Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,217
2	Linda	1,104
3	Susan	801
4	Patricia	758
5	Barbara	718
6	Debra	694
7	Nancy	667
8	Deborah	648
9	Karen	476
10	Kathleen	472
11	Sandra	471
12	Pamela	470
13	Carol	447
14	Diane	439
15	Cynthia	417
16	Rebecca	409
17	Janet	371
18	Connie	355
19	Donna	335
20	Kathy	304
20	Sharon	304
22	Jane	299
23	Christine	288
24	Kathryn	262
25	Marilyn	251
26	Cheryl	250
26	Joyce	250
28	Janice	244
29	Judy	243
30	Jean	240
31	Peggy	224
32	Ann	223
33	Margaret	218
34	Julie	201
34	Marcia	201
36	Vicki	199
37	Judith	192
38	Beverly	188
39	Joan	185
40	Elizabeth	176
41	Diana	174
42	Denise	172
43	Catherine	161
43	Teresa	161
45	Paula	160
46	Bonnie	155
47	Ruth	148
48	Carolyn	146
49	Rita	143
50	Marsha	137

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,446
2	David	1,431
3	James	1,256
4	John	1,191
5	Steven	1,185
6	Robert	1,172
7	Richard	963
8	Dennis	905
9	Thomas	890
10	William	776
11	Gary	774
12	Mark	734
13	Donald	548
14	Ronald	511
15	Larry	510
16	Daniel	486
17	Charles	451
18	Douglas	440
19	Stephen	386
20	Paul	380
21	Timothy	376
22	Kenneth	361
23	Roger	331
24	Terry	322
25	Gregory	315
26	Randy	312
27	Bruce	297
28	Craig	286
29	Jerry	285
30	Joseph	262
31	Jeffrey	261
32	Randall	245
33	Patrick	243
34	Alan	199
35	Dale	197
36	Scott	178
37	Kevin	177
38	Danny	172
39	Keith	168
40	Edward	164
40	Gerald	164
40	Wayne	164
43	Dean	158
44	Brian	155
45	George	154
46	Russell	137
47	Rodney	136
48	Duane	134
48	Raymond	134
50	Ricky	133