Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1932

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,077
2	Betty	707
3	Donna	513
4	Marilyn	506
5	Shirley	478
6	Barbara	462
7	Patricia	454
8	Beverly	432
9	Dorothy	399
10	Joan	355
11	Norma	292
11	Ruth	292
13	Lois	291
14	Margaret	285
15	Joyce	269
16	Phyllis	268
17	Helen	249
18	Darlene	227
19	Doris	214
20	Delores	202
21	Marjorie	189
21	Virginia	189
23	Nancy	186
24	Jean	184
25	Bonnie	176
26	Alice	174
27	Joann	168
28	Carol	167
29	Dolores	158
30	Evelyn	155
31	Janet	129
32	Frances	123
33	Joanne	113
34	Gloria	111
35	Arlene	109
35	Mildred	109
37	Elizabeth	108
37	Marlene	108
39	Janice	99
40	Anna	94
40	Wilma	94
42	Carolyn	92
43	Geraldine	88
44	Marian	87
45	Rose	85
46	Martha	83
47	June	79
48	Maxine	77
49	Rita	76
50	Charlotte	75

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,272
2	Donald	960
3	Richard	901
4	James	820
5	John	789
6	William	552
7	Charles	479
8	Kenneth	319
9	Ronald	307
10	Harold	283
11	Jack	271
12	George	254
13	Paul	253
14	Gerald	214
15	Thomas	206
16	Raymond	201
17	David	192
18	Wayne	187
19	Marvin	180
20	Dale	176
21	Eugene	173
22	Duane	167
23	Jerry	161
24	Roger	159
25	Joseph	157
26	Edward	153
27	Norman	142
28	Dean	140
29	Bill	123
29	Don	123
31	Ralph	117
32	Carl	116
33	Howard	115
34	Keith	110
35	Frank	109
35	Gene	109
37	Larry	108
38	Russell	105
39	Earl	102
40	Lyle	101
41	Darrell	94
42	Melvin	93
43	Arthur	92
43	Lawrence	92
45	Walter	91
46	Francis	87
46	Leo	87
48	Bob	84
49	Harry	83
50	Billy	82