Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,476
2	Mary	1,313
3	Susan	829
4	Patricia	744
5	Barbara	710
6	Nancy	645
7	Sandra	554
8	Karen	515
9	Carol	511
10	Connie	454
11	Pamela	448
12	Deborah	443
12	Kathleen	443
14	Diane	437
15	Donna	384
15	Sharon	384
17	Janet	356
18	Cynthia	349
19	Janice	339
20	Rebecca	299
21	Judith	295
22	Judy	286
23	Cheryl	281
24	Jane	271
25	Margaret	270
26	Joyce	266
27	Kathy	262
28	Kathryn	252
29	Jean	238
30	Vicki	232
31	Marilyn	226
32	Peggy	223
33	Beverly	218
34	Shirley	204
35	Carolyn	202
35	Marcia	202
37	Bonnie	185
38	Ann	182
39	Diana	181
40	Christine	173
41	Debra	163
42	Julie	162
43	Elizabeth	159
44	Marsha	158
45	Betty	157
46	Ruth	154
47	Catherine	143
47	Joan	143
49	Sherry	130
50	Sheryl	128

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,412
2	James	1,324
3	Michael	1,317
4	John	1,236
5	Robert	1,216
6	Richard	953
7	Steven	909
8	Dennis	893
9	Thomas	827
10	Gary	798
11	William	762
12	Larry	714
13	Ronald	646
14	Donald	523
15	Mark	506
16	Charles	472
17	Daniel	443
18	Douglas	437
19	Stephen	428
20	Kenneth	411
21	Roger	393
22	Jerry	351
23	Terry	339
24	Paul	337
25	Gregory	317
26	Timothy	278
27	Craig	271
28	Bruce	268
29	Patrick	238
30	Joseph	234
31	Dale	222
32	Randall	194
33	Edward	188
34	Wayne	176
35	Gerald	175
36	Danny	173
37	Alan	169
38	Randy	167
39	Keith	160
40	Dean	148
40	George	148
42	Duane	139
43	Rodney	138
44	Jeffrey	136
45	Raymond	132
46	Jack	131
47	Lawrence	128
48	Allen	118
49	Russell	116
50	Harold	110