Popular baby names in Iowa, 1961

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1961 were Lori for girls (786 babies) and David for boys (1,428). Lori ranked #14 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,573 babies born in Iowa in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1961

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: 20 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jolene: 57 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Janelle: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Luann: 54 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Barb: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deann: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Renae: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leann: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Joni: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristin: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Loren: 43 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lyle: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Monte: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rory: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kent: 115 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradley: 222 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelly: 133 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jeffry: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 38 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lori	786	↑1	14
2	Mary	781	↓1	1
3	Julie	713	–	23
4	Lisa	680	↑1	2
5	Susan	596	↓1	3
6	Linda	510	–	4
7	Brenda	466	↑1	11
8	Debra	451	↓1	13
9	Karen	395	–	5
10	Kimberly	384	–	22
11	Pamela	355	↑6	15
12	Teresa	350	↑1	18
13	Barbara	346	↓1	12
14	Sandra	333	↑1	9
15	Cindy	329	↑4	33
16	Nancy	329	↓5	16
17	Diane	323	↑1	26
18	Cynthia	303	↓2	8
19	Denise	297	↑6	30
20	Patricia	291	↑2	6
21	Laura	289	–	21
22	Kathy	287	↓8	25
23	Carol	274	↓3	24
24	Deborah	258	↑2	10
25	Janet	255	↑4	32
26	Rhonda	255	↑8	46
27	Michelle	250	↑17	34
28	Tammy	245	↑5	28
29	Debbie	239	↓5	31
30	Kelly	239	↑1	45
31	Cheryl	228	↓3	20
32	Donna	228	↓9	7
33	Connie	225	↓1	50
34	Dawn	223	↑7	49
35	Ann	221	–	54
36	Elizabeth	219	↑4	19
37	Kim	219	↓10	36
38	Robin	215	↑7	27
39	Laurie	202	↓9	43
40	Sharon	195	↓3	17
41	Jane	190	↓5	72
42	Christine	186	–	39
43	Rebecca	181	↓4	44
44	Kathleen	170	↓6	29
45	Beth	165	new	65
46	Jill	158	new	74
47	Jean	156	↓1	92
48	Theresa	154	↑1	35
49	Peggy	149	↓1	88
50	Sheila	144	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	1,428	–	2
2	Michael	1,232	–	1
3	Mark	1,125	–	6
4	John	1,026	–	3
5	James	887	–	4
6	Jeffrey	812	↑1	11
7	Steven	782	↑1	10
8	Robert	777	↓2	5
9	Kevin	720	–	14
10	Scott	692	–	19
11	Brian	581	↑5	20
12	Thomas	530	↓1	9
13	Timothy	504	↓1	15
14	Daniel	479	–	17
15	William	474	↓2	7
16	Richard	465	↓1	8
17	Douglas	462	–	28
18	Randy	405	–	33
19	Todd	387	↑14	46
20	Gary	374	–	21
21	Paul	343	–	18
22	Dennis	338	↓3	34
23	Ronald	320	–	24
24	Terry	306	↓2	32
25	Gregory	304	↑1	23
26	Donald	294	↑1	22
27	Joseph	292	↑5	12
28	Craig	285	↓3	43
29	Larry	270	↓5	30
30	Jeff	263	↑1	49
31	Charles	257	↓2	13
32	Kenneth	242	↓4	16
33	Mike	239	↓3	36
34	Bradley	222	↑9	87
35	Patrick	215	↓1	39
36	Jerry	212	↑1	37
37	Randall	212	↓2	63
38	Bruce	203	↑1	40
39	Christopher	193	↑10	26
40	Roger	190	↓2	47
41	Steve	185	↑4	45
42	Ricky	174	–	44
43	Dale	171	↑1	58
44	Alan	169	↓8	51
45	Rodney	167	↓4	72
46	Tim	167	↓6	65
47	Keith	161	–	35
48	Dean	155	new	84
49	Eric	155	new	38
50	Jeffery	152	new	50

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