Popular baby names in Iowa, 1967

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1967 were Lisa for girls (743 babies) and Michael for boys (1,200). Social Security records list 43,317 babies born in Iowa in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1967

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, 9.5× the national rate
Luann: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Joni: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Renae: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Janelle: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelli: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Karla: 83 babies, 4× the national rate
Deann: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sue: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Thad: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Curt: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Lynn: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Chad: 147 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Matt: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Monty: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bret: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trent: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kent: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	743	–	1
2	Michelle	543	↑2	3
3	Julie	507	↓1	16
4	Kimberly	465	↓1	2
5	Susan	363	↑1	5
6	Amy	351	↑6	12
7	Mary	344	↓2	4
8	Angela	333	↑5	7
9	Lori	316	↓1	24
10	Jennifer	285	–	10
11	Brenda	283	↓4	31
12	Tammy	279	↑2	8
13	Kelly	254	↑3	23
14	Dawn	241	↑1	27
15	Melissa	241	↑5	9
16	Christine	237	↑1	14
17	Karen	236	↓8	6
18	Jill	226	–	50
19	Debra	219	–	38
20	Teresa	215	↓9	28
21	Laura	213	–	15
22	Tina	195	↑5	21
23	Pamela	193	↑2	17
24	Tracy	189	↑6	29
25	Denise	188	↓2	34
26	Deborah	179	↑6	22
27	Patricia	176	↓3	11
28	Stephanie	174	↑16	25
29	Elizabeth	171	↑20	13
30	Ann	170	↑1	57
31	Rhonda	166	↑7	41
32	Wendy	166	↑3	32
33	Linda	158	↓11	26
34	Nancy	156	↓6	37
35	Rebecca	149	↓2	39
36	Cynthia	146	↓2	18
37	Sandra	146	↓8	20
38	Barbara	140	↓12	33
39	Michele	136	–	36
40	Paula	135	↑5	46
41	Cindy	131	↑7	59
42	Jodi	130	new	>100
43	Robin	123	↓3	45
44	Shelly	122	↓7	94
45	Beth	121	↓3	67
46	Diane	119	↓10	44
47	Carol	117	↓1	47
48	Kathleen	111	new	40
49	Kristine	107	new	>100
50	Sheila	107	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	1,200	–	1
2	David	941	–	2
3	Mark	681	↑4	7
4	John	676	–	4
5	James	648	↓2	3
6	Brian	624	↑2	10
7	Scott	621	↓2	16
8	Jeffrey	612	↓2	13
9	Robert	609	–	5
10	Timothy	498	↑2	11
11	Steven	492	↓1	14
12	Todd	477	↓1	29
13	Kevin	428	–	17
14	Daniel	405	–	19
15	Thomas	382	–	12
16	Christopher	354	↑4	9
17	Richard	340	↓1	8
18	William	324	↑1	6
19	Douglas	297	↓2	33
20	Matthew	270	↑4	28
21	Paul	263	↓3	18
22	Troy	235	↑3	40
23	Joseph	230	↓2	15
24	Patrick	225	↑5	30
25	Eric	211	↓3	23
26	Ronald	210	–	24
27	Gary	206	–	32
28	Rodney	194	↓5	37
29	Charles	185	↑9	20
30	Craig	176	↑3	46
31	Donald	175	↓1	27
32	Dennis	171	–	43
33	Bradley	170	↑2	66
34	Kenneth	169	↑2	22
35	Randy	167	↓1	49
36	Anthony	165	↑7	21
37	Gregory	158	↓9	25
38	Terry	157	↓7	42
39	Larry	149	↓2	38
40	Chad	147	new	>100
41	Roger	130	↑6	53
42	Stephen	126	new	26
43	Shawn	124	↓1	51
44	Andrew	121	–	35
45	Jay	114	new	87
46	Jeffery	113	↓6	47
47	Jason	111	new	54
48	Jon	111	↓3	71
49	Chris	110	new	60
50	Jerry	108	↓9	41

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