Popular baby names in Iowa, 1962

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1962 were Lisa for girls (800 babies) and David for boys (1,292). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,438 babies born in Iowa in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1962

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: 29 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Jolene: 49 babies, 6× the national rate
Leann: 44 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Janelle: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kristi: 84 babies, 5× the national rate
Roxann: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Luann: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darcy: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristin: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Renae: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 36 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Monte: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kendall: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynn: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kent: 126 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lowell: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradley: 201 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Blake: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Blaine: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	800	↑3	1
2	Mary	730	–	2
3	Lori	678	↓2	11
4	Julie	660	↓1	22
5	Susan	597	–	3
6	Brenda	459	↑1	12
7	Debra	457	↑1	15
8	Karen	440	↑1	4
9	Kimberly	415	↑1	16
10	Linda	401	↓4	5
11	Teresa	343	↑1	18
12	Barbara	321	↑1	14
13	Nancy	314	↑3	19
14	Diane	309	↑3	26
15	Laura	305	↑6	21
16	Michelle	305	↑11	31
17	Tammy	298	↑11	23
18	Cynthia	297	–	8
19	Pamela	292	↓8	13
20	Sandra	266	↓6	10
21	Denise	258	↓2	30
22	Kathy	257	–	27
23	Patricia	252	↓3	6
24	Kelly	247	↑6	38
25	Laurie	245	↑14	42
26	Rhonda	224	–	45
27	Cindy	220	↓12	34
28	Deborah	217	↓4	9
29	Robin	214	↑9	25
30	Carol	210	↓7	28
31	Cheryl	210	–	24
32	Connie	208	↑1	51
33	Kim	208	↑4	37
34	Ann	205	↑1	56
35	Donna	204	↓3	7
36	Dawn	202	↓2	50
37	Janet	201	↓12	35
38	Debbie	193	↓9	32
39	Kathleen	193	↑5	29
40	Sharon	190	–	17
41	Jane	177	–	73
42	Rebecca	175	↑1	47
43	Elizabeth	170	↓7	20
44	Theresa	169	↑4	40
45	Christine	164	↓3	39
46	Angela	163	new	36
47	Jennifer	162	new	41
48	Beth	159	↓3	66
49	Tracy	157	new	55
50	Jill	154	↓4	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	1,292	–	2
2	Michael	1,231	–	1
3	Mark	1,015	–	6
4	John	935	–	3
5	Scott	901	↑5	11
6	James	854	↓1	4
7	Jeffrey	816	↓1	10
8	Robert	734	–	5
9	Steven	651	↓2	12
10	Kevin	637	↓1	14
11	Brian	579	–	20
12	Thomas	535	–	9
13	Douglas	489	↑4	27
14	Daniel	485	–	17
15	Timothy	479	↓2	16
16	Richard	467	–	8
17	Todd	465	↑2	30
18	William	422	↓3	7
19	Gary	342	↑1	22
20	Randy	325	↓2	35
21	Ronald	310	↑2	25
22	Paul	301	↓1	19
23	Gregory	285	↑2	21
24	Terry	277	–	34
25	Dennis	264	↓3	37
26	Donald	260	–	23
27	Kenneth	258	↑5	18
28	Joseph	250	↓1	13
29	Jeff	247	↑1	44
30	Larry	242	↓1	31
31	Charles	232	–	15
32	Craig	232	↓4	51
33	Mike	232	–	39
34	Bruce	230	↑4	41
35	Roger	222	↑5	47
36	Patrick	202	↓1	40
37	Bradley	201	↓3	87
38	Christopher	195	↑1	26
39	Randall	184	↓2	64
40	Alan	176	↑4	53
41	Rodney	174	↑4	76
42	Eric	171	↑7	33
43	Jeffery	171	↑7	45
44	Matthew	159	new	56
45	Jerry	158	↓9	38
46	Tim	151	–	72
47	Steve	150	↓6	46
48	Jon	147	new	84
49	Keith	145	↓2	36
50	Dale	144	↓7	62

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