Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,099
2	Shirley	615
3	Patricia	533
4	Barbara	527
5	Janice	430
6	Donna	420
7	Betty	412
8	Marilyn	406
9	Beverly	405
10	Carol	372
11	Janet	334
12	Sandra	308
13	Nancy	306
14	Joyce	296
15	Dorothy	269
16	Sharon	255
17	Margaret	243
18	Joan	237
19	Phyllis	230
20	Marlene	217
21	Lois	199
22	Carolyn	194
23	Darlene	192
24	Ruth	178
25	Norma	176
26	Virginia	170
27	Joann	163
28	Judith	161
29	Helen	160
30	Jean	159
31	Doris	152
32	Kay	145
33	Karen	144
34	Bonnie	136
35	Marjorie	132
36	Alice	124
37	Delores	122
38	Judy	116
39	Joanne	110
40	Elaine	109
41	Sally	107
42	Dixie	101
43	Elizabeth	97
44	Frances	96
45	Jane	95
46	Kathryn	94
47	Rose	93
48	Gloria	90
49	Martha	89
50	Evelyn	84

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,164
2	Richard	926
3	James	902
4	John	782
5	Donald	747
6	Larry	730
7	Ronald	569
8	William	513
9	David	484
10	Gary	445
11	Charles	435
12	Jerry	392
13	Kenneth	310
14	Paul	286
15	Roger	281
16	Thomas	260
17	Gerald	258
18	Jack	247
19	Harold	207
20	George	202
21	Dale	192
22	Wayne	173
23	Edward	172
24	Raymond	170
25	Marvin	166
26	Dennis	151
27	Duane	144
28	Eugene	140
29	Joseph	129
30	Don	123
31	Frank	106
31	Jim	106
31	Norman	106
34	Dean	104
35	Keith	103
35	Michael	103
37	Carl	101
38	Gene	100
39	Russell	96
40	Leroy	92
41	Dick	90
42	Bill	89
42	Terry	89
44	Darrell	87
44	Fred	87
44	Lawrence	87
44	Ralph	87
48	Melvin	85
49	Francis	84
50	Bob	83