Popular baby names in Iowa, 1971

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (929 babies) and Michael for boys (919). Social Security records list 40,789 babies born in Iowa in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1971

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

Girls

Deann: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kris: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Chris: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mindy: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tamera: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janelle: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Jody: 85 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Molly: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kari: 71 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kory: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lynn: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chad: 610 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Doug: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Neal: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cory: 86 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 55 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trent: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tim: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bret: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	929	–	1
2	Amy	597	↑1	5
3	Michelle	524	↓1	2
4	Angela	506	↑1	6
5	Lisa	489	↓1	3
6	Melissa	415	↑2	7
7	Kimberly	400	↓1	4
8	Julie	316	↓1	10
9	Dawn	280	–	14
10	Heather	275	↑3	12
11	Tammy	241	–	8
12	Lori	222	↓2	25
13	Mary	217	↑2	9
14	Tina	208	↑7	20
15	Susan	205	↓1	17
16	Tracy	196	↓4	13
17	Brenda	191	↓1	43
18	Laura	191	↑1	16
19	Stephanie	191	↓2	11
20	Christine	179	–	18
21	Kelly	177	↓3	22
22	Wendy	168	↑3	29
23	Rebecca	164	↑13	23
24	Jill	152	↓2	59
25	Stacy	151	↑5	32
26	Jodi	150	↓3	94
27	Shannon	147	↓3	21
28	Teresa	141	↓2	34
29	Christina	128	↑14	30
30	Karen	128	↓1	15
31	Elizabeth	122	↑3	19
32	Michele	122	↑1	39
33	Nicole	119	↓1	27
34	Sara	119	↑7	>100
35	Andrea	114	↑4	35
36	Carrie	111	new	55
37	Sarah	109	↑1	58
38	Ann	106	↓11	78
39	Cynthia	106	↑1	24
40	Kristin	106	↓3	71
41	Heidi	105	↑7	77
42	Shelly	101	new	>100
43	Stacey	100	↑4	41
44	Pamela	98	↓16	28
45	Patricia	95	↓3	26
46	Linda	92	↓2	42
47	Tricia	91	new	>100
48	Denise	90	↓13	36
49	Dana	89	new	44
50	Debra	86	↓19	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	919	–	1
2	Jason	764	↑6	8
3	Scott	645	↑2	10
4	David	632	↓2	3
5	Chad	610	↑10	29
6	Christopher	587	↑5	6
7	Brian	559	–	9
8	John	542	↓2	4
9	James	536	↓6	2
10	Matthew	534	↑2	19
11	Robert	532	↓2	5
12	Jeffrey	487	↓8	12
13	Mark	399	↓3	13
14	Steven	361	↓1	16
15	Timothy	350	↑3	21
16	Todd	346	↓2	30
17	Kevin	343	–	14
18	Eric	327	↑3	18
19	Daniel	310	↓3	20
20	William	309	–	7
21	Thomas	272	↑2	17
22	Troy	261	–	46
23	Douglas	239	↑2	39
24	Richard	238	↓5	11
25	Jeremy	225	↑23	45
26	Shawn	225	↑2	28
27	Aaron	214	↑13	41
28	Joseph	213	↓2	15
29	Bradley	201	↓5	58
30	Paul	192	↓3	24
31	Ryan	164	new	51
32	Anthony	161	–	23
33	Andrew	154	↑3	33
34	Shane	152	↑1	60
35	Patrick	150	↓5	35
36	Gregory	135	↓7	26
37	Travis	132	↑10	61
38	Terry	128	↑7	56
39	Craig	127	↓5	43
40	Kenneth	123	↑4	25
41	Charles	122	↓8	22
42	Brent	120	↓5	73
43	Donald	117	↓12	34
44	Ronald	116	↓3	31
45	Sean	116	new	36
46	Bryan	115	new	48
47	Keith	106	new	37
48	Gary	105	↓10	38
49	Jon	98	↓6	78
50	Jeffery	96	–	53

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