State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,030 Iowa births in 1969 across 807 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#74Karlaoutside the national top 200
#88Kentoutside the national top 200
#92Tamioutside the national top 200
#63Jody#165 nationally
#70Cory#160 nationally
#91Tim#181 nationally
#68Kirk#148 nationally
#66Brad#145 nationally
#80Darin#159 nationally
#46Sara#124 nationally
#56Kurt#132 nationally
#40Kristine#110 nationally

Girls

#1Michelle609US #2
#2Lisa607US #1
#3Amy509US #6
#4Jennifer505US #3
#5Julie458US #12
#6Kimberly436US #4
#7Angela391US #7
#8Melissa332US #5
#9Lori311US #20
#10Mary270US #8
#11Kelly264US #15
#12Tammy264US #9
#13Susan257US #11
#14Christine254US #14
#15Dawn253US #21
#16Brenda245US #38
#17Laura227US #10
#18Stephanie220US #19
#19Tracy217US #17
#20Jill206US #51
#21Teresa195US #32
#22Tina183US #22
#23Karen180US #13
#24Heather173US #34
#25Pamela160US #24
#26Wendy158US #29
#27Ann152US #57
#28Denise145US #35
#29Jodi145US #95
#30Elizabeth144US #16
#31Rebecca133US #28
#32Shannon131US #31
#33Michele130US #30
#34Stacy129US #53
#35Cynthia128US #23
#36Barbara127US #39
#37Debra123US #43
#38Patricia122US #18
#39Linda117US #33
#40Kristine115US #110
#41Sarah115US #72
#42Nancy114US #45
#43Shelly114US #102
#44Kristin107US #76
#45Deborah106US #27
#46Sara105US #124
#47Tamara105US #78
#48Christina104US #37
#49Rhonda102US #44
#50Robin102US #46
#51Paula101US #50
#52Sandra101US #25
#53Diane99US #61
#54Cindy97US #74
#55Sheila95US #68
#56Renee93US #67
#57Kathy92US #77
#58Theresa91US #49
#59Beth89US #82
#60Stacey89US #52
#61Heidi88US #80
#62Andrea87US #48
#63Jody82US #165
#64Traci81US #112
#65Carrie80US #94
#66Cheryl79US #41
#67Dana78US #60
#68Donna78US #26
#69Janet78US #84
#70Kathleen78US #42
#71Nicole77US #47
#72Tricia77US #119
#73Rachel75US #69
#74Karla72
#75Melinda72US #89
#76Terri72US #93
#77Holly71US #87
#78Laurie71US #79
#79Kelli70US #115
#80Carol68US #56
#81Kim68US #66
#82Tonya68US #54
#83Anne67US #101
#84Deanna66US #88
#85Kristi65US #129
#86Sherry65US #55
#87Gina63US #63
#88Sharon62US #36
#89Connie61US #105
#90Katherine61US #70
#91Melanie61US #92
#92Tami58
#93Shelley57US #135
#94Valerie57US #85
#95Carla55US #90
#96Peggy55US #158
#97Sheri55US #132
#98Kathryn54US #104
#99Annette53US #113
#100Leslie53US #64

Boys

#1Michael1,137US #1
#2David896US #2
#3James683US #3
#4Scott650US #12
#5Robert607US #5
#6Brian605US #9
#7John595US #4
#8Jeffrey579US #11
#9Mark570US #8
#10Steven484US #14
#11Todd474US #28
#12Christopher447US #7
#13Timothy430US #17
#14Daniel415US #18
#15Kevin385US #16
#16Matthew374US #24
#17Thomas358US #13
#18Jason353US #25
#19William328US #6
#20Richard320US #10
#21Douglas298US #34
#22Eric292US #21
#23Troy285US #42
#24Chad267US #69
#25Paul253US #22
#26Bradley238US #53
#27Joseph236US #15
#28Patrick201US #31
#29Gregory195US #26
#30Shawn168US #41
#31Charles166US #19
#32Gary166US #35
#33Craig163US #39
#34Ronald162US #29
#35Anthony159US #20
#36Andrew154US #33
#37Donald154US #30
#38Kenneth142US #23
#39Rodney139US #49
#40Terry135US #52
#41Brent133US #92
#42Dennis128US #44
#43Stephen126US #27
#44Larry118US #40
#45Shane116US #87
#46Jon111US #68
#47Randy111US #55
#48Joel109US #80
#49Jeffery108US #48
#50Bryan106US #51
#51Tony103US #54
#52Corey102US #58
#53Brett96US #94
#54Jeff94US #106
#55Jerry94US #45
#56Kurt89US #132
#57Sean89US #37
#58Keith87US #36
#59Jay86US #95
#60Aaron84US #61
#61Chris84US #66
#62Roger81US #59
#63Dean79US #89
#64Lance78US #103
#65Russell76US #57
#66Brad74US #145
#67Curtis74US #81
#68Kirk73US #148
#69Bruce72US #72
#70Cory72US #160
#71Kelly71US #115
#72Travis70US #113
#73Martin69US #78
#74Edward67US #32
#75Darren66US #60
#76Peter66US #43
#77Alan64US #76
#78Dale62US #96
#79Danny61US #73
#80Darin61US #159
#81Kyle61US #143
#82Randall61US #85
#83Ricky61US #90
#84Jonathan60US #46
#85Mike58US #112
#86Ryan57US #135
#87Duane55US #156
#88Kent52
#89Marc51US #63
#90Shannon51US #129
#91Tim51US #181
#92Wayne51US #75
#93Benjamin47US #91
#94Steve47US #98
#95Carl45US #62
#96Philip45US #86
#97Allen44US #111
#98Barry44US #99
#99Raymond44US #50
#100George43US #38

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑55Shannon#32
↑49Heather#24
↑28Lance#64
↑27Aaron#60
↑25Stacy#34
↑22Jason#18
↑20Renee#56
↑18Shane#45

Falling

↓24Carol#80
↓24Mike#85
↓20Kathryn#98
↓20Leslie#100
↓19Sherry#86
↓17Gina#87
↓17Sharon#88
↓17Connie#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.