Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,025
2	Betty	940
3	Dorothy	617
4	Shirley	492
5	Ruth	405
6	Helen	369
7	Lois	356
8	Margaret	350
9	Phyllis	346
10	Donna	343
11	Patricia	328
12	Doris	311
13	Barbara	307
14	Norma	300
15	Beverly	299
16	Marilyn	296
17	Marjorie	254
18	Darlene	247
19	Joan	246
20	Virginia	219
21	Evelyn	215
22	Joyce	209
23	Alice	188
24	Dolores	185
25	Delores	176
26	Mildred	175
27	Jean	171
28	Bonnie	150
29	Frances	126
30	Geraldine	118
31	Wilma	116
32	Anna	115
33	Marian	114
34	Carol	111
35	Elizabeth	106
35	Rose	106
37	Charlotte	103
38	Gloria	101
38	Marie	101
40	Arlene	99
40	Irene	99
42	Lucille	98
42	Ramona	98
44	Gladys	97
44	Maxine	97
46	Martha	90
46	Wanda	90
48	Elaine	88
49	Lorraine	87
50	Audrey	84

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,409
2	Donald	1,018
3	Richard	872
4	John	776
5	James	740
6	William	681
7	Charles	478
8	Kenneth	392
9	Harold	340
10	Paul	290
11	George	289
11	Jack	289
13	Raymond	248
14	Gerald	230
15	Marvin	212
16	Dale	196
17	Edward	193
18	Eugene	192
19	Wayne	185
20	Thomas	175
21	David	170
22	Ronald	160
23	Howard	146
24	Ralph	142
25	Joseph	140
26	Earl	138
27	Dean	137
27	Roger	137
29	Carl	128
29	Duane	128
31	Harry	127
32	Herbert	123
33	Don	119
34	Bernard	118
35	Clarence	115
36	Frank	113
36	Norman	113
38	Arthur	112
38	Keith	112
38	Lloyd	112
41	Francis	105
41	Leonard	105
43	Leo	104
44	Leroy	103
44	Walter	103
46	Russell	99
47	Melvin	98
48	Lawrence	97
48	Lyle	97
50	Bill	89