Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,145
2	Mary	1,354
3	Susan	757
4	Barbara	706
5	Patricia	647
6	Nancy	593
7	Carol	552
8	Sandra	543
9	Sharon	537
10	Karen	492
11	Judy	407
12	Kathleen	402
13	Pamela	390
14	Donna	386
15	Connie	384
16	Janet	368
17	Diane	338
18	Cheryl	310
18	Janice	310
20	Joyce	281
21	Judith	277
22	Jane	254
23	Kathy	253
24	Margaret	251
25	Marilyn	250
26	Jean	241
27	Cynthia	240
28	Carolyn	239
29	Shirley	212
30	Betty	205
31	Diana	204
31	Marcia	204
33	Vicki	198
34	Beverly	193
35	Ann	186
35	Deborah	186
37	Peggy	179
38	Bonnie	177
39	Joan	168
40	Ruth	162
41	Kathryn	161
42	Rebecca	146
43	Elizabeth	144
44	Virginia	134
45	Christine	132
45	Sherry	132
47	Gloria	123
48	Sally	122
49	Rita	121
50	Lois	118

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,298
2	Robert	1,281
3	John	1,212
4	David	1,187
5	Michael	1,009
6	Dennis	929
7	Richard	928
8	Larry	864
9	Steven	808
10	Gary	775
11	William	768
12	Thomas	737
13	Ronald	735
14	Donald	532
15	Charles	463
16	Kenneth	430
17	Terry	409
18	Roger	398
19	Stephen	397
20	Jerry	365
21	Paul	329
22	Douglas	288
23	Mark	282
24	Daniel	274
25	Craig	220
26	Joseph	217
27	Bruce	206
28	Timothy	199
29	Jim	198
29	Steve	198
31	Alan	197
32	Dale	192
33	Danny	190
33	Mike	190
35	Gregory	187
36	Gerald	185
37	Edward	175
38	Jack	171
39	Tom	167
40	Patrick	164
41	Wayne	163
42	George	157
43	Keith	155
44	Duane	144
45	Dean	138
46	Raymond	133
47	Bill	131
48	Harold	120
49	Randy	118
50	Philip	111