Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,118
2	Betty	758
3	Shirley	509
4	Marilyn	476
5	Dorothy	456
6	Donna	450
7	Patricia	429
8	Barbara	399
9	Beverly	366
10	Joan	322
11	Margaret	316
12	Norma	312
13	Helen	306
14	Phyllis	304
15	Lois	296
16	Doris	262
17	Darlene	247
18	Joyce	232
19	Virginia	225
20	Ruth	219
21	Bonnie	189
22	Marjorie	187
23	Delores	185
24	Jean	183
25	Evelyn	180
26	Dolores	171
27	Alice	170
28	Frances	145
29	Joann	144
30	Nancy	138
31	Elizabeth	137
32	Joanne	129
33	Arlene	123
34	Gloria	119
35	Carol	118
36	Elaine	114
37	Janet	113
38	Charlotte	105
39	Wanda	104
40	Maxine	102
41	Anna	98
41	Mildred	98
43	Carolyn	94
43	Rose	94
45	Janice	89
46	Martha	88
47	Wilma	87
48	Geraldine	86
49	Lorraine	84
49	Marian	84

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,351
2	Donald	1,029
3	Richard	910
4	James	775
5	John	760
6	William	601
7	Charles	458
8	Kenneth	376
9	Harold	308
10	Jack	305
11	Paul	267
12	George	262
13	Gerald	255
14	Thomas	227
15	Dale	222
16	Ronald	217
17	Marvin	205
18	Raymond	204
19	David	203
20	Roger	195
21	Edward	181
22	Eugene	174
23	Duane	169
24	Wayne	165
25	Howard	147
26	Jerry	145
27	Keith	143
28	Norman	138
29	Joseph	136
30	Dean	128
31	Carl	127
32	Don	126
33	Ralph	125
34	Lawrence	112
35	Earl	111
36	Harry	106
37	Arthur	104
38	Leroy	100
39	Clarence	99
40	Bill	98
40	Larry	98
42	Francis	97
43	Gene	96
43	Melvin	96
45	Frank	95
45	Leo	95
47	Vernon	93
48	Stanley	91
49	Lloyd	88
50	Walter	87