Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,073
2	Shirley	890
3	Patricia	569
4	Marilyn	523
5	Barbara	519
6	Betty	427
7	Donna	400
8	Beverly	366
9	Carol	341
10	Joyce	326
11	Nancy	324
12	Janice	310
13	Janet	294
14	Joan	285
15	Margaret	265
16	Dorothy	255
17	Ruth	253
18	Lois	249
19	Phyllis	248
20	Sharon	246
21	Darlene	235
22	Marlene	221
23	Sandra	210
24	Helen	198
25	Jean	196
26	Norma	190
27	Carolyn	180
28	Joann	179
29	Virginia	177
30	Doris	168
31	Marjorie	157
32	Kay	142
33	Bonnie	139
34	Delores	136
35	Joanne	135
36	Alice	129
37	Frances	110
38	Elaine	107
39	Judith	106
40	Karen	101
41	Charlotte	99
41	Evelyn	99
41	Jane	99
44	Sally	97
45	Elizabeth	91
46	Jeanette	89
46	Martha	89
48	Arlene	87
49	Dolores	84
50	Ann	83

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,185
2	Richard	952
3	James	890
4	John	810
5	Donald	786
6	William	566
7	Larry	518
8	Ronald	510
9	David	388
10	Jerry	375
11	Charles	365
12	Gary	348
13	Kenneth	337
14	Roger	269
15	Jack	265
16	Gerald	248
16	Thomas	248
18	Paul	231
19	Harold	223
20	George	212
21	Dale	205
22	Marvin	185
23	Edward	173
23	Wayne	173
25	Raymond	157
26	Duane	151
27	Dennis	132
28	Don	130
29	Jim	129
30	Joseph	127
31	Dean	125
32	Norman	124
33	Eugene	118
34	Keith	109
35	Bob	107
36	Leroy	106
36	Ralph	106
38	Bill	105
39	Frank	104
39	Melvin	104
41	Carl	103
41	Gene	103
43	Fred	99
44	Lawrence	97
44	Russell	97
46	Howard	96
47	Stanley	92
48	Darrell	88
49	Lyle	85
50	Daniel	84