Popular baby names in Iowa, 1970

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (769 babies) and Michael for boys (1,088). Social Security records list 44,024 babies born in Iowa in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1970

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: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jolene: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cari: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jodi: 183 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Janelle: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Renae: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Trisha: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leann: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darcy: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lynnette: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 420 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Robb: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bret: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kent: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trent: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cory: 80 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Monte: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	769	↑3	1
2	Michelle	604	↓1	4
3	Amy	584	–	5
4	Lisa	537	↓2	2
5	Angela	491	↑2	6
6	Kimberly	453	–	3
7	Julie	431	↓2	11
8	Melissa	413	–	7
9	Dawn	308	↑6	16
10	Lori	292	↓1	23
11	Tammy	268	↑1	8
12	Tracy	261	↑7	10
13	Heather	259	↑11	19
14	Susan	258	↓1	15
15	Mary	245	↓5	9
16	Brenda	228	–	40
17	Stephanie	223	↑1	17
18	Kelly	221	↓7	20
19	Laura	217	↓2	13
20	Christine	206	↓6	14
21	Tina	206	↑1	21
22	Jill	189	↓2	52
23	Jodi	183	↑6	95
24	Shannon	172	↑8	22
25	Wendy	171	↑1	28
26	Teresa	152	↓5	34
27	Ann	151	–	62
28	Pamela	151	↓3	26
29	Karen	144	↓6	12
30	Stacy	139	↑4	42
31	Debra	132	↑6	47
32	Nicole	132	new	30
33	Michele	127	–	31
34	Elizabeth	126	↓4	18
35	Denise	125	↓7	36
36	Rebecca	124	↓5	29
37	Kristin	120	↑7	63
38	Sarah	119	↑3	65
39	Andrea	118	new	43
40	Cynthia	117	↓5	25
41	Sara	114	↑5	>100
42	Patricia	113	↓4	24
43	Christina	109	↑5	35
44	Linda	106	↓5	38
45	Cindy	103	new	72
46	Rhonda	103	↑3	46
47	Stacey	103	new	48
48	Heidi	102	new	81
49	Tamara	100	↓2	79
50	Beth	97	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,088	–	1
2	David	779	–	3
3	James	636	–	2
4	Jeffrey	634	↑4	11
5	Scott	621	↓1	12
6	John	614	↑1	4
7	Brian	607	↓1	8
8	Jason	595	↑10	13
9	Robert	565	↓4	5
10	Mark	527	↓1	9
11	Christopher	492	↑1	6
12	Matthew	451	↑4	24
13	Steven	449	↓3	15
14	Todd	435	↓3	28
15	Chad	420	↑9	51
16	Daniel	386	↓2	19
17	Kevin	379	↓2	14
18	Timothy	373	↓5	20
19	Richard	341	↑1	10
20	William	331	↓1	7
21	Eric	330	↑1	18
22	Troy	325	↑1	41
23	Thomas	306	↓6	17
24	Bradley	266	↑2	47
25	Douglas	239	↓4	36
26	Joseph	236	↑1	16
27	Paul	208	↓2	23
28	Shawn	208	↑2	34
29	Gregory	194	–	26
30	Patrick	185	↓2	33
31	Donald	182	↑6	30
32	Anthony	177	↑3	22
33	Charles	170	↓2	21
34	Craig	165	↓1	39
35	Shane	162	↑10	64
36	Andrew	158	–	32
37	Brent	157	↑4	74
38	Gary	155	↓6	35
39	Dennis	134	↑3	46
40	Aaron	131	new	52
41	Ronald	128	↓7	29
42	Stephen	121	↑1	27
43	Jon	119	↑3	68
44	Kenneth	117	↓6	25
45	Terry	117	↓5	54
46	Larry	113	↓2	43
47	Travis	110	new	69
48	Jeremy	109	new	70
49	Randy	106	↓2	59
50	Jeffery	104	↓1	50

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