Popular baby names in Iowa, 1976

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (996 babies) and Jason for boys (920). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,139 babies born in Iowa in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1976

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

Girls

Mindy: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Molly: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darcy: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kari: 89 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jodi: 105 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jami: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jody: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Trisha: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Sara: 282 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jill: 184 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kory: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Trent: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jeromy: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tim: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cory: 152 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heath: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chad: 512 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clint: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kent: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lucas: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	996	–	1
2	Amy	646	–	2
3	Angela	525	↑1	5
4	Heather	449	↓1	4
5	Sarah	377	↑2	15
6	Melissa	370	↓1	3
7	Jessica	354	↑8	8
8	Michelle	325	↓2	6
9	Sara	282	↑3	27
10	Lisa	250	↓1	9
11	Jamie	246	new	18
12	Amanda	233	↑1	10
13	Stephanie	230	↓3	11
14	Nicole	228	↓3	13
15	Kimberly	227	↓7	7
16	Shannon	221	↑18	17
17	Carrie	215	↑2	28
18	Rebecca	212	↓1	12
19	Julie	197	↓5	21
20	Kelly	194	↓2	19
21	Jill	184	↓5	52
22	Erin	171	↑1	24
23	Laura	166	↓1	20
24	Christina	152	–	14
25	Andrea	143	↑1	25
26	Elizabeth	140	↓6	16
27	Jaime	139	new	29
28	Dawn	138	↓7	35
29	Rachel	133	↑12	23
30	Stacy	133	↓1	38
31	Mary	116	↓4	22
32	Heidi	115	↓7	70
33	Tara	109	↓1	42
34	Tracy	109	↓3	37
35	Wendy	108	–	39
36	Megan	106	↑9	62
37	Jodi	105	↓7	>100
38	Tammy	104	↑1	41
39	Holly	103	↑3	56
40	Emily	101	↓12	50
41	Amber	98	↑6	49
42	Danielle	97	↑2	33
43	Tina	93	↓10	48
44	Kari	89	↑4	>100
45	Lori	89	↓5	47
46	Tiffany	89	–	32
47	Brenda	86	↓11	77
48	Susan	84	↓10	40
49	Christine	78	↓12	26
50	Katherine	78	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	920	–	2
2	Michael	778	–	1
3	Matthew	708	–	9
4	Christopher	528	–	3
5	Ryan	524	↑2	16
6	Brian	521	–	8
7	Chad	512	↓2	29
8	Jeremy	479	–	14
9	David	409	–	4
10	James	391	↑2	5
11	Eric	368	↓1	13
12	Scott	366	↑2	24
13	Daniel	351	↓2	10
14	John	345	↓1	6
15	Joshua	334	↑1	18
16	Robert	329	↓1	7
17	Aaron	291	↑1	30
18	Jeffrey	285	↓1	17
19	Justin	281	↑6	33
20	Andrew	273	↑1	27
21	Joseph	271	↑1	12
22	Benjamin	259	↑5	32
23	Timothy	258	↓4	21
24	Mark	253	↓4	25
25	Nathan	246	↑1	39
26	Kevin	213	↑4	15
27	Steven	213	↓4	20
28	Travis	213	↓4	46
29	Adam	205	↑8	36
30	William	200	↑1	11
31	Thomas	187	↓3	23
32	Anthony	184	↑2	22
33	Shawn	180	↓4	34
34	Todd	153	↑2	50
35	Cory	152	↑6	83
36	Shane	145	↓3	57
37	Bradley	143	↓5	51
38	Richard	135	↑1	19
39	Brandon	127	↑4	40
40	Paul	120	↓5	28
41	Jamie	117	↑1	62
42	Charles	113	↑2	26
43	Troy	110	↓5	73
44	Patrick	106	↑5	41
45	Corey	101	↑2	64
46	Gregory	97	↓1	35
47	Brent	94	↓1	78
48	Jesse	93	new	55
49	Jonathan	93	↓9	31
50	Bryan	91	–	43

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