Popular baby names in Iowa, 1969

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1969 were Michelle for girls (609 babies) and Michael for boys (1,136). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 43,028 babies born in Iowa in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1969

Names given at least 15 times in Iowa that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Darci: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jolene: 32 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Renae: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Janelle: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kay: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Karla: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leann: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jody: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lynnette: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deann: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Kory: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Chad: 267 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kurtis: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lynn: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Trent: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Thad: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jeffry: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bob: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kent: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cory: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	609	↑1	2
2	Lisa	607	↓1	1
3	Amy	509	↑2	6
4	Jennifer	505	↑2	3
5	Julie	458	↓1	12
6	Kimberly	436	↓3	4
7	Angela	391	–	7
8	Melissa	332	↑1	5
9	Lori	311	↓1	20
10	Mary	270	↑1	8
11	Kelly	264	↑4	15
12	Tammy	264	↑2	9
13	Susan	257	↓3	11
14	Christine	254	↑2	14
15	Dawn	253	↑4	21
16	Brenda	245	↓3	38
17	Laura	227	↓5	10
18	Stephanie	220	↑5	19
19	Tracy	217	↑2	17
20	Jill	206	↓2	51
21	Teresa	195	↓4	32
22	Tina	183	↓2	22
23	Karen	180	↓1	13
24	Heather	173	new	34
25	Pamela	160	↓1	24
26	Wendy	158	↓1	29
27	Ann	152	↓1	57
28	Denise	145	↑6	35
29	Jodi	145	↑2	95
30	Elizabeth	144	↓3	16
31	Rebecca	133	↑1	28
32	Shannon	131	new	31
33	Michele	130	↑2	30
34	Stacy	129	new	53
35	Cynthia	128	↓5	23
36	Barbara	127	↑2	39
37	Debra	123	↓8	43
38	Patricia	122	↓10	18
39	Linda	117	–	33
40	Kristine	115	↑8	>100
41	Sarah	115	new	72
42	Nancy	114	↓2	45
43	Shelly	114	↑6	>100
44	Kristin	107	↓3	76
45	Deborah	106	↓12	27
46	Sara	105	new	>100
47	Tamara	105	↓5	78
48	Christina	104	↑2	37
49	Rhonda	102	↓13	44
50	Robin	102	↓7	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,136	–	1
2	David	897	–	2
3	James	683	–	3
4	Scott	650	↑5	12
5	Robert	607	↑1	5
6	Brian	605	↑1	9
7	John	595	↓2	4
8	Jeffrey	579	–	11
9	Mark	570	↓5	8
10	Steven	484	↑1	14
11	Todd	474	↓1	28
12	Christopher	447	↑2	7
13	Timothy	429	↓1	17
14	Daniel	415	↓1	18
15	Kevin	385	↑1	16
16	Matthew	374	↑3	24
17	Thomas	358	–	13
18	Jason	353	↑22	25
19	William	328	↓1	6
20	Richard	320	↓5	10
21	Douglas	298	↓1	34
22	Eric	292	↑1	21
23	Troy	285	↓1	42
24	Chad	267	↑7	69
25	Paul	253	↓4	22
26	Bradley	238	–	53
27	Joseph	236	↓3	15
28	Patrick	201	↓3	31
29	Gregory	194	↓2	26
30	Shawn	168	↑13	41
31	Charles	166	↓3	19
32	Gary	166	↑2	35
33	Craig	163	↑3	39
34	Ronald	162	↓5	29
35	Anthony	159	↑3	20
36	Andrew	154	↓3	33
37	Donald	154	↓5	30
38	Kenneth	142	↓8	23
39	Rodney	139	↓2	49
40	Terry	135	↓1	52
41	Brent	133	new	92
42	Dennis	128	↓7	44
43	Stephen	126	↑1	27
44	Larry	118	↓3	40
45	Shane	116	new	87
46	Jon	111	–	68
47	Randy	111	↓5	55
48	Joel	109	new	80
49	Jeffery	108	↓4	48
50	Bryan	106	↓1	51

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