State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,025 Iowa births in 1970 across 817 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#87Kentoutside the national top 200
#89Tamioutside the national top 200
#94Dustinoutside the national top 200
#83Darin#188 nationally
#66Cory#164 nationally
#60Jody#153 nationally
#41Sara#126 nationally
#85Stacie#165 nationally
#80Kirk#158 nationally
#65Brad#139 nationally
#76Kurt#149 nationally
#23Jodi#95 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer769US #1
#2Michelle604US #4
#3Amy584US #5
#4Lisa537US #2
#5Angela491US #6
#6Kimberly453US #3
#7Julie430US #11
#8Melissa413US #7
#9Dawn308US #16
#10Lori292US #23
#11Tammy268US #8
#12Tracy261US #10
#13Heather259US #19
#14Susan258US #15
#15Mary245US #9
#16Brenda228US #40
#17Stephanie223US #17
#18Kelly221US #20
#19Laura217US #13
#20Christine206US #14
#21Tina206US #21
#22Jill189US #52
#23Jodi183US #95
#24Shannon172US #22
#25Wendy171US #28
#26Teresa152US #34
#27Ann151US #62
#28Pamela151US #26
#29Karen144US #12
#30Stacy139US #42
#31Debra132US #47
#32Nicole132US #30
#33Michele127US #31
#34Elizabeth126US #18
#35Denise125US #36
#36Rebecca124US #29
#37Kristin120US #63
#38Sarah119US #65
#39Andrea118US #43
#40Cynthia117US #25
#41Sara114US #126
#42Patricia113US #24
#43Christina109US #35
#44Linda106US #38
#45Cindy103US #72
#46Rhonda103US #46
#47Stacey103US #48
#48Heidi102US #81
#49Tamara100US #79
#50Beth97US #92
#51Kristine97US #109
#52Shelly96US #103
#53Barbara95US #41
#54Deborah95US #33
#55Kathleen93US #45
#56Melinda92US #93
#57Traci91US #100
#58Theresa90US #53
#59Tracey86US #55
#60Jody85US #153
#61Paula85US #57
#62Robin85US #51
#63Sandra85US #27
#64Carrie84US #73
#65Dana83US #54
#66Rachel79US #58
#67Renee79US #68
#68Gina78US #61
#69Holly78US #74
#70Deanna77US #90
#71Diane77US #70
#72Kathy77US #77
#73Kelli77US #115
#74Tonya73US #49
#75Kristi69US #123
#76Nancy69US #50
#77Sheila68US #75
#78Tricia68US #124
#79Laurie67US #88
#80Annette65US #128
#81Connie65US #116
#82Donna65US #32
#83Lynn64US #119
#84Leslie62US #64
#85Stacie61US #165
#86Janet60US #96
#87Kathryn60US #104
#88Monica60US #56
#89Tami60
#90Tara60US #69
#91Cheryl59US #44
#92Katherine59US #67
#93Suzanne59US #87
#94Carol58US #71
#95Kristina58US #125
#96Terri58US #113
#97Catherine57US #59
#98Erin57US #111
#99Sherry57US #60
#100Jamie56US #120

Boys

#1Michael1,088US #1
#2David779US #3
#3James636US #2
#4Jeffrey634US #11
#5Scott621US #12
#6John614US #4
#7Brian607US #8
#8Jason595US #13
#9Robert565US #5
#10Mark527US #9
#11Christopher492US #6
#12Matthew451US #24
#13Steven449US #15
#14Todd435US #28
#15Chad420US #51
#16Daniel386US #19
#17Kevin379US #14
#18Timothy373US #20
#19Richard341US #10
#20William331US #7
#21Eric330US #18
#22Troy325US #41
#23Thomas306US #17
#24Bradley267US #47
#25Douglas239US #36
#26Joseph236US #16
#27Paul208US #23
#28Shawn208US #34
#29Gregory193US #26
#30Patrick185US #33
#31Donald182US #30
#32Anthony177US #22
#33Charles170US #21
#34Craig165US #39
#35Shane162US #64
#36Andrew158US #32
#37Brent157US #74
#38Gary155US #35
#39Dennis134US #46
#40Aaron131US #52
#41Ronald128US #29
#42Stephen121US #27
#43Jon118US #68
#44Kenneth117US #25
#45Terry117US #54
#46Larry113US #43
#47Travis110US #69
#48Jeremy109US #70
#49Randy106US #59
#50Jeffery104US #50
#51Tony102US #57
#52Keith100US #38
#53Curtis99US #88
#54Lance99US #76
#55Chris96US #63
#56Joel95US #82
#57Rodney95US #55
#58Brett93US #99
#59Jay92US #97
#60Jerry87US #45
#61Russell84US #58
#62Edward83US #31
#63Jeff82US #116
#64Sean82US #37
#65Brad80US #139
#66Cory80US #164
#67Bryan79US #53
#68Corey79US #84
#69Roger79US #61
#70Jonathan78US #42
#71Jamie75US #125
#72Kelly70US #135
#73Dean69US #112
#74Dale68US #110
#75Darren68US #75
#76Kurt68US #149
#77Peter67US #44
#78Alan66US #91
#79Marc65US #60
#80Kirk62US #158
#81Ryan62US #140
#82Danny60US #85
#83Darin60US #188
#84Bruce59US #94
#85Derek56US #77
#86Kyle56US #120
#87Kent55
#88Benjamin54US #81
#89Greg54US #154
#90Martin54US #93
#91Randall54US #100
#92Nathan52US #130
#93Wayne51US #80
#94Dustin50
#95Philip49US #92
#96Shannon48US #128
#97Adam47US #72
#98George47US #40
#99Gerald47US #67
#100Duane45US #163

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑39Nicole#32
↑25Travis#47
↑23Andrea#39
↑20Aaron#40
↑19Melinda#56
↑19Gina#68
↑19Annette#80
↑16Leslie#84

Falling

↓34Nancy#76
↓25Cheryl#91
↓22Sheila#77
↓20Terri#96
↓20Kurt#76
↓18Diane#71
↓18Rodney#57
↓17Barbara#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.