Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,243
2	Linda	854
3	Sharon	787
4	Karen	690
5	Carol	568
6	Judy	567
6	Sandra	567
8	Barbara	562
9	Judith	532
10	Patricia	496
11	Nancy	452
12	Donna	402
13	Janet	392
14	Carolyn	338
15	Janice	330
16	Betty	315
17	Marilyn	310
18	Joyce	297
19	Susan	275
20	Shirley	246
21	Connie	222
22	Beverly	210
22	Diane	210
24	Joan	202
25	Ruth	197
26	Margaret	188
27	Bonnie	183
27	Kathleen	183
29	Jean	174
30	Phyllis	157
31	Jane	148
32	Dorothy	139
33	Lois	129
34	Virginia	128
35	Elizabeth	127
36	Kay	119
37	Ann	113
38	Elaine	110
39	Pamela	103
40	Carole	102
40	Darlene	102
40	Rita	102
43	Helen	101
44	Marlene	96
45	Sally	94
46	Kathryn	93
47	Gloria	92
48	Joann	90
49	Cheryl	89
49	Martha	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,156
2	James	1,132
3	John	960
4	Richard	868
5	Larry	846
6	David	840
7	Gary	791
8	Ronald	738
9	Dennis	607
10	William	597
11	Donald	515
12	Michael	469
13	Jerry	459
14	Thomas	455
15	Kenneth	419
16	Roger	414
17	Charles	401
18	Paul	285
19	Gerald	225
20	Terry	189
21	George	187
22	Wayne	185
23	Douglas	172
24	Dale	168
25	Keith	160
26	Edward	159
27	Joseph	146
27	Raymond	146
29	Jim	143
30	Marvin	142
31	Harold	137
32	Jack	136
33	Bill	133
34	Daniel	130
35	Steven	127
36	Stephen	116
37	Don	106
38	Mike	105
38	Ronnie	105
40	Carl	102
40	Tom	102
42	Dean	95
42	Russell	95
44	Lawrence	94
45	Duane	92
46	Fred	90
47	Bruce	88
48	Stanley	83
48	Steve	83
50	Frank	82