Popular baby names in Iowa, 1964

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1964 were Lisa for girls (805 babies) and David for boys (1,173). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,055 babies born in Iowa in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1964

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: 24 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Jolene: 44 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Barb: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Joni: 63 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darcy: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Janell: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Luann: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Renae: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristi: 82 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Janelle: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kurtis: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jeffry: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rusty: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Monte: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darwin: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bradley: 229 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kent: 104 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kendall: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	805	–	1
2	Julie	641	↑2	17
3	Mary	614	–	2
4	Lori	535	↓2	15
5	Susan	452	–	3
6	Brenda	414	–	18
7	Teresa	363	↑6	21
8	Karen	354	–	4
9	Kimberly	353	–	6
10	Michelle	340	↑6	23
11	Linda	307	↓4	8
12	Debra	274	↓1	24
13	Tammy	266	↓3	10
14	Laura	256	↓2	14
15	Pamela	255	↓1	11
16	Nancy	252	↑1	26
17	Patricia	251	↑5	5
18	Angela	245	↑13	22
19	Dawn	245	↑17	33
20	Diane	241	↑3	32
21	Christine	236	↓1	28
22	Kelly	227	↓7	35
23	Sandra	215	↓4	13
24	Denise	207	↑3	25
25	Barbara	203	↓7	19
26	Cynthia	200	–	9
27	Ann	199	↓3	60
28	Rhonda	196	↑6	43
29	Robin	193	↑10	27
30	Amy	191	↑16	44
31	Connie	181	↑2	64
32	Deborah	179	↓4	12
33	Carol	177	↑7	36
34	Cindy	175	↓9	47
35	Jill	175	↑9	61
36	Kathy	175	↓15	39
37	Donna	171	↓8	7
38	Rebecca	167	new	46
39	Tracy	166	↑9	40
40	Kathleen	159	↑5	30
41	Beth	157	↑8	65
42	Cheryl	156	↑1	29
43	Laurie	153	↓13	59
44	Jane	145	↓3	93
45	Jennifer	144	↑5	31
46	Kim	144	↓8	42
47	Shelly	143	–	>100
48	Theresa	143	new	38
49	Sharon	142	↓12	20
50	Janet	140	↓15	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	1,173	–	3
2	Michael	1,135	–	1
3	John	974	↑1	2
4	Mark	845	↓1	6
5	Scott	800	–	14
6	James	779	↑1	4
7	Robert	741	↓1	5
8	Jeffrey	718	–	10
9	Todd	642	↑3	28
10	Steven	640	–	12
11	Kevin	602	↓2	13
12	Brian	563	↓1	20
13	Timothy	487	↑2	15
14	Daniel	481	↑2	19
15	Thomas	464	↓2	9
16	Richard	443	↓2	8
17	William	407	↑2	7
18	Douglas	405	↓1	31
19	Paul	349	↓1	16
20	Gary	293	–	26
21	Joseph	280	↑2	11
22	Ronald	264	↓1	24
23	Terry	259	↑2	35
24	Donald	255	–	25
25	Randy	249	↓3	38
26	Gregory	237	↑6	22
27	Bradley	229	↑7	77
28	Patrick	226	↓1	30
29	Dennis	221	↓1	42
30	Kenneth	221	↓1	18
31	Charles	218	↓5	17
32	Craig	216	↓1	48
33	Jeff	213	–	52
34	Christopher	209	↑1	23
35	Larry	202	↓5	36
36	Mike	192	–	47
37	Eric	185	↑11	32
38	Matthew	180	↑7	43
39	Bruce	175	↓1	46
40	Troy	162	new	57
41	Roger	160	↓4	49
42	Rodney	156	↓3	59
43	Tim	151	↑6	82
44	Jerry	148	↓4	40
45	Randall	148	↓2	66
46	Keith	145	↓5	34
47	Alan	141	↓3	53
48	Jon	139	↓6	79
49	Russell	132	new	58
50	Jay	131	↓3	84

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