Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1935

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Shirley	1,098
2	Mary	1,024
3	Patricia	520
4	Marilyn	516
5	Betty	506
6	Barbara	484
7	Donna	470
8	Beverly	360
9	Joan	304
10	Dorothy	288
11	Joyce	285
12	Carol	263
13	Phyllis	258
14	Margaret	257
15	Nancy	256
16	Janet	250
17	Ruth	247
18	Lois	239
19	Norma	218
20	Janice	217
21	Darlene	203
22	Doris	201
23	Helen	193
24	Marlene	178
25	Joann	176
26	Carolyn	166
27	Bonnie	164
28	Virginia	163
29	Sharon	161
30	Marjorie	160
31	Delores	157
32	Jean	149
33	Alice	130
34	Joanne	125
35	Sandra	122
36	Dolores	119
37	Sally	115
38	Evelyn	112
39	Frances	111
40	Elizabeth	108
41	Ann	99
42	Jane	96
43	Arlene	88
44	Martha	85
45	Rita	84
45	Roberta	84
47	Charlotte	83
48	Rose	82
49	Elaine	80
50	Rosemary	79

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,109
2	Richard	1,021
3	James	899
4	Donald	802
5	John	784
6	William	554
7	Charles	463
8	Ronald	446
9	Larry	390
10	David	329
11	Jerry	327
11	Kenneth	327
13	Paul	315
14	Thomas	256
15	Jack	255
16	Roger	250
17	Gerald	238
18	Gary	236
19	Harold	223
20	Dale	222
21	George	188
22	Marvin	176
23	Wayne	173
24	Edward	167
25	Duane	163
26	Eugene	162
27	Raymond	146
28	Don	141
29	Jim	126
30	Dean	125
31	Norman	122
32	Bob	113
33	Dennis	110
33	Joseph	110
35	Lawrence	106
36	Frank	102
37	Bill	101
38	Carl	100
38	Keith	100
40	Leroy	99
41	Walter	97
42	Gene	95
43	Darrell	91
44	Fred	89
45	Harry	86
45	Lloyd	86
45	Melvin	86
48	Russell	85
49	Bernard	84
50	Francis	83