Popular baby names in Iowa, 1958

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1958 were Mary for girls (830 babies) and David for boys (1,397). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,934 babies born in Iowa in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1958

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

Girls

Joleen: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jolene: 67 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Leann: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Deann: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Deanne: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kristy: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Luann: 60 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristie: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kristin: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marlin: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lon: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Galen: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lyle: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kent: 118 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Randal: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kirk: 105 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	830	–	1
2	Julie	805	↑4	23
3	Debra	751	↓1	6
4	Susan	739	–	2
5	Linda	582	–	3
6	Karen	490	↑1	4
7	Lori	473	↑9	30
8	Cynthia	468	↓5	8
9	Barbara	452	↑2	9
10	Kathy	445	↑9	14
11	Pamela	438	↑2	11
12	Diane	417	↓2	18
13	Nancy	389	↓4	12
14	Patricia	384	↓2	5
15	Cindy	362	↓7	25
16	Carol	335	↓2	20
17	Teresa	319	↑7	26
18	Sandra	316	–	15
19	Kimberly	311	↑6	39
20	Debbie	295	↑12	24
21	Denise	287	–	27
22	Cheryl	286	↓2	13
23	Deborah	285	↓8	7
24	Brenda	279	↓7	16
25	Lisa	259	↑8	19
26	Peggy	247	↑15	42
27	Donna	237	–	10
28	Janet	236	↑1	28
29	Kathleen	235	↓3	21
30	Rebecca	231	↓8	41
31	Sharon	230	↓8	17
32	Jane	219	↓4	61
33	Ann	216	↑2	47
34	Connie	215	↓3	50
35	Kim	203	↓5	40
36	Rhonda	191	↓2	48
37	Jean	189	↑1	73
38	Elizabeth	188	↑2	22
39	Laura	186	↓2	29
40	Becky	174	new	>100
41	Theresa	170	↑8	33
42	Christine	167	–	43
43	Judy	167	↑3	36
44	Tammy	166	new	44
45	Cathy	154	↑3	34
46	Kathryn	151	new	58
47	Vicki	151	↓11	57
48	Terri	149	new	51
49	Diana	148	↓2	45
50	Joan	146	↓11	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	1,397	–	2
2	Michael	1,311	–	1
3	Mark	1,104	↑1	7
4	James	962	↓1	3
5	John	902	↑2	5
6	Robert	887	–	4
7	Steven	879	↓2	10
8	Kevin	788	↑2	20
9	Thomas	652	↓1	9
10	Timothy	648	↑8	13
11	Richard	635	↓2	8
12	Jeffrey	610	–	21
13	Daniel	572	↑1	16
14	William	560	↓3	6
15	Randy	523	↓2	32
16	Dennis	511	↓1	29
17	Douglas	486	↓1	30
18	Scott	480	↑1	25
19	Brian	475	↑2	24
20	Gary	442	↓3	17
21	Donald	377	↑2	18
22	Ronald	365	↓2	19
23	Terry	323	↑2	33
24	Larry	319	↓2	22
25	Gregory	315	↑1	23
26	Paul	315	↓2	15
27	Craig	296	↑2	53
28	Charles	293	↓1	11
29	Bruce	269	↑1	36
30	Joseph	256	↑1	12
31	Ricky	254	↑9	34
32	Kenneth	240	↓4	14
33	Jerry	222	↑2	35
34	Roger	216	↓2	47
35	Patrick	211	↓2	42
36	Rick	209	↑6	77
37	Dale	203	–	46
38	Randall	200	↓4	62
39	Mike	198	new	40
40	Alan	188	↓4	49
41	Rodney	181	↓2	65
42	Stephen	176	↓4	26
43	Keith	174	↓2	37
44	Jeff	162	new	68
45	Danny	161	–	45
46	Steve	151	new	44
47	Tim	147	new	74
48	Dean	146	↓2	97
49	Bradley	138	↑1	>100
50	Jay	136	new	86

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