Popular baby names in Iowa, 1968

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1968 were Lisa for girls (708 babies) and Michael for boys (1,113). Social Security records list 42,644 babies born in Iowa in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1968

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: 38 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Joni: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darcy: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jody: 92 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Karla: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kay: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Janelle: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sara: 99 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Becky: 83 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lyle: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chad: 172 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Monte: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Thad: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kent: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clint: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Grant: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Scot: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brad: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	708	–	1
2	Michelle	559	–	2
3	Kimberly	442	↑1	3
4	Julie	438	↓1	16
5	Amy	387	↑1	13
6	Jennifer	386	↑4	4
7	Angela	384	↑1	7
8	Lori	326	↑1	22
9	Melissa	325	↑6	5
10	Susan	324	↓5	10
11	Mary	309	↓4	6
12	Laura	300	↑9	11
13	Brenda	286	↓2	34
14	Tammy	283	↓2	8
15	Kelly	265	↓2	12
16	Christine	248	–	14
17	Teresa	244	↑3	30
18	Jill	242	–	46
19	Dawn	238	↓5	21
20	Tina	204	↑2	18
21	Tracy	201	↑3	25
22	Karen	196	↓5	9
23	Stephanie	178	↑5	23
24	Pamela	172	↓1	20
25	Wendy	169	↑7	31
26	Ann	158	↑4	54
27	Elizabeth	156	↑2	17
28	Patricia	153	↓1	15
29	Debra	150	↓10	38
30	Cynthia	145	↑6	19
31	Jodi	140	↑11	97
32	Rebecca	140	↑3	33
33	Deborah	136	↓7	27
34	Denise	136	↓9	35
35	Michele	134	↑4	29
36	Rhonda	132	↓5	42
37	Sandra	130	–	26
38	Barbara	129	–	36
39	Linda	127	↓6	28
40	Nancy	126	↓6	39
41	Kristin	112	new	84
42	Tamara	111	new	80
43	Robin	110	–	43
44	Theresa	110	new	47
45	Diane	108	↑1	51
46	Paula	108	↓6	45
47	Sheila	107	↑3	59
48	Kristine	106	↑1	>100
49	Shelly	105	↓5	98
50	Christina	104	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,113	–	1
2	David	837	–	2
3	James	703	↑2	4
4	Mark	681	↓1	7
5	John	673	↓1	3
6	Robert	649	↑3	5
7	Brian	643	↓1	10
8	Jeffrey	622	–	11
9	Scott	585	↓2	14
10	Todd	526	↑2	28
11	Steven	486	–	15
12	Timothy	456	↓2	13
13	Daniel	401	↑1	18
14	Christopher	395	↑2	9
15	Richard	374	↑2	8
16	Kevin	373	↓3	17
17	Thomas	363	↓2	12
18	William	345	–	6
19	Matthew	324	↑1	24
20	Douglas	323	↓1	33
21	Paul	274	–	19
22	Troy	255	–	40
23	Eric	254	↑2	22
24	Joseph	245	↓1	16
25	Patrick	223	↓1	30
26	Bradley	183	↑7	57
27	Gregory	182	↑10	26
28	Charles	179	↑1	20
29	Ronald	177	↓3	25
30	Kenneth	175	↑4	23
31	Chad	172	↑9	>100
32	Donald	158	↓1	29
33	Andrew	155	↑11	34
34	Gary	155	↓7	32
35	Dennis	153	↓3	45
36	Craig	151	↓6	41
37	Rodney	151	↓9	42
38	Anthony	148	↓2	21
39	Terry	141	↓1	48
40	Jason	139	↑7	47
41	Larry	136	↓2	38
42	Randy	128	↓7	54
43	Shawn	127	–	43
44	Stephen	122	↓2	27
45	Jeffery	120	↑1	46
46	Jon	120	↑2	65
47	Jeff	117	new	90
48	Sean	111	new	37
49	Bryan	109	new	51
50	Keith	109	new	35

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