Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,140
2	Betty	879
3	Dorothy	564
4	Shirley	519
5	Patricia	420
6	Marilyn	371
7	Donna	360
8	Helen	359
9	Barbara	350
10	Beverly	348
11	Lois	345
12	Phyllis	339
13	Ruth	328
14	Norma	319
15	Doris	309
16	Joan	300
17	Margaret	282
18	Darlene	251
19	Virginia	226
20	Marjorie	224
21	Jean	218
22	Delores	204
23	Joyce	197
24	Evelyn	187
25	Dolores	175
26	Alice	173
27	Bonnie	162
28	Frances	137
29	Carol	125
30	Mildred	119
31	Anna	112
32	Wilma	110
33	Arlene	109
34	Rose	108
35	Elaine	105
36	June	104
37	Joann	103
38	Geraldine	102
39	Nancy	101
40	Elizabeth	96
41	Gloria	95
41	Irene	95
41	Wanda	95
44	Marian	92
45	Joanne	91
46	Martha	89
47	Maxine	88
47	Rita	88
49	Charlotte	86
50	Lorraine	83

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,384
2	Donald	1,026
3	Richard	915
4	John	834
5	James	821
6	William	641
7	Charles	526
8	Kenneth	385
9	Harold	355
10	Jack	321
11	George	281
12	Paul	263
13	Dale	239
14	Eugene	226
15	Gerald	216
16	Raymond	213
17	Marvin	204
18	David	197
18	Thomas	197
20	Ronald	191
21	Edward	190
22	Wayne	187
23	Duane	166
24	Dean	157
24	Joseph	157
26	Roger	155
27	Ralph	154
28	Howard	133
29	Norman	130
30	Earl	125
31	Walter	123
32	Jerry	118
33	Melvin	117
34	Keith	116
35	Lloyd	115
36	Vernon	113
37	Carl	111
38	Russell	110
39	Leo	109
40	Harry	107
40	Leonard	107
42	Lyle	106
43	Arthur	103
44	Clarence	101
44	Lawrence	101
46	Billy	96
47	Frank	94
48	Francis	92
49	Don	91
50	Leroy	89