Popular baby names in Iowa, 1960

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1960 were Mary for girls (788 babies) and David for boys (1,443). Social Security records list 59,404 babies born in Iowa in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1960

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

Girls

Jolene: 50 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Renae: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leann: 44 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Luann: 43 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristy: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janelle: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kris: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joni: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelly: 133 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dee: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Galen: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lyle: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kent: 120 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ryan: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monte: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kirk: 106 babies, 3× the national rate
Doug: 74 babies, 3× the national rate
Curt: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clark: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	788	–	1
2	Lori	739	↑4	20
3	Julie	686	↓1	28
4	Susan	656	↓1	2
5	Lisa	574	↑10	6
6	Linda	566	↓2	3
7	Debra	506	↓2	8
8	Brenda	494	↑8	13
9	Karen	487	↓2	4
10	Kimberly	440	↑7	26
11	Nancy	369	↑1	15
12	Barbara	368	↑1	12
13	Teresa	351	↑6	19
14	Kathy	339	↓3	21
15	Sandra	334	↑7	11
16	Cynthia	333	↓8	9
17	Pamela	329	↓3	14
18	Diane	323	↓8	22
19	Cindy	321	↓10	30
20	Carol	318	–	23
21	Laura	310	↑14	25
22	Patricia	293	↓4	7
23	Donna	271	↑1	5
24	Debbie	266	↓3	24
25	Denise	261	↑2	29
26	Deborah	260	↓3	10
27	Kim	253	↓1	34
28	Cheryl	248	–	17
29	Janet	245	↓4	32
30	Laurie	242	↑15	37
31	Kelly	241	↑8	52
32	Connie	230	↓1	47
33	Tammy	228	↓1	31
34	Rhonda	224	↑3	44
35	Ann	220	↓1	51
36	Jane	214	↓3	67
37	Sharon	213	↓1	16
38	Kathleen	203	↓8	27
39	Rebecca	193	↓10	38
40	Elizabeth	185	↑3	18
41	Dawn	182	↓3	57
42	Christine	173	↑4	40
43	Terri	170	new	49
44	Michelle	167	↓2	39
45	Robin	163	↑4	33
46	Jean	157	↓2	86
47	Becky	155	↓6	>100
48	Peggy	151	↓8	69
49	Theresa	148	new	35
50	Judy	141	–	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	1,443	–	1
2	Michael	1,194	–	2
3	Mark	1,141	–	6
4	John	953	↑1	4
5	James	932	↓1	3
6	Robert	835	↑2	5
7	Jeffrey	787	↑2	14
8	Steven	786	↓1	10
9	Kevin	741	↓3	15
10	Scott	621	↑3	23
11	Thomas	596	↑1	9
12	Timothy	580	↓2	11
13	William	556	↑3	7
14	Daniel	550	↑1	17
15	Richard	546	↓4	8
16	Brian	524	↑2	20
17	Douglas	504	–	30
18	Randy	471	↓4	32
19	Dennis	386	–	31
20	Gary	379	–	22
21	Paul	349	↑5	18
22	Terry	341	↑3	34
23	Ronald	337	↓2	21
24	Larry	322	↓2	28
25	Craig	319	↓2	41
26	Gregory	314	↑1	24
27	Donald	295	↓3	19
28	Kenneth	282	↑4	16
29	Charles	275	↑1	13
30	Mike	267	↑3	36
31	Jeff	262	–	49
32	Joseph	251	↓4	12
33	Todd	235	new	71
34	Patrick	227	↑3	45
35	Randall	220	↑6	59
36	Alan	214	↑7	50
37	Jerry	213	↓1	37
38	Roger	213	↑1	47
39	Bruce	207	↓10	39
40	Tim	204	↓2	60
41	Rodney	191	↑1	68
42	Ricky	188	↓8	38
43	Bradley	187	↑1	90
44	Dale	186	↓4	54
45	Steve	182	↓10	43
46	Jon	166	new	97
47	Keith	166	↑2	35
48	Russell	165	↓3	56
49	Christopher	160	new	29
50	Rick	157	↓3	>100

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