Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,193
2	Sharon	788
3	Karen	754
4	Linda	705
5	Judy	584
6	Barbara	582
7	Sandra	565
8	Judith	550
9	Patricia	544
10	Carol	522
11	Nancy	425
12	Janet	407
13	Donna	391
14	Janice	365
15	Carolyn	359
16	Shirley	328
17	Joyce	324
18	Marilyn	308
19	Betty	289
20	Beverly	252
21	Susan	225
22	Margaret	221
23	Joan	219
24	Connie	217
25	Bonnie	209
26	Jean	195
27	Kathleen	192
27	Lois	192
29	Ruth	174
30	Dorothy	172
31	Diane	163
32	Phyllis	156
33	Jane	147
33	Virginia	147
35	Kay	137
36	Carole	132
37	Helen	129
38	Norma	114
39	Ann	109
40	Alice	104
41	Joann	103
42	Darlene	102
43	Doris	101
44	Marlene	100
45	Gloria	97
46	Frances	94
47	Kathryn	92
47	Rita	92
49	Elaine	91
49	Martha	91

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,147
2	James	1,137
3	Larry	1,009
4	John	990
5	Richard	921
6	Gary	830
7	David	815
8	Ronald	794
9	William	616
10	Donald	571
11	Dennis	554
12	Jerry	471
13	Charles	444
14	Thomas	442
15	Kenneth	411
16	Roger	385
17	Michael	364
18	Paul	264
19	Gerald	254
20	Douglas	205
21	Terry	182
22	Jack	176
23	George	173
24	Edward	170
25	Dale	161
25	Wayne	161
27	Jim	155
28	Stephen	150
29	Harold	148
29	Raymond	148
31	Marvin	144
32	Bill	132
33	Duane	131
34	Joseph	125
35	Daniel	123
36	Steven	120
37	Keith	112
38	Carl	110
38	Dean	110
38	Tom	110
41	Lawrence	107
42	Don	97
42	Norman	97
44	Ronnie	96
45	Bruce	95
45	Eugene	95
47	Darrell	93
48	Gene	92
49	Allen	88
50	Harry	87