Popular baby names in Iowa, 1977

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (938 babies) and Jason for boys (914). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,053 babies born in Iowa in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1977

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

Girls

Katy: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kari: 104 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mindy: 54 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jolene: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobbi: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tami: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tera: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 109 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Molly: 80 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joni: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Matt: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wade: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bret: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trent: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chad: 455 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lucas: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cory: 163 babies, 3× the national rate
Marty: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Travis: 254 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	938	–	1
2	Amy	594	–	3
3	Sarah	502	↑2	11
4	Angela	501	↓1	6
5	Heather	492	↓1	5
6	Jessica	450	↑1	4
7	Melissa	431	↓1	2
8	Michelle	311	–	7
9	Sara	309	–	27
10	Kelly	300	↑10	10
11	Amanda	287	↑1	9
12	Nicole	258	↑2	15
13	Jamie	247	↓2	18
14	Lisa	247	↓4	12
15	Carrie	234	↑2	28
16	Stephanie	231	↓3	14
17	Jill	223	↑4	41
18	Erin	214	↑4	23
19	Kimberly	207	↓4	8
20	Elizabeth	204	↑6	13
21	Rebecca	196	↓3	17
22	Andrea	194	↑3	24
23	Shannon	191	↓7	19
24	Julie	186	↓5	22
25	Laura	171	↓2	20
26	Emily	166	↑14	37
27	Rachel	155	↑2	26
28	Amber	145	↑13	33
29	Megan	145	↑7	54
30	Christina	137	↓6	16
31	Dawn	129	↓3	43
32	Holly	120	↑7	52
33	Tara	120	–	35
34	Stacy	115	↓4	42
35	Mary	112	↓4	21
36	Jodi	109	↑1	>100
37	Kari	104	↑7	>100
38	Crystal	100	new	25
39	Heidi	99	↓7	81
40	Tracy	97	↓6	50
41	Susan	94	↑7	45
42	Danielle	93	–	31
43	Tiffany	91	↑3	34
44	Jaime	90	↓17	46
45	Erica	89	new	38
46	Wendy	89	↓11	49
47	Lori	87	↓2	57
48	Katie	84	new	>100
49	Stacey	84	new	56
50	Misty	83	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	914	–	2
2	Michael	826	–	1
3	Matthew	722	–	9
4	Ryan	636	↑1	16
5	Joshua	553	↑10	14
6	Jeremy	549	↑2	15
7	Brian	535	↓1	8
8	Christopher	533	↓4	3
9	David	483	–	4
10	Chad	455	↓3	34
11	James	419	↓1	5
12	Daniel	399	↑1	11
13	John	374	↑1	7
14	Eric	355	↓3	17
15	Joseph	354	↑6	10
16	Andrew	339	↑4	24
17	Timothy	329	↑6	18
18	Robert	326	↓2	6
19	Jeffrey	318	↓1	19
20	Benjamin	316	↑2	29
21	Nathan	316	↑4	36
22	Scott	316	↓10	27
23	Aaron	279	↓6	32
24	Justin	259	↓5	30
25	Travis	254	↑3	44
26	Kevin	245	–	13
27	Adam	232	↑2	33
28	Mark	222	↓4	25
29	William	220	↑1	12
30	Steven	211	↓3	23
31	Bradley	198	↑6	49
32	Thomas	195	↓1	22
33	Anthony	192	↓1	21
34	Todd	170	–	50
35	Cory	163	–	67
36	Shawn	160	↓3	37
37	Nicholas	148	new	51
38	Paul	145	↑2	31
39	Brandon	143	–	41
40	Richard	139	↓2	20
41	Jonathan	136	↑8	28
42	Jacob	135	new	56
43	Shane	133	↓7	61
44	Corey	125	↑1	52
45	Bryan	124	↑5	42
46	Charles	123	↓4	26
47	Patrick	122	↓3	40
48	Jesse	112	–	54
49	Gregory	106	↓3	35
50	Troy	106	↓7	88

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