State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,458 Iowa births in 1973 across 734 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#81Darinoutside the national top 200
#79Molly#195 nationally
#92Stacioutside the national top 200
#56Jody#163 nationally
#98Mindyoutside the national top 200
#76Kari#172 nationally
#92Kirk#188 nationally
#98Jeff#192 nationally
#96Kurt#186 nationally
#44Cory#128 nationally
#100Casey#183 nationally
#74Dustin#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,045US #1
#2Amy542US #2
#3Michelle444US #3
#4Angela436US #7
#5Melissa386US #6
#6Heather379US #8
#7Lisa298US #5
#8Kimberly275US #4
#9Julie237US #12
#10Stephanie231US #9
#11Nicole221US #11
#12Tammy189US #15
#13Dawn177US #21
#14Stacy175US #32
#15Sarah172US #35
#16Lori162US #28
#17Rebecca162US #10
#18Carrie148US #46
#19Wendy148US #29
#20Kelly147US #18
#21Tina141US #24
#22Christine138US #17
#23Susan138US #25
#24Laura137US #19
#25Tracy136US #20
#26Brenda134US #53
#27Sara124US #89
#28Jill121US #62
#29Mary121US #14
#30Heidi120US #65
#31Andrea117US #30
#32Elizabeth116US #13
#33Shannon113US #22
#34Jodi105US #100
#35Stacey101US #41
#36Christina100US #16
#37Rachel99US #42
#38Teresa99US #45
#39Holly98US #54
#40Jessica98US #34
#41Tara97US #37
#42Denise87US #38
#43Tonya86US #36
#44Robin78US #60
#45Debra73US #84
#46Melinda73US #72
#47Amanda72US #51
#48Dana71US #59
#49Tanya71US #50
#50Beth70US #117
#51Ann68US #93
#52Erin68US #79
#53Karen68US #23
#54Melanie68US #43
#55April65US #33
#56Jody65US #163
#57Michele64US #44
#58Brandy63US #82
#59Kristin63US #78
#60Shelly63US #104
#61Tricia63US #123
#62Renee61US #80
#63Pamela59US #47
#64Kathleen58US #68
#65Kristen56US #58
#66Theresa56US #69
#67Tiffany56US #52
#68Anne55US #122
#69Cynthia54US #26
#70Danielle54US #49
#71Monica54US #40
#72Patricia53US #27
#73Kathy52US #124
#74Stacie52US #150
#75Tamara52US #66
#76Kari50US #172
#77Kristina50US #97
#78Deborah49US #56
#79Molly49US #195
#80Kristi48US #108
#81Sheila48US #101
#82Laurie47US #106
#83Linda45US #61
#84Rhonda45US #70
#85Sandra45US #39
#86Valerie45US #96
#87Brandi44US #109
#88Crystal44US #48
#89Deanna44US #111
#90Kristine44US #133
#91Megan44US #141
#92Staci44
#93Suzanne44US #98
#94Barbara43US #63
#95Cindy43US #92
#96Katherine43US #64
#97Krista42US #143
#98Mindy42
#99Leslie41US #75
#100Traci41US #127

Boys

#1Jason973US #3
#2Michael733US #1
#3Chad631US #25
#4Brian629US #8
#5Christopher534US #2
#6Matthew533US #10
#7David441US #5
#8Scott403US #18
#9James382US #4
#10John368US #6
#11Daniel359US #11
#12Robert336US #7
#13Eric328US #13
#14Ryan325US #30
#15Jeffrey301US #17
#16Mark300US #15
#17Steven244US #20
#18Jeremy242US #33
#19Timothy237US #22
#20Todd232US #35
#21William227US #9
#22Aaron223US #34
#23Kevin219US #14
#24Thomas197US #19
#25Joseph191US #12
#26Shawn185US #27
#27Travis184US #53
#28Andrew177US #29
#29Shane173US #54
#30Joshua172US #42
#31Bradley167US #62
#32Richard163US #16
#33Anthony159US #21
#34Troy147US #59
#35Douglas139US #47
#36Justin138US #51
#37Paul127US #24
#38Patrick126US #37
#39Nathan124US #63
#40Charles119US #23
#41Gregory115US #26
#42Jonathan112US #31
#43Brent111US #80
#44Cory110US #128
#45Jamie108US #70
#46Benjamin99US #55
#47Adam98US #45
#48Kenneth92US #28
#49Sean90US #36
#50Brandon89US #58
#51Craig87US #48
#52Terry84US #65
#53Bryan83US #43
#54Corey83US #89
#55Brett77US #88
#56Joel77US #73
#57Tony77US #78
#58Stephen72US #32
#59Jon70US #94
#60Brad69US #137
#61Dennis69US #56
#62Donald69US #38
#63Ronald66US #40
#64Kyle63US #110
#65Peter60US #52
#66Randy60US #79
#67Derek59US #69
#68Rodney59US #68
#69Keith58US #41
#70Gary57US #44
#71Jesse57US #75
#72Jay54US #118
#73Nicholas54US #85
#74Dustin52US #153
#75Jerry50US #57
#76Russell48US #77
#77Jeffery46US #64
#78Chris44US #96
#79Edward44US #39
#80Larry44US #50
#81Darin42
#82Lance42US #148
#83Shannon42US #100
#84Billy40US #76
#85Tracy40US #126
#86Curtis39US #98
#87Erik38US #86
#88Jacob38US #122
#89Dale37US #141
#90Danny37US #83
#91Darren37US #113
#92Kirk37US #188
#93Phillip37US #71
#94Kelly36US #147
#95Micheal36US #106
#96Kurt35US #186
#97Marc35US #81
#98Jeff34US #192
#99Philip33US #91
#100Casey32US #183

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑33Tanya#49
↑32Tiffany#67
↑32Anne#68
↑26Holly#39
↑26Joshua#30
↑26Peter#65
↑25Amanda#47
↑23Benjamin#46

Falling

↓41Barbara#94
↓33Kristine#90
↓28Cindy#95
↓27Deborah#78
↓26Chris#78
↓24Gary#70
↓23Traci#100
↓22Michele#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.