
↑20Melinda#79
↑19Becky#63
↑19Ryan#76

Falling

↓31Lynn#93
↓27Jane#98
↓26Catherine#91
↓23Sherri#92
↓23Kristi#97
↓23Roger#64
↓21Shelley#85
↓19Deanna#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.