Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1934

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,092
2	Shirley	661
3	Marilyn	532
4	Donna	526
5	Betty	523
6	Barbara	501
6	Patricia	501
8	Beverly	405
9	Dorothy	361
10	Joan	352
11	Joyce	273
12	Lois	270
13	Phyllis	266
14	Janet	264
15	Carol	262
16	Margaret	261
17	Norma	258
18	Darlene	234
19	Ruth	232
20	Helen	231
21	Doris	225
22	Nancy	212
23	Marjorie	194
24	Janice	193
25	Jean	180
26	Joann	179
27	Bonnie	178
28	Delores	176
29	Virginia	175
30	Marlene	165
31	Evelyn	154
32	Carolyn	151
33	Alice	147
34	Joanne	142
35	Dolores	113
36	Frances	112
37	Sally	108
38	Elizabeth	107
39	Gloria	95
40	Charlotte	93
41	Martha	90
42	Arlene	89
42	Geraldine	89
44	Jane	87
44	Rose	87
46	Anna	81
47	Eleanor	80
48	Elaine	79
48	June	79
50	Kathleen	78

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,083
2	Richard	1,010
3	Donald	892
4	James	851
5	John	784
6	William	525
7	Charles	427
8	Ronald	410
9	Kenneth	368
10	Jerry	314
11	Jack	305
12	David	293
13	Thomas	260
14	Harold	256
15	Larry	252
16	Paul	250
17	Gerald	237
18	Roger	236
19	George	222
20	Wayne	205
21	Raymond	197
22	Dale	193
23	Duane	177
24	Marvin	176
25	Don	160
26	Gary	154
27	Eugene	152
28	Norman	146
29	Edward	145
30	Dean	133
31	Bill	124
32	Joseph	122
33	Jim	116
34	Melvin	110
35	Frank	109
36	Carl	107
37	Bob	106
38	Keith	105
39	Walter	104
40	Earl	100
41	Gene	99
42	Howard	94
42	Ralph	94
44	Leo	93
44	Leroy	93
46	Dennis	92
46	Lyle	92
48	Darrell	91
48	Lawrence	91
50	Arthur	86