State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,933 Iowa births in 1975 across 774 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#76Darinoutside the national top 200
#68Mindy#192 nationally
#89Kirkoutside the national top 200
#77Heath#188 nationally
#91Jeffoutside the national top 200
#95Wade#197 nationally
#70Molly#170 nationally
#65Jody#162 nationally
#87Trisha#175 nationally
#69Kelli#152 nationally
#48Kari#129 nationally
#75Jeremiah#149 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,002US #1
#2Amy687US #2
#3Heather542US #3
#4Angela490US #5
#5Melissa395US #4
#6Michelle365US #6
#7Sarah299US #17
#8Kimberly256US #7
#9Lisa249US #8
#10Stephanie247US #9
#11Nicole224US #10
#12Sara219US #54
#13Amanda216US #14
#14Julie213US #18
#15Jessica206US #13
#16Jill189US #46
#17Rebecca187US #11
#18Kelly185US #16
#19Carrie161US #29
#20Elizabeth160US #15
#21Dawn149US #23
#22Laura148US #20
#23Erin146US #38
#24Christina141US #12
#25Heidi138US #66
#26Andrea130US #28
#27Mary129US #19
#28Emily126US #48
#29Stacy125US #34
#30Jodi123US #94
#31Tracy121US #24
#32Tara119US #41
#33Tina118US #35
#34Shannon117US #21
#35Wendy117US #33
#36Brenda112US #67
#37Christine110US #22
#38Susan107US #32
#39Tammy107US #31
#40Lori106US #39
#41Rachel104US #26
#42Holly98US #55
#43Stacey96US #44
#44Danielle90US #42
#45Megan85US #69
#46Tiffany84US #37
#47Amber83US #59
#48Kari83US #129
#49Teresa81US #61
#50Tonya81US #45
#51Jamie79US #68
#52Kristin74US #74
#53Brandy73US #57
#54Katherine73US #58
#55Melinda71US #91
#56Melanie70US #52
#57Michele70US #56
#58Tanya69US #50
#59Misty68US #47
#60April67US #25
#61Ann64US #104
#62Karen63US #27
#63Patricia62US #36
#64Gina61US #84
#65Jody61US #162
#66Kara60US #118
#67Kristi59US #109
#68Mindy58US #192
#69Kelli57US #152
#70Molly57US #170
#71Robin57US #65
#72Dana55US #62
#73Allison53US #89
#74Crystal53US #43
#75Jenny53US #135
#76Mandy52US #106
#77Shelly52US #113
#78Stacie52US #146
#79Kathleen51US #80
#80Anne50US #124
#81Brandi50US #88
#82Renee50US #87
#83Christy49US #53
#84Nichole49US #153
#85Angie48US #140
#86Theresa48US #78
#87Trisha48US #175
#88Tamara47US #77
#89Valerie47US #92
#90Beth46US #120
#91Kathryn46US #99
#92Kristina46US #103
#93Monica46US #49
#94Cynthia45US #40
#95Denise44US #64
#96Barbara43US #83
#97Tricia43US #148
#98Joy42US #123
#99Kathy42US #160
#100Anna41US #79

Boys

#1Jason930US #2
#2Michael741US #1
#3Matthew715US #9
#4Christopher581US #3
#5Chad567US #27
#6Brian537US #8
#7Ryan462US #23
#8Jeremy441US #24
#9David416US #5
#10Eric364US #13
#11Daniel363US #11
#12James358US #4
#13John350US #7
#14Scott344US #17
#15Robert339US #6
#16Joshua333US #26
#17Jeffrey326US #14
#18Aaron294US #32
#19Timothy262US #22
#20Mark261US #19
#21Andrew253US #28
#22Joseph230US #12
#23Steven230US #18
#24Travis225US #51
#25Justin222US #37
#26Nathan220US #45
#27Benjamin209US #36
#28Thomas209US #20
#29Shawn207US #31
#30Kevin206US #15
#31William204US #10
#32Bradley193US #52
#33Shane179US #57
#34Anthony175US #21
#35Paul169US #29
#36Todd165US #43
#37Adam162US #38
#38Troy155US #69
#39Richard144US #16
#40Jonathan137US #30
#41Cory129US #99
#42Jamie128US #62
#43Brandon124US #44
#44Charles109US #25
#45Gregory107US #33
#46Brent106US #79
#47Corey102US #71
#48Craig101US #58
#49Patrick101US #39
#50Bryan100US #47
#51Douglas100US #55
#52Joel99US #74
#53Stephen83US #34
#54Donald80US #42
#55Sean80US #40
#56Dustin75US #96
#57Terry72US #67
#58Gary71US #50
#59Jesse71US #64
#60Kyle70US #88
#61Jacob65US #75
#62Jay65US #117
#63Kenneth65US #35
#64Nicholas65US #81
#65Brett62US #92
#66Keith62US #49
#67Jon60US #102
#68Randy60US #78
#69Ronald60US #46
#70Tony56US #80
#71Brad55US #98
#72Curtis55US #113
#73Jared55US #100
#74Jerry54US #65
#75Jeremiah52US #149
#76Darin51
#77Heath50US #188
#78Peter50US #54
#79Dennis49US #59
#80Larry49US #56
#81Russell48US #82
#82Jeffery47US #70
#83Zachary47US #145
#84Casey46US #130
#85Rodney45US #76
#86Shannon44US #101
#87Derek42US #83
#88Edward42US #41
#89Kirk40
#90Dale39US #159
#91Jeff39
#92Samuel39US #61
#93Chris38US #132
#94Kelly38US #150
#95Wade38US #197
#96Christian37US #103
#97Seth37US #136
#98Marc36US #89
#99Martin36US #119
#100Micheal36US #104

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑41Amber#47
↑31Brandy#53
↑28Jesse#59
↑26Amanda#13
↑23Allison#73
↑22Misty#59
↑21Megan#45
↑20Katherine#54

Falling

↓37Kristina#92
↓28Denise#95
↓23Tamara#88
↓22Tricia#97
↓21Beth#90
↓18Cynthia#94
↓18Brad#71
↓18Jeffery#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.