Popular baby names in Iowa, 1973

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,045 babies) and Jason for boys (973). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,460 babies born in Iowa in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1973

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

Girls

Renae: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leann: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Darcy: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Staci: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jami: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jody: 65 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mindy: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Molly: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tami: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kory: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Cory: 110 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chad: 631 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bryce: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bret: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darin: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tim: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brad: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kent: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trent: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,045	–	1
2	Amy	542	–	2
3	Michelle	444	–	3
4	Angela	436	–	7
5	Melissa	386	↑1	6
6	Heather	379	↑3	8
7	Lisa	298	↓2	5
8	Kimberly	275	↓1	4
9	Julie	237	↓1	12
10	Stephanie	231	↑1	9
11	Nicole	221	↓1	11
12	Tammy	189	↑1	15
13	Dawn	177	↓1	21
14	Stacy	175	↑8	32
15	Sarah	172	↑6	35
16	Lori	162	↓2	28
17	Rebecca	162	↑6	10
18	Carrie	148	↑16	46
19	Wendy	148	↓1	29
20	Kelly	147	↑6	18
21	Tina	141	↑3	24
22	Christine	138	↑3	17
23	Susan	138	↑5	25
24	Laura	137	↓4	19
25	Tracy	136	↓9	20
26	Brenda	134	↓11	53
27	Sara	124	↑2	89
28	Jill	121	↓11	62
29	Mary	121	↓10	14
30	Heidi	120	↑2	65
31	Andrea	117	↑5	30
32	Elizabeth	116	↑8	13
33	Shannon	113	↓6	22
34	Jodi	105	↓3	100
35	Stacey	101	↑4	41
36	Christina	100	↓3	16
37	Rachel	99	↑9	42
38	Teresa	99	↓8	45
39	Holly	98	new	54
40	Jessica	98	↑10	34
41	Tara	97	↑3	37
42	Denise	87	↓5	38
43	Tonya	86	↓1	36
44	Robin	78	↓1	60
45	Debra	73	new	84
46	Melinda	73	new	72
47	Amanda	72	new	51
48	Dana	71	↓3	59
49	Tanya	71	new	50
50	Beth	70	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	973	–	3
2	Michael	733	–	1
3	Chad	631	–	25
4	Brian	629	–	8
5	Christopher	534	–	2
6	Matthew	533	↑1	10
7	David	441	↓1	5
8	Scott	403	–	18
9	James	382	–	4
10	John	368	↑1	6
11	Daniel	359	↑3	11
12	Robert	336	–	7
13	Eric	328	–	13
14	Ryan	325	↑3	30
15	Jeffrey	302	↓5	17
16	Mark	300	↓1	15
17	Steven	244	↓1	20
18	Jeremy	242	↑9	33
19	Timothy	237	↑1	22
20	Todd	232	↓2	35
21	William	227	↓2	9
22	Aaron	223	↑3	34
23	Kevin	219	↓2	14
24	Thomas	197	↓1	19
25	Joseph	191	↓1	12
26	Shawn	185	–	27
27	Travis	184	↑3	53
28	Andrew	177	↑7	29
29	Shane	173	↑2	54
30	Joshua	172	new	42
31	Bradley	167	↓3	62
32	Richard	163	↓3	16
33	Anthony	159	↑1	21
34	Troy	147	↓12	59
35	Douglas	139	↓3	47
36	Justin	138	↑4	51
37	Paul	127	↓4	24
38	Patrick	126	↓2	37
39	Nathan	124	↑8	63
40	Charles	119	↓2	23
41	Gregory	115	↓4	26
42	Jonathan	112	new	31
43	Brent	111	–	80
44	Cory	110	new	>100
45	Jamie	108	↓6	70
46	Benjamin	99	new	55
47	Adam	98	new	45
48	Kenneth	92	↓3	28
49	Sean	90	↓5	36
50	Brandon	89	new	58

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