Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,028
2	Karen	617
3	Patricia	565
4	Barbara	562
5	Sharon	527
6	Carol	441
7	Judith	427
8	Sandra	426
9	Shirley	419
10	Betty	386
11	Donna	379
12	Nancy	378
13	Marilyn	377
14	Joyce	374
15	Janice	372
16	Judy	347
17	Janet	329
18	Beverly	287
19	Joan	253
20	Carolyn	247
21	Linda	221
22	Margaret	216
23	Kay	204
23	Ruth	204
25	Dorothy	189
26	Phyllis	180
27	Darlene	172
28	Joann	162
28	Marlene	162
30	Lois	158
31	Helen	153
32	Virginia	147
33	Norma	142
34	Elizabeth	133
34	Jean	133
36	Jane	125
37	Susan	121
38	Sally	118
39	Bonnie	117
40	Doris	112
41	Alice	106
42	Connie	105
42	Marjorie	105
44	Delores	102
45	Kathryn	100
46	Carole	99
47	Elaine	97
48	Evelyn	94
49	Diane	93
50	Kathleen	90

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,116
2	Larry	991
3	James	915
4	Richard	913
5	John	856
6	Ronald	640
7	Donald	639
8	Gary	625
9	William	573
10	David	566
11	Jerry	461
12	Charles	455
13	Roger	341
14	Kenneth	331
15	Dennis	309
15	Thomas	309
17	Gerald	262
18	Paul	259
19	Michael	200
20	Jack	195
21	George	180
22	Harold	174
23	Marvin	168
24	Dale	167
25	Joseph	157
26	Edward	147
27	Wayne	141
28	Raymond	131
28	Terry	131
30	Jim	129
31	Keith	125
32	Don	116
33	Bill	113
33	Duane	113
35	Eugene	109
36	Dean	106
37	Norman	103
38	Lawrence	100
39	Carl	97
40	Douglas	96
41	Frank	93
42	Darrell	91
43	Fred	87
44	Lyle	84
45	Howard	80
46	Gene	78
46	Russell	78
48	Jon	76
48	Ronnie	76
50	Tom	74