Popular baby names in Iowa, 1965

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1965 were Lisa for girls (878 babies) and Michael for boys (1,128). Social Security records list 46,920 babies born in Iowa in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1965

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: 46 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Janelle: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kristy: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Karla: 93 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joni: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Leann: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luann: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Renae: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tamera: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Kurtis: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Monte: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Loren: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trent: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bradley: 215 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Blake: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kip: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shane: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	878	–	1
2	Julie	566	–	14
3	Mary	496	–	2
4	Lori	433	–	19
5	Susan	427	–	5
6	Kimberly	408	↑3	4
7	Karen	340	↑1	3
8	Brenda	315	↓2	23
9	Michelle	309	↑1	18
10	Angela	295	↑8	10
11	Amy	294	↑19	35
12	Teresa	283	↓5	24
13	Laura	258	↑1	17
14	Linda	250	↓3	8
15	Tammy	240	↓2	11
16	Christine	238	↑5	21
17	Dawn	234	↑2	26
18	Kelly	218	↑4	30
19	Pamela	212	↓4	12
20	Denise	209	↑4	28
21	Debra	204	↓9	27
22	Jill	203	↑13	51
23	Barbara	202	↑2	25
24	Jennifer	202	↑21	20
25	Patricia	201	↓8	6
26	Ann	198	↑1	59
27	Diane	194	↓7	40
28	Nancy	191	↓12	32
29	Rhonda	188	↓1	37
30	Deborah	182	↑2	13
31	Cynthia	181	↓5	9
32	Robin	179	↓3	33
33	Sandra	175	↓10	15
34	Elizabeth	171	new	16
35	Cindy	169	↓1	53
36	Tracy	169	↑3	36
37	Rebecca	166	↑1	41
38	Wendy	159	new	39
39	Shelly	152	↑8	98
40	Melissa	147	new	38
41	Carol	146	↓8	42
42	Connie	143	↓11	61
43	Janet	141	↑7	55
44	Kim	141	↑2	43
45	Michele	141	new	48
46	Tina	137	new	29
47	Kathleen	136	↓7	34
48	Donna	134	↓11	7
49	Cheryl	133	↓7	31
50	Theresa	131	↓2	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,128	↑1	1
2	David	1,083	↓1	3
3	John	837	–	2
4	James	748	↑2	4
5	Mark	695	↓1	7
6	Robert	649	↑1	5
7	Jeffrey	644	↑1	10
8	Scott	636	↓3	15
9	Steven	563	↑1	14
10	Kevin	560	↑1	13
11	Brian	557	↑1	19
12	Todd	495	↓3	30
13	Daniel	452	↑1	17
14	Timothy	445	↓1	12
15	Richard	431	↑1	8
16	Thomas	431	↓1	9
17	William	367	–	6
18	Douglas	362	–	32
19	Paul	329	–	16
20	Joseph	267	↑1	11
21	Christopher	238	↑13	18
22	Patrick	230	↑6	31
23	Ronald	230	↓1	24
24	Rodney	229	↑18	33
25	Gregory	225	↑1	23
26	Donald	220	↓2	26
27	Bradley	215	–	72
28	Craig	215	↑4	46
29	Eric	213	↑8	25
30	Terry	210	↓7	40
31	Charles	207	–	20
32	Randy	201	↓7	42
33	Larry	193	↑2	38
34	Matthew	192	↑4	36
35	Gary	191	↓15	27
36	Kenneth	180	↓6	21
37	Dennis	175	↓8	44
38	Mike	175	↓2	51
39	Jeff	172	↓6	62
40	Troy	158	–	53
41	Jon	154	↑7	78
42	Jeffery	138	new	47
43	Jerry	138	↑1	41
44	Anthony	136	new	22
45	Shawn	135	new	69
46	Roger	126	↓5	49
47	Stephen	125	new	28
48	Alan	124	↓1	59
49	Tim	124	↓6	97
50	Dean	123	new	88

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