State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,910 Iowa births in 1974 across 764 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#70Darinoutside the national top 200
#71Joleneoutside the national top 200
#57Molly#179 nationally
#72Mindy#194 nationally
#90Jeffoutside the national top 200
#75Heath#181 nationally
#49Kari#153 nationally
#95Wade#197 nationally
#89Becky#177 nationally
#99Kurt#182 nationally
#100Zachary#179 nationally
#42Cory#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,052US #1
#2Amy628US #2
#3Heather497US #4
#4Angela464US #5
#5Michelle384US #3
#6Melissa349US #7
#7Sarah256US #20
#8Lisa250US #8
#9Kimberly248US #6
#10Stephanie235US #9
#11Nicole218US #11
#12Julie206US #14
#13Rebecca187US #10
#14Dawn185US #22
#15Sara176US #61
#16Kelly162US #15
#17Carrie155US #42
#18Jill154US #58
#19Stacy152US #38
#20Tina146US #25
#21Jessica145US #17
#22Heidi141US #60
#23Susan134US #27
#24Tracy134US #23
#25Lori131US #30
#26Tammy128US #24
#27Shannon123US #18
#28Brenda120US #59
#29Mary119US #13
#30Elizabeth115US #12
#31Laura115US #21
#32Tara114US #39
#33Wendy114US #32
#34Christine111US #19
#35Rachel111US #36
#36Christina107US #16
#37Erin107US #47
#38Stacey103US #48
#39Amanda95US #34
#40Andrea95US #35
#41Jodi91US #91
#42Emily90US #69
#43Danielle88US #40
#44Kristin86US #72
#45Melanie85US #51
#46Teresa85US #52
#47Holly84US #56
#48Tanya82US #46
#49Kari76US #153
#50Michele75US #50
#51April74US #28
#52Tonya74US #37
#53Karen73US #26
#54Melinda72US #81
#55Kristina69US #101
#56Patricia69US #29
#57Molly67US #179
#58Ann65US #100
#59Tiffany65US #41
#60Kristi64US #102
#61Robin64US #63
#62Dana61US #55
#63Kara61US #125
#64Shelly61US #107
#65Tamara60US #64
#66Megan58US #105
#67Denise57US #53
#68Kristen57US #45
#69Beth54US #117
#70Debra54US #94
#71Jolene54
#72Mindy54US #194
#73Anne53US #120
#74Katherine53US #62
#75Tricia53US #143
#76Cynthia52US #33
#77Kathryn52US #98
#78Pamela52US #54
#79Renee52US #85
#80Theresa52US #79
#81Misty51US #66
#82Sherry51US #89
#83Traci51US #140
#84Brandy50US #80
#85Jody50US #154
#86Kristine50US #147
#87Monica50US #43
#88Amber49US #92
#89Becky49US #177
#90Kathy49US #146
#91Jenny48US #131
#92Sandra48US #44
#93Kathleen45US #76
#94Catherine44US #73
#95Stacie44US #156
#96Allison43US #99
#97Brandi43US #106
#98Cindy43US #103
#99Barbara42US #77
#100Deanna41US #115

Boys

#1Jason1,019US #2
#2Michael774US #1
#3Matthew652US #9
#4Brian599US #8
#5Chad595US #26
#6Christopher567US #3
#7David458US #4
#8Scott387US #18
#9John378US #6
#10James368US #5
#11Ryan364US #25
#12Robert356US #7
#13Jeremy342US #24
#14Eric341US #13
#15Daniel340US #11
#16Jeffrey324US #15
#17Mark295US #16
#18Timothy289US #22
#19Aaron263US #32
#20Joshua261US #29
#21Steven243US #19
#22Travis225US #54
#23William216US #10
#24Andrew213US #28
#25Todd212US #39
#26Kevin208US #14
#27Shawn199US #30
#28Shane190US #56
#29Bradley188US #58
#30Joseph187US #12
#31Thomas171US #20
#32Justin170US #43
#33Nathan165US #52
#34Troy161US #63
#35Richard152US #17
#36Benjamin148US #46
#37Anthony139US #21
#38Adam128US #36
#39Paul124US #27
#40Gregory122US #31
#41Patrick121US #38
#42Cory119US #114
#43Douglas116US #53
#44Jamie116US #68
#45Charles115US #23
#46Brent114US #76
#47Jonathan102US #33
#48Brandon100US #51
#49Bryan95US #45
#50Craig93US #57
#51Corey85US #77
#52Donald83US #41
#53Brad81US #105
#54Kyle81US #97
#55Joel79US #75
#56Sean77US #37
#57Terry76US #69
#58Keith72US #44
#59Jay69US #111
#60Jon68US #94
#61Stephen67US #35
#62Dennis64US #59
#63Brett62US #95
#64Jeffery62US #66
#65Dustin60US #121
#66Kenneth59US #34
#67Nicholas59US #80
#68Tony58US #81
#69Randy56US #79
#70Darin55
#71Ronald55US #42
#72Curtis54US #98
#73Russell52US #84
#74Derek50US #74
#75Heath50US #181
#76Jacob50US #88
#77Larry50US #55
#78Gary49US #48
#79Samuel48US #60
#80Jerry46US #61
#81Jared45US #131
#82Danny44US #91
#83Edward43US #40
#84Shannon42US #101
#85Alan41US #118
#86Peter41US #50
#87Jesse40US #67
#88Kelly40US #143
#89Rodney40US #72
#90Jeff39
#91Chris38US #116
#92Casey37US #144
#93Clinton36US #157
#94Lance36US #159
#95Wade36US #197
#96Marc35US #85
#97Dale34US #145
#98Erik34US #90
#99Kurt34US #182
#100Zachary34US #179

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑27Danielle#43
↑27Kari#49
↑26Mindy#72
↑25Megan#66
↑22Kristina#55
↑22Molly#57
↑22Katherine#74
↑20Kristi#60

Falling

↓29Jody#85
↓29Kathleen#93
↓26Brandy#84
↓25Denise#67
↓25Debra#70
↓21Stacie#95
↓21Peter#86
↓21Rodney#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.