Popular baby names in Iowa, 1966

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1966 were Lisa for girls (811 babies) and Michael for boys (1,104). Social Security records list 44,734 babies born in Iowa in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1966

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: 44 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Renae: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Janelle: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Deann: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Luann: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darcy: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelli: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joni: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tamera: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leann: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Pat: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Trent: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bret: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darwin: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brad: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kris: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	811	–	1
2	Julie	515	–	13
3	Kimberly	493	↑3	2
4	Michelle	470	↑5	4
5	Mary	449	↓2	3
6	Susan	378	↓1	6
7	Brenda	377	↑1	25
8	Lori	356	↓4	21
9	Karen	279	↓2	5
10	Jennifer	274	↑14	10
11	Teresa	268	↑1	29
12	Amy	264	↓1	30
13	Angela	262	↓3	9
14	Tammy	261	↑1	8
15	Dawn	258	↑2	24
16	Kelly	239	↑2	26
17	Christine	228	↓1	20
18	Jill	228	↑4	49
19	Debra	214	↑2	35
20	Melissa	214	↑20	22
21	Laura	206	↓8	19
22	Linda	201	↓8	18
23	Denise	194	↓3	32
24	Patricia	188	↑1	7
25	Pamela	186	↓6	15
26	Barbara	185	↓3	27
27	Tina	182	↑19	23
28	Nancy	179	–	33
29	Sandra	177	↑4	17
30	Tracy	173	↑6	31
31	Ann	166	↓5	61
32	Deborah	163	↓2	14
33	Rebecca	162	↑4	40
34	Cynthia	161	↓3	11
35	Wendy	160	↑3	41
36	Diane	156	↓9	45
37	Shelly	156	↑2	89
38	Rhonda	151	↓9	39
39	Michele	148	↑6	36
40	Robin	148	↓8	42
41	Cheryl	137	↑8	34
42	Beth	131	new	65
43	Theresa	131	↑7	46
44	Stephanie	128	new	38
45	Paula	126	new	50
46	Carol	123	↓5	48
47	Donna	119	↑1	12
48	Cindy	118	↓13	56
49	Elizabeth	117	↓15	16
50	Kim	117	↓6	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,104	–	1
2	David	1,001	–	2
3	James	793	↑1	3
4	John	715	↓1	4
5	Scott	674	↑3	16
6	Jeffrey	653	↑1	9
7	Mark	635	↓2	7
8	Brian	621	↑3	14
9	Robert	613	↓3	5
10	Steven	521	↓1	13
11	Todd	490	↑1	29
12	Timothy	477	↑2	11
13	Kevin	458	↓3	17
14	Daniel	445	↓1	19
15	Thomas	432	↑1	10
16	Richard	358	↓1	8
17	Douglas	336	↑1	33
18	Paul	336	↑1	18
19	William	334	↓2	6
20	Christopher	308	↑1	12
21	Joseph	270	↓1	15
22	Eric	219	↑7	25
23	Rodney	214	↑1	35
24	Matthew	213	↑10	34
25	Troy	211	↑15	48
26	Ronald	210	↓3	24
27	Gary	197	↑8	28
28	Gregory	195	↓3	23
29	Patrick	194	↓7	31
30	Donald	191	↓4	27
31	Terry	186	↓1	40
32	Dennis	183	↑5	44
33	Craig	180	↓5	46
34	Randy	177	↓2	45
35	Bradley	175	↓8	68
36	Kenneth	174	–	21
37	Larry	169	↓4	38
38	Charles	160	↓7	20
39	Jeff	153	–	72
40	Jeffery	149	↑2	42
41	Jerry	147	↑2	41
42	Shawn	142	↑3	54
43	Anthony	139	↑1	22
44	Andrew	131	new	36
45	Jon	130	↓4	76
46	Mike	129	↓8	69
47	Roger	127	↓1	51
48	Dale	122	new	85
49	Alan	121	↓1	57
50	Keith	115	new	32

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