Iowa ★ 1938

Top names in Iowa, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,087 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,128. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,087
2	Barbara	542
3	Patricia	514
4	Shirley	469
5	Karen	462
6	Janice	457
7	Carol	447
8	Donna	433
9	Marilyn	419
10	Sharon	405
11	Betty	400
12	Sandra	382
13	Beverly	377
14	Nancy	371
15	Janet	337
16	Joyce	320
17	Judith	284
18	Margaret	235
19	Carolyn	227
20	Phyllis	222
21	Joan	217
22	Ruth	210
23	Judy	208
24	Dorothy	204
25	Darlene	200
25	Lois	200
27	Marlene	175
28	Norma	174
29	Kay	167
30	Linda	157
31	Joann	153
32	Helen	149
33	Virginia	141
34	Jean	133
35	Doris	125
36	Rosalie	114
37	Bonnie	110
38	Marjorie	107
39	Alice	106
40	Delores	104
41	Elizabeth	103
41	Kathleen	103
43	Connie	102
43	Sally	102
45	Elaine	97
45	Jane	97
47	Carole	93
47	Rose	93
49	Ann	89
50	Frances	86
51	Dixie	85
51	Martha	85
53	Evelyn	82
53	Peggy	82
55	Charlotte	81
55	Gloria	81
57	Marcia	80
57	Rosemary	80
59	Deanna	73
60	Kathryn	72
60	Roberta	72
62	Geraldine	70
62	Joanne	70
64	Diane	69
64	Jo	69
66	Arlene	68
66	Charlene	68
68	Wanda	66
69	Eleanor	65
70	Rita	64
71	Patty	62
72	Anna	61
72	Marian	61
72	Marie	61
75	Jeanette	60
76	Susan	58
77	Lavonne	57
77	Myrna	57
79	Colleen	55
79	Jacqueline	55
81	Mildred	54
82	Lucille	52
82	Marlys	52
84	Maxine	49
84	Pat	49
86	Audrey	48
86	Wilma	48
88	Loretta	45
89	Dolores	44
89	Katherine	44
89	Pauline	44
92	June	43
92	Yvonne	43
94	Catherine	42
95	Eileen	41
95	Louise	41
97	Ellen	40
98	Lorraine	39
99	Gladys	38
99	Glenda	38

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,128
2	James	971
3	Larry	891
4	Richard	881
5	John	845
6	Donald	721
7	Ronald	609
8	Gary	561
9	William	559
10	David	506
11	Jerry	455
12	Charles	407
13	Kenneth	365
14	Roger	314
15	Gerald	290
16	Thomas	279
17	Paul	226
18	Dennis	210
19	Jack	208
20	George	203
21	Dale	196
22	Wayne	188
23	Harold	175
24	Edward	165
25	Marvin	164
26	Michael	163
27	Raymond	162
28	Jim	146
29	Duane	139
30	Keith	130
31	Joseph	126
32	Eugene	117
32	Norman	117
34	Don	106
35	Carl	104
35	Lawrence	104
37	Dean	102
38	Bill	99
39	Ralph	97
40	Gordon	92
41	Frank	91
42	Leroy	90
43	Fred	89
44	Gene	86
45	Terry	85
46	Howard	83
47	Darrell	81
48	Leonard	80
49	Bob	79
49	Francis	79
51	Earl	78
52	Russell	77
53	Douglas	76
54	Stanley	75
55	Lyle	73
56	Daniel	71
56	Joe	71
58	Harry	70
59	Melvin	69
60	Arthur	68
61	Bernard	67
62	Bruce	65
62	Philip	65
64	Tom	63
64	Vernon	63
64	Walter	63
67	Billy	62
67	Jon	62
69	Allen	60
69	Roy	60
71	Ronnie	59
72	Edwin	58
73	Albert	57
74	Clarence	56
74	Glenn	56
76	Jerome	55
77	Dick	54
77	Henry	54
79	Glen	51
79	Lee	51
79	Leo	51
82	Patrick	50
83	Alan	49
84	Arnold	48
84	Warren	48
86	Lloyd	47
86	Lowell	47
88	Frederick	45
88	Phillip	45
90	Allan	44
90	Clifford	44
90	Delbert	44
90	Max	44
90	Merle	44
95	Eldon	41
95	Virgil	41
97	Jimmy	40
98	Rodney	39
98	Stephen	39
100	Lester	37