Popular baby names in Iowa, 1957

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1957 were Mary for girls (966 babies) and David for boys (1,465). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,560 babies born in Iowa in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1957

Names given at least 15 times in Iowa that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marlys: 19 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Jolene: 64 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Deanne: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Kristy: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Luann: 77 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Leann: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Renae: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kristi: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kristin: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Merle: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Harlan: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loren: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darwin: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marlin: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Galen: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kendall: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Monte: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Duane: 128 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dirk: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	966	↑1	1
2	Debra	957	↓1	4
3	Cynthia	767	↑2	7
4	Susan	758	↓1	2
5	Linda	616	↓1	3
6	Julie	580	↑7	28
7	Karen	521	–	5
8	Cindy	512	↑17	19
9	Nancy	454	↓3	11
10	Diane	451	–	17
11	Barbara	443	↓2	9
12	Patricia	443	↓4	8
13	Pamela	427	↓2	12
14	Carol	386	–	18
15	Deborah	364	↓3	6
16	Lori	340	↑12	45
17	Brenda	329	↑20	13
18	Sandra	324	↓3	15
19	Kathy	314	–	20
20	Cheryl	309	↓4	16
21	Denise	288	–	25
22	Rebecca	287	↓5	34
23	Sharon	284	↓1	14
24	Teresa	284	↑3	24
25	Kimberly	272	↑8	42
26	Kathleen	265	↓8	21
27	Donna	259	↓3	10
28	Jane	255	↓5	56
29	Janet	252	↓9	23
30	Kim	232	–	35
31	Connie	228	↓5	47
32	Debbie	219	↑16	27
33	Lisa	215	new	26
34	Rhonda	211	↓2	52
35	Ann	208	↓4	44
36	Vicki	201	↓2	51
37	Laura	184	↑12	31
38	Jean	183	↓9	67
39	Joan	181	↑4	60
40	Elizabeth	180	↑2	22
41	Peggy	173	↓5	62
42	Christine	163	↓4	41
43	Joyce	162	↓4	40
44	Janice	160	↓3	32
45	Sheryl	157	new	>100
46	Judy	156	new	38
47	Diana	154	↑3	43
48	Cathy	150	new	39
49	Theresa	146	↓4	36
50	Robin	144	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	1,465	–	3
2	Michael	1,451	–	1
3	James	1,108	↑3	2
4	Mark	1,092	↓1	7
5	Steven	972	↓1	10
6	Robert	956	↑1	4
7	John	942	↓2	5
8	Thomas	735	↑1	9
9	Richard	720	↓1	8
10	Kevin	707	↑1	20
11	William	642	↓1	6
12	Jeffrey	625	↑1	21
13	Randy	590	↓1	31
14	Daniel	540	↑4	16
15	Dennis	539	↓1	28
16	Douglas	536	↑1	30
17	Gary	532	↓1	13
18	Timothy	505	↓3	19
19	Scott	458	↑5	32
20	Ronald	428	↓1	17
21	Brian	422	↑6	26
22	Larry	392	↑1	22
23	Donald	376	↓3	15
24	Paul	369	↓2	18
25	Terry	351	↑1	33
26	Gregory	336	↓5	23
27	Charles	332	↓2	11
28	Kenneth	325	↑2	14
29	Craig	294	↓1	55
30	Bruce	278	↑1	34
31	Joseph	278	↓2	12
32	Roger	245	↑1	42
33	Patrick	233	↑2	41
34	Randall	229	↓2	59
35	Jerry	225	↑3	35
36	Alan	212	–	48
37	Dale	210	–	50
38	Stephen	208	↓4	24
39	Rodney	194	–	70
40	Ricky	192	↑2	40
41	Keith	187	–	36
42	Rick	186	↑2	87
43	Jeffery	174	–	52
44	Russell	173	↑1	54
45	Danny	145	↑2	45
46	Dean	145	–	93
47	Edward	140	↓7	25
48	Duane	128	↑1	>100
49	Martin	124	new	69
50	Bradley	123	↓2	>100

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