Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,091
2	Sharon	761
3	Karen	722
4	Judith	597
5	Patricia	588
6	Judy	578
7	Barbara	552
8	Sandra	540
9	Linda	520
10	Carol	445
11	Nancy	419
12	Janice	417
13	Janet	407
14	Donna	369
15	Carolyn	352
16	Shirley	322
17	Betty	320
18	Joyce	310
19	Marilyn	290
20	Beverly	266
21	Margaret	242
22	Joan	223
23	Ruth	192
24	Connie	191
25	Bonnie	189
26	Jean	181
27	Susan	180
28	Dorothy	171
29	Lois	156
30	Kay	155
31	Phyllis	153
32	Kathleen	142
33	Jane	141
34	Helen	132
35	Virginia	130
36	Diane	124
37	Kathryn	121
38	Darlene	120
38	Marlene	120
40	Norma	118
41	Elaine	114
42	Joann	109
43	Martha	108
44	Gloria	106
45	Elizabeth	100
46	Doris	98
47	Marjorie	96
48	Sally	95
49	Delores	94
50	Ann	90

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,097
2	Larry	1,034
3	James	1,017
4	Richard	898
5	John	880
6	Ronald	803
7	Gary	778
8	David	724
9	William	596
10	Donald	581
11	Jerry	551
12	Charles	453
13	Dennis	430
14	Roger	403
15	Kenneth	368
16	Thomas	358
17	Michael	333
18	Paul	246
19	Gerald	235
20	George	185
21	Edward	170
22	Dale	165
23	Harold	164
24	Jack	159
25	Wayne	157
26	Jim	152
27	Terry	147
28	Keith	136
29	Raymond	135
30	Joseph	134
31	Marvin	128
32	Bill	120
33	Stephen	113
34	Don	108
35	Duane	107
36	Carl	105
37	Frank	103
37	Tom	103
39	Daniel	96
39	Leroy	96
41	Darrell	95
42	Lyle	93
42	Russell	93
44	Bruce	89
45	Dean	88
45	Ronnie	88
47	Lawrence	86
47	Ralph	86
49	Douglas	83
49	Eugene	83