Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,219
2	Linda	962
3	Debra	868
4	Susan	862
5	Patricia	699
6	Nancy	697
7	Barbara	685
8	Deborah	600
9	Pamela	530
10	Cynthia	516
11	Karen	484
12	Diane	467
13	Sandra	458
14	Kathleen	417
15	Carol	390
16	Janet	357
17	Rebecca	342
18	Connie	339
19	Jane	300
20	Sharon	299
21	Donna	287
22	Kathy	272
23	Julie	269
24	Peggy	240
25	Janice	237
26	Margaret	234
27	Judy	231
28	Jean	223
28	Kathryn	223
30	Marilyn	222
31	Cheryl	218
32	Joyce	202
33	Christine	196
34	Teresa	194
35	Ann	193
36	Denise	192
37	Joan	189
38	Judith	181
39	Marcia	179
40	Elizabeth	175
41	Catherine	174
41	Vicki	174
43	Beverly	167
44	Diana	157
45	Bonnie	156
46	Paula	145
47	Carolyn	141
47	Ruth	141
49	Cindy	139
49	Shirley	139

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,442
2	Michael	1,434
3	James	1,173
4	Robert	1,143
5	Steven	1,140
6	John	1,067
7	Richard	934
8	Thomas	875
9	Mark	829
10	Dennis	809
11	William	728
12	Gary	685
13	Ronald	524
14	Daniel	484
15	Douglas	471
16	Donald	460
17	Charles	418
18	Randy	415
19	Paul	414
20	Larry	404
21	Roger	387
22	Kenneth	365
23	Timothy	355
24	Jeffrey	336
25	Stephen	329
26	Gregory	314
27	Craig	312
27	Terry	312
29	Bruce	280
30	Joseph	271
31	Jerry	268
32	Kevin	260
33	Randall	235
34	Dale	223
35	Patrick	211
36	Rodney	204
37	Edward	176
37	Scott	176
39	Alan	171
40	Ricky	168
41	Keith	156
42	Wayne	153
43	Rick	140
44	Gerald	135
45	Danny	132
46	Dean	129
47	Duane	126
47	George	126
47	Russell	126
50	Raymond	122