Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,297
2	Linda	1,124
3	Patricia	670
4	Sharon	668
5	Barbara	658
6	Carol	642
7	Judy	599
8	Susan	589
9	Nancy	555
10	Sandra	545
11	Karen	514
12	Donna	432
13	Connie	400
14	Judith	393
15	Janice	383
16	Janet	330
17	Diane	322
18	Marilyn	307
19	Joyce	278
20	Kathleen	273
21	Cheryl	272
22	Pamela	269
23	Carolyn	267
24	Betty	257
25	Shirley	250
26	Jean	238
27	Margaret	220
28	Beverly	214
29	Bonnie	195
30	Jane	194
31	Ruth	190
32	Diana	186
33	Joan	178
34	Kathy	165
35	Virginia	159
36	Marcia	156
37	Kathryn	143
38	Ann	137
39	Lois	133
40	Gloria	128
41	Cynthia	126
41	Vicki	126
43	Peggy	125
43	Phyllis	125
45	Dorothy	124
45	Elaine	124
47	Sherry	122
48	Elizabeth	119
49	Rita	115
50	Sheryl	113

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,351
2	Robert	1,240
3	John	1,222
4	Richard	1,160
5	David	1,064
6	Dennis	965
7	Gary	858
8	Larry	847
9	Michael	843
10	Ronald	722
11	William	658
12	Thomas	633
13	Donald	518
14	Charles	424
15	Kenneth	419
16	Jerry	394
17	Terry	388
18	Roger	368
19	Steven	342
20	Paul	336
21	Stephen	304
22	Douglas	242
23	Jim	223
24	Daniel	202
25	Dale	198
26	Edward	193
26	Gerald	193
28	Mike	177
29	Jack	173
30	Bruce	172
30	George	172
32	Mark	170
33	Wayne	167
34	Joseph	157
35	Raymond	156
35	Tom	156
37	Danny	155
38	Harold	148
39	Bill	147
40	Keith	145
41	Steve	140
42	Alan	132
43	Patrick	126
44	Duane	124
44	Marvin	124
46	Craig	112
46	Russell	112
48	Bob	109
48	Eugene	109
50	Don	108