Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,100
2	Betty	960
3	Dorothy	666
4	Shirley	520
5	Helen	419
6	Ruth	347
7	Doris	342
8	Lois	339
9	Patricia	338
10	Margaret	335
11	Phyllis	322
12	Donna	306
13	Barbara	300
14	Norma	294
15	Marjorie	285
16	Beverly	279
17	Virginia	277
18	Darlene	263
19	Marilyn	254
20	Jean	232
21	Evelyn	217
22	Joyce	189
23	Alice	181
24	Frances	178
25	Mildred	168
26	Dolores	167
27	Arlene	165
28	Bonnie	162
29	Maxine	154
30	Joan	138
31	Geraldine	133
32	Elizabeth	129
33	Anna	128
33	Delores	128
35	Marian	120
36	Wilma	119
37	Wanda	110
38	Rose	108
39	Gladys	104
39	June	104
41	Elaine	99
42	Martha	97
43	Florence	96
44	Carol	95
45	Bernice	94
45	Kathryn	94
47	Eleanor	93
47	Pauline	93
49	Audrey	91
49	Esther	91

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,405
2	Donald	977
3	John	878
4	Richard	838
5	James	714
6	William	686
7	Charles	493
8	Kenneth	389
9	Harold	373
10	Paul	313
11	George	308
12	Jack	302
13	Dale	231
14	Raymond	227
15	Marvin	208
16	Wayne	207
17	Edward	206
18	Eugene	204
19	Gerald	203
20	Thomas	174
21	David	147
21	Dean	147
23	Joseph	145
24	Ralph	144
25	Ronald	142
26	Francis	141
27	Earl	139
28	Carl	136
29	Howard	135
30	Duane	133
31	Walter	132
32	Roger	130
33	Melvin	128
34	Arthur	124
34	Gene	124
34	Norman	124
37	Leonard	116
38	Harry	113
39	Vernon	112
40	Lawrence	109
41	Herbert	108
42	Frank	105
42	Russell	105
44	Keith	103
45	Glenn	102
45	Lloyd	102
47	Bernard	98
47	Clarence	98
49	Bob	97
50	Louis	90