Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,173
2	Linda	876
3	Sharon	622
4	Sandra	598
5	Judy	587
6	Barbara	575
7	Karen	567
8	Carol	555
9	Judith	536
10	Nancy	475
11	Patricia	471
12	Donna	369
13	Janet	358
14	Susan	314
15	Janice	302
16	Marilyn	294
17	Carolyn	271
18	Joyce	258
19	Shirley	248
20	Betty	245
21	Connie	234
22	Diane	231
23	Cheryl	228
24	Kathleen	210
25	Ruth	206
26	Margaret	203
27	Jean	198
28	Jane	189
29	Joan	182
30	Beverly	180
31	Bonnie	157
32	Virginia	155
33	Phyllis	138
34	Lois	133
35	Pamela	126
36	Dorothy	122
37	Kathryn	120
38	Gloria	114
39	Sheryl	112
40	Ann	110
41	Helen	105
42	Sally	103
43	Kay	96
44	Elizabeth	95
45	Carole	92
45	Marcia	92
47	Sherry	91
48	Elaine	89
48	Joann	89
50	Rita	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,105
2	James	1,100
3	Richard	900
4	John	875
5	David	831
6	Larry	789
7	Gary	734
8	Ronald	618
9	Dennis	595
10	William	557
11	Donald	528
12	Michael	516
13	Thomas	440
14	Charles	413
15	Kenneth	411
16	Jerry	392
17	Roger	379
18	Paul	269
19	Terry	213
20	Dale	196
21	Jim	193
22	Gerald	191
23	George	175
24	Douglas	174
25	Wayne	172
26	Edward	162
27	Steven	155
28	Jack	142
29	Joseph	141
30	Daniel	135
31	Harold	132
32	Stephen	131
33	Raymond	129
34	Dean	125
35	Bill	118
36	Keith	117
37	Marvin	116
38	Duane	115
39	Tom	114
40	Don	103
41	Danny	99
42	Bruce	97
43	Fred	94
44	Mike	92
45	Eugene	91
45	Gene	91
47	Stanley	89
48	Bob	88
49	Alan	86
50	Darrell	85