Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,087
2	Barbara	542
3	Patricia	514
4	Shirley	469
5	Karen	462
6	Janice	457
7	Carol	447
8	Donna	433
9	Marilyn	419
10	Sharon	405
11	Betty	400
12	Sandra	382
13	Beverly	377
14	Nancy	371
15	Janet	337
16	Joyce	320
17	Judith	284
18	Margaret	235
19	Carolyn	227
20	Phyllis	222
21	Joan	217
22	Ruth	210
23	Judy	208
24	Dorothy	204
25	Darlene	200
25	Lois	200
27	Marlene	175
28	Norma	174
29	Kay	167
30	Linda	157
31	Joann	153
32	Helen	149
33	Virginia	141
34	Jean	133
35	Doris	125
36	Rosalie	114
37	Bonnie	110
38	Marjorie	107
39	Alice	106
40	Delores	104
41	Elizabeth	103
41	Kathleen	103
43	Connie	102
43	Sally	102
45	Elaine	97
45	Jane	97
47	Carole	93
47	Rose	93
49	Ann	89
50	Frances	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,128
2	James	971
3	Larry	891
4	Richard	881
5	John	845
6	Donald	721
7	Ronald	609
8	Gary	561
9	William	559
10	David	506
11	Jerry	455
12	Charles	407
13	Kenneth	365
14	Roger	314
15	Gerald	290
16	Thomas	279
17	Paul	226
18	Dennis	210
19	Jack	208
20	George	203
21	Dale	196
22	Wayne	188
23	Harold	175
24	Edward	165
25	Marvin	164
26	Michael	163
27	Raymond	162
28	Jim	146
29	Duane	139
30	Keith	130
31	Joseph	126
32	Eugene	117
32	Norman	117
34	Don	106
35	Carl	104
35	Lawrence	104
37	Dean	102
38	Bill	99
39	Ralph	97
40	Gordon	92
41	Frank	91
42	Leroy	90
43	Fred	89
44	Gene	86
45	Terry	85
46	Howard	83
47	Darrell	81
48	Leonard	80
49	Bob	79
49	Francis	79