State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,787 Iowa births in 1971 across 811 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#86Karlaoutside the national top 200
#66Kari#179 nationally
#80Darin#193 nationally
#52Jody#162 nationally
#93Timoutside the national top 200
#95Mindyoutside the national top 200
#98Mollyoutside the national top 200
#84Dustin#181 nationally
#58Cory#150 nationally
#34Sara#114 nationally
#57Stacie#131 nationally
#87Kirk#159 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer929US #1
#2Amy597US #5
#3Michelle524US #2
#4Angela506US #6
#5Lisa489US #3
#6Melissa415US #7
#7Kimberly400US #4
#8Julie316US #10
#9Dawn280US #14
#10Heather275US #12
#11Tammy240US #8
#12Lori222US #25
#13Mary217US #9
#14Tina208US #20
#15Susan205US #17
#16Tracy196US #13
#17Brenda191US #43
#18Laura191US #16
#19Stephanie191US #11
#20Christine179US #18
#21Kelly177US #22
#22Wendy168US #29
#23Rebecca164US #23
#24Jill152US #59
#25Stacy151US #32
#26Jodi150US #94
#27Shannon147US #21
#28Teresa141US #34
#29Christina128US #30
#30Karen128US #15
#31Elizabeth122US #19
#32Michele122US #39
#33Nicole119US #27
#34Sara119US #114
#35Andrea114US #35
#36Carrie111US #55
#37Sarah109US #58
#38Ann106US #78
#39Cynthia106US #24
#40Kristin106US #71
#41Heidi105US #77
#42Shelly101US #103
#43Stacey100US #41
#44Pamela98US #28
#45Patricia95US #26
#46Linda92US #42
#47Tricia91US #109
#48Denise90US #36
#49Dana89US #44
#50Debra86US #57
#51Beth85US #100
#52Jody85US #162
#53Kristine85US #120
#54Melinda85US #85
#55Rhonda82US #46
#56Sandra81US #31
#57Stacie81US #131
#58Barbara80US #47
#59Renee80US #73
#60Robin78US #51
#61Tonya78US #45
#62Theresa77US #61
#63Deborah74US #33
#64Cindy73US #70
#65Kristi73US #113
#66Kari71US #179
#67Kathryn71US #111
#68Rachel71US #54
#69Paula70US #63
#70Nancy69US #52
#71Holly67US #76
#72Kathy67US #91
#73Melanie67US #66
#74Tamara66US #80
#75Traci66US #116
#76Sheila65US #81
#77Tara64US #49
#78Kathleen62US #53
#79Sherry62US #60
#80Diane60US #83
#81Erin60US #93
#82Jessica57US #64
#83Katherine57US #67
#84Lynn57US #128
#85Cheryl56US #50
#86Karla56
#87Deanna55US #95
#88Kelli55US #135
#89Terri54US #115
#90Jamie53US #118
#91Anne52US #122
#92Connie52US #125
#93Suzanne52US #88
#94Amanda51US #84
#95Mindy51
#96Becky50US #163
#97Krista49US #134
#98Molly49
#99Monica49US #48
#100Tanya49US #72

Boys

#1Michael919US #1
#2Jason764US #8
#3Scott645US #10
#4David632US #3
#5Chad610US #29
#6Christopher587US #6
#7Brian559US #9
#8John542US #4
#9James536US #2
#10Matthew534US #19
#11Robert532US #5
#12Jeffrey487US #12
#13Mark399US #13
#14Steven360US #16
#15Timothy350US #21
#16Todd346US #30
#17Kevin343US #14
#18Eric327US #18
#19Daniel310US #20
#20William309US #7
#21Thomas272US #17
#22Troy261US #46
#23Douglas239US #39
#24Richard238US #11
#25Jeremy225US #45
#26Shawn225US #28
#27Aaron214US #41
#28Joseph213US #15
#29Bradley201US #58
#30Paul192US #24
#31Ryan164US #51
#32Anthony160US #23
#33Andrew154US #33
#34Shane152US #60
#35Patrick150US #35
#36Gregory135US #26
#37Travis132US #61
#38Terry128US #56
#39Craig127US #43
#40Kenneth123US #25
#41Charles122US #22
#42Brent120US #73
#43Donald117US #34
#44Ronald116US #31
#45Sean116US #36
#46Bryan115US #48
#47Keith106US #37
#48Gary105US #38
#49Jon99US #78
#50Jeffery96US #53
#51Dennis95US #49
#52Larry95US #44
#53Brett93US #90
#54Corey92US #77
#55Rodney92US #59
#56Stephen88US #27
#57Jamie87US #96
#58Cory86US #150
#59Randy85US #67
#60Jay84US #114
#61Tony82US #62
#62Chris81US #68
#63Joel80US #86
#64Russell80US #64
#65Lance75US #98
#66Jerry74US #50
#67Edward73US #32
#68Brad70US #139
#69Curtis70US #89
#70Nathan70US #104
#71Adam66US #57
#72Jeff65US #140
#73Kyle65US #116
#74Marc63US #70
#75Roger63US #71
#76Derek61US #63
#77Jonathan61US #40
#78Alan58US #99
#79Dean56US #137
#80Darin55US #193
#81Joshua55US #80
#82Peter54US #47
#83Kelly53US #136
#84Dustin52US #181
#85Randall51US #102
#86Shannon51US #106
#87Kirk48US #159
#88Benjamin47US #69
#89Dale46US #125
#90Brandon45US #95
#91Martin45US #105
#92Ricky45US #121
#93Tim44
#94Tracy44US #144
#95Bruce43US #108
#96George43US #42
#97Justin43US #103
#98Micheal42US #124
#99Darren41US #100
#100Christian40US #122

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑50Ryan#31
↑31Tricia#47
↑28Carrie#36
↑28Stacie#57
↑26Adam#71
↑23Jeremy#25
↑22Nathan#70
↑21Bryan#46

Falling

↓25Tamara#74
↓24Darren#99
↓23Kathleen#78
↓19Debra#50
↓19Cindy#64
↓18Traci#75
↓17Deanna#87
↓16Pamela#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.