Popular baby names in Iowa, 1963

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1963 were Lisa for girls (859 babies) and David for boys (1,296). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,406 babies born in Iowa in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1963

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: 19 babies, 13× the national rate
Jolene: 53 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Janelle: 43 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Deanne: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darcy: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Deann: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Karla: 103 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leann: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristie: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joni: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darwin: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Kent: 129 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dirk: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bradley: 213 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brad: 99 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Loren: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Rob: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Todd: 588 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	859	–	1
2	Lori	737	↑1	8
3	Mary	684	↓1	2
4	Julie	670	–	22
5	Susan	581	–	3
6	Brenda	429	–	15
7	Linda	374	↑3	5
8	Karen	372	–	4
9	Kimberly	366	–	11
10	Tammy	320	↑7	12
11	Debra	314	↓4	21
12	Laura	310	↑3	16
13	Teresa	306	↓2	18
14	Pamela	281	↑5	14
15	Kelly	276	↑9	32
16	Michelle	275	–	26
17	Nancy	250	↓4	23
18	Barbara	246	↓6	17
19	Sandra	245	↑1	9
20	Christine	241	↑25	29
21	Kathy	235	↑1	34
22	Patricia	235	↑1	7
23	Diane	234	↓9	31
24	Ann	224	↑10	57
25	Cindy	208	↑2	37
26	Cynthia	207	↓8	10
27	Denise	205	↓6	27
28	Deborah	202	–	13
29	Donna	201	↑6	6
30	Laurie	196	↓5	47
31	Angela	192	↑15	30
32	Elizabeth	188	↑11	20
33	Connie	187	↓1	55
34	Rhonda	186	↓8	45
35	Janet	185	↑2	40
36	Dawn	184	–	52
37	Sharon	182	↑3	19
38	Kim	180	↓5	39
39	Robin	180	↓10	25
40	Carol	175	↓10	33
41	Jane	173	–	75
42	Debbie	163	↓4	41
43	Cheryl	162	↓12	24
44	Jill	162	↑6	68
45	Kathleen	162	↓6	28
46	Amy	161	new	54
47	Shelly	156	new	>100
48	Tracy	153	↑1	48
49	Beth	150	↓1	66
50	Jennifer	142	↓3	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	1,296	–	3
2	Michael	1,140	–	1
3	Mark	970	–	6
4	John	930	–	2
5	Scott	889	–	12
6	Robert	794	↑2	5
7	James	765	↓1	4
8	Jeffrey	714	↓1	10
9	Kevin	692	↑1	11
10	Steven	654	↓1	14
11	Brian	592	–	20
12	Todd	588	↑5	30
13	Thomas	520	↓1	9
14	Richard	507	↑2	8
15	Timothy	490	–	15
16	Daniel	480	↓2	19
17	Douglas	427	↓4	28
18	Paul	381	↑4	17
19	William	380	↓1	7
20	Gary	301	↓1	24
21	Ronald	300	–	23
22	Randy	297	↓2	37
23	Joseph	289	↑5	13
24	Donald	258	↑2	25
25	Terry	257	↓1	32
26	Charles	246	↑5	16
27	Patrick	240	↑9	35
28	Dennis	238	↓3	39
29	Kenneth	238	↓2	18
30	Larry	234	–	36
31	Craig	228	↑1	51
32	Gregory	228	↓9	21
33	Jeff	219	↓4	48
34	Bradley	213	↑3	82
35	Christopher	193	↑3	26
36	Mike	189	↓3	44
37	Roger	185	↓2	53
38	Bruce	179	↓4	43
39	Rodney	176	↑2	76
40	Jerry	171	↑5	38
41	Keith	168	↑8	33
42	Jon	163	↑6	84
43	Randall	162	↓4	65
44	Alan	160	↓4	56
45	Matthew	155	↓1	50
46	Dean	152	new	86
47	Jay	149	new	85
48	Eric	146	↓6	31
49	Tim	142	↓3	79
50	Steve	140	↓3	49

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