Popular baby names in Iowa, 1974

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,052 babies) and Jason for boys (1,019). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,909 babies born in Iowa in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1974

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, 8.2× the national rate
Renae: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jolene: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Molly: 67 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kari: 76 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cari: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mindy: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janelle: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sara: 176 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kory: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tim: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darin: 55 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rick: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cory: 119 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Matt: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chad: 595 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamey: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trent: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Travis: 225 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,052	–	1
2	Amy	628	–	2
3	Heather	497	↑3	4
4	Angela	464	–	5
5	Michelle	384	↓2	3
6	Melissa	349	↓1	7
7	Sarah	256	↑8	20
8	Lisa	250	↓1	8
9	Kimberly	248	↓1	6
10	Stephanie	235	–	9
11	Nicole	218	–	11
12	Julie	206	↓3	14
13	Rebecca	187	↑4	10
14	Dawn	185	↓1	22
15	Sara	176	↑12	61
16	Kelly	162	↑4	15
17	Carrie	155	↑1	42
18	Jill	154	↑10	58
19	Stacy	152	↓5	38
20	Tina	146	↑1	25
21	Jessica	145	↑19	17
22	Heidi	141	↑8	60
23	Susan	134	–	27
24	Tracy	134	↑1	23
25	Lori	131	↓9	30
26	Tammy	128	↓14	24
27	Shannon	123	↑6	18
28	Brenda	120	↓2	59
29	Mary	119	–	13
30	Elizabeth	115	↑2	12
31	Laura	115	↓7	21
32	Tara	114	↑9	39
33	Wendy	114	↓14	32
34	Christine	111	↓12	19
35	Rachel	111	↑2	36
36	Christina	107	–	16
37	Erin	107	new	47
38	Stacey	103	↓3	48
39	Amanda	95	↑8	34
40	Andrea	95	↓9	35
41	Jodi	91	↓7	91
42	Emily	90	new	69
43	Danielle	88	new	40
44	Kristin	86	new	72
45	Melanie	85	new	51
46	Teresa	85	↓8	52
47	Holly	84	↓8	56
48	Tanya	82	↑1	46
49	Kari	76	new	>100
50	Michele	75	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	1,019	–	2
2	Michael	774	–	1
3	Matthew	652	↑3	9
4	Brian	599	–	8
5	Chad	595	↓2	26
6	Christopher	567	↓1	3
7	David	458	–	4
8	Scott	387	–	18
9	John	378	↑1	6
10	James	368	↓1	5
11	Ryan	364	↑3	25
12	Robert	356	–	7
13	Jeremy	342	↑5	24
14	Daniel	341	↓3	11
15	Eric	341	↓2	13
16	Jeffrey	324	↓1	15
17	Mark	295	↓1	16
18	Timothy	289	↑1	22
19	Aaron	263	↑3	32
20	Joshua	261	↑10	29
21	Steven	243	↓4	19
22	Travis	225	↑5	54
23	William	216	↓2	10
24	Andrew	213	↑4	28
25	Todd	212	↓5	39
26	Kevin	208	↓3	14
27	Shawn	199	↓1	30
28	Shane	190	↑1	56
29	Bradley	188	↑2	58
30	Joseph	187	↓5	12
31	Thomas	171	↓7	20
32	Justin	170	↑4	43
33	Nathan	165	↑6	52
34	Troy	161	–	63
35	Richard	152	↓3	17
36	Benjamin	148	↑10	46
37	Anthony	139	↓4	21
38	Adam	128	↑9	36
39	Paul	124	↓2	27
40	Gregory	122	↑1	31
41	Patrick	121	↓3	38
42	Cory	119	↑2	>100
43	Douglas	116	↓8	53
44	Jamie	116	↑1	68
45	Charles	115	↓5	23
46	Brent	114	↓3	76
47	Jonathan	102	↓5	33
48	Brandon	100	↑2	51
49	Bryan	95	new	45
50	Craig	93	new	57

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