Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1973

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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