Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,854
2	Mary	1,290
3	Susan	831
4	Patricia	714
5	Barbara	707
6	Nancy	646
7	Sandra	562
8	Karen	509
9	Carol	481
10	Kathleen	469
11	Sharon	445
12	Donna	411
13	Connie	410
14	Pamela	404
15	Diane	383
16	Deborah	362
17	Janet	359
18	Judy	344
19	Cynthia	305
20	Judith	293
21	Janice	285
22	Cheryl	283
23	Kathy	278
24	Joyce	277
25	Margaret	276
26	Jane	271
27	Rebecca	269
28	Marilyn	260
29	Shirley	243
30	Vicki	239
31	Beverly	223
31	Jean	223
33	Kathryn	219
34	Peggy	212
35	Carolyn	209
36	Marcia	200
37	Diana	190
38	Bonnie	186
39	Ruth	185
40	Betty	173
41	Ann	166
42	Christine	164
43	Joan	147
44	Gloria	146
45	Elizabeth	142
46	Virginia	134
47	Julie	129
48	Rita	128
49	Catherine	121
50	Constance	118

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,335
2	David	1,286
3	Robert	1,256
4	Michael	1,224
5	John	1,220
6	Richard	991
7	Dennis	936
8	Steven	845
9	Thomas	820
10	William	765
11	Gary	713
12	Larry	677
13	Ronald	675
14	Donald	547
15	Charles	482
16	Stephen	467
17	Terry	413
18	Roger	406
19	Douglas	395
20	Kenneth	384
21	Mark	369
22	Paul	363
23	Daniel	361
24	Jerry	316
25	Bruce	295
26	Craig	262
27	Joseph	243
28	Gregory	225
29	Timothy	220
30	Gerald	212
31	Dale	210
32	Patrick	204
33	Alan	191
34	Edward	181
35	Steve	171
36	George	170
36	Wayne	170
38	Keith	160
39	Randy	158
40	Danny	155
41	Randall	153
42	Dean	142
43	Duane	140
43	Jack	140
45	Tom	134
46	Marvin	132
47	Mike	130
48	Jim	128
48	Raymond	128
50	Allen	124