Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,099
2	Karen	718
3	Sharon	673
4	Judith	578
5	Patricia	572
6	Sandra	547
7	Carol	523
8	Barbara	508
9	Judy	473
10	Janice	423
11	Nancy	407
12	Linda	389
13	Donna	384
14	Marilyn	355
15	Shirley	335
16	Janet	330
17	Joyce	320
18	Betty	290
19	Carolyn	263
20	Beverly	258
21	Margaret	226
22	Joan	223
23	Dorothy	198
24	Jean	194
25	Phyllis	185
26	Ruth	183
27	Lois	173
28	Kay	158
29	Bonnie	156
30	Susan	151
31	Virginia	138
32	Helen	136
33	Marlene	128
34	Jane	122
35	Joann	118
35	Kathleen	118
37	Carole	117
37	Connie	117
39	Darlene	112
39	Doris	112
41	Norma	109
42	Alice	107
43	Elaine	105
44	Elizabeth	104
45	Marjorie	98
46	Ann	97
47	Diane	96
48	Sally	94
49	Charlotte	89
49	Gloria	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,095
2	James	1,077
3	Larry	1,076
4	Richard	932
5	John	879
6	Gary	719
7	David	682
8	Ronald	671
9	Donald	585
10	William	536
11	Jerry	513
12	Charles	427
13	Dennis	391
14	Kenneth	372
15	Thomas	359
16	Roger	358
17	Michael	267
18	Gerald	264
19	Paul	258
20	George	183
21	Harold	182
22	Dale	170
23	Wayne	169
24	Jack	162
25	Raymond	152
26	Edward	141
27	Joseph	136
28	Terry	131
29	Jim	127
30	Marvin	123
31	Bill	118
32	Duane	112
33	Lawrence	110
34	Dean	105
34	Eugene	105
36	Keith	103
37	Leroy	98
38	Don	94
39	Norman	93
40	Darrell	91
40	Douglas	91
42	Ralph	90
43	Tom	89
44	Frank	88
45	Fred	86
45	Ronnie	86
45	Russell	86
48	Stanley	83
49	Allen	80
50	Carl	79