Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,079
2	Linda	937
3	Carol	576
4	Sharon	535
5	Barbara	528
5	Judy	528
7	Patricia	490
8	Karen	486
9	Sandra	457
10	Nancy	421
11	Judith	384
12	Donna	346
13	Susan	340
14	Janet	326
15	Connie	321
16	Janice	316
17	Marilyn	268
18	Carolyn	256
19	Diane	250
20	Betty	232
21	Joyce	228
22	Jane	225
23	Shirley	220
24	Kathleen	218
25	Margaret	205
26	Cheryl	204
27	Beverly	183
28	Pamela	181
29	Ruth	180
30	Jean	176
31	Joan	162
32	Bonnie	158
33	Diana	141
34	Phyllis	140
35	Virginia	135
36	Lois	133
37	Ann	120
38	Kathryn	117
39	Gloria	114
39	Marcia	114
41	Dorothy	113
42	Kathy	102
43	Dianne	100
44	Sally	93
45	Elaine	92
45	Peggy	92
47	Kay	91
48	Martha	89
49	Marlene	87
50	Helen	85

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	995
2	Robert	986
3	John	942
4	Richard	881
5	David	773
6	Gary	711
7	Larry	705
8	Dennis	615
9	Michael	586
10	Donald	530
11	Ronald	521
12	William	518
13	Thomas	428
14	Charles	385
15	Roger	359
16	Kenneth	357
17	Jerry	331
18	Paul	275
19	Terry	254
20	Gerald	206
21	Dale	188
21	Douglas	188
23	Stephen	182
24	Steven	181
25	Edward	155
26	George	150
26	Wayne	150
28	Jim	149
29	Daniel	147
30	Tom	146
31	Joseph	134
32	Jack	128
33	Harold	126
34	Raymond	120
35	Dean	117
36	Bill	114
37	Duane	112
38	Bruce	109
38	Danny	109
40	Mike	108
41	Alan	106
42	Marvin	105
43	Steve	99
44	Keith	98
45	Mark	96
46	Patrick	94
47	Russell	88
48	Fred	87
48	Lawrence	87
50	Jon	85