Iowa ★ 1939

Top names in Iowa, 1939

Mary led for girls with 1,028 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,116. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,028
2	Karen	617
3	Patricia	565
4	Barbara	562
5	Sharon	527
6	Carol	441
7	Judith	427
8	Sandra	426
9	Shirley	419
10	Betty	386
11	Donna	379
12	Nancy	378
13	Marilyn	377
14	Joyce	374
15	Janice	372
16	Judy	347
17	Janet	329
18	Beverly	287
19	Joan	253
20	Carolyn	247
21	Linda	221
22	Margaret	216
23	Kay	204
23	Ruth	204
25	Dorothy	189
26	Phyllis	180
27	Darlene	172
28	Joann	162
28	Marlene	162
30	Lois	158
31	Helen	153
32	Virginia	147
33	Norma	142
34	Elizabeth	133
34	Jean	133
36	Jane	125
37	Susan	121
38	Sally	118
39	Bonnie	117
40	Doris	112
41	Alice	106
42	Connie	105
42	Marjorie	105
44	Delores	102
45	Kathryn	100
46	Carole	99
47	Elaine	97
48	Evelyn	94
49	Diane	93
50	Kathleen	90
51	Ann	89
52	Martha	84
53	Joanne	83
54	Frances	81
55	Marcia	78
56	Rosemary	77
57	Peggy	76
57	Rose	76
59	Jo	74
60	Gloria	69
61	Arlene	67
61	Dixie	67
61	Roberta	67
64	Geraldine	66
65	Charlotte	65
65	Jacqueline	65
67	Wanda	64
68	Ellen	61
69	Marlys	58
70	Jeanette	57
71	Anna	56
71	Myrna	56
71	Rita	56
74	Dolores	55
74	Eleanor	55
76	Wilma	54
77	Charlene	52
77	Deanna	52
77	Marie	52
77	Maxine	52
81	Pat	51
82	Lavonne	49
83	Sue	48
84	Catherine	47
84	Suzanne	47
86	Colleen	46
87	Eileen	45
87	Loretta	45
89	June	42
89	Marian	42
89	Patty	42
92	Audrey	40
92	Constance	40
92	Joy	40
92	Louise	40
96	Mildred	39
97	Rosalie	38
98	Irene	37
98	Juanita	37
100	Glenda	36

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,116
2	Larry	991
3	James	915
4	Richard	913
5	John	856
6	Ronald	640
7	Donald	639
8	Gary	625
9	William	573
10	David	566
11	Jerry	461
12	Charles	455
13	Roger	341
14	Kenneth	331
15	Dennis	309
15	Thomas	309
17	Gerald	262
18	Paul	259
19	Michael	200
20	Jack	195
21	George	180
22	Harold	174
23	Marvin	168
24	Dale	167
25	Joseph	157
26	Edward	147
27	Wayne	141
28	Raymond	131
28	Terry	131
30	Jim	129
31	Keith	125
32	Don	116
33	Bill	113
33	Duane	113
35	Eugene	109
36	Dean	106
37	Norman	103
38	Lawrence	100
39	Carl	97
40	Douglas	96
41	Frank	93
42	Darrell	91
43	Fred	87
44	Lyle	84
45	Howard	80
46	Gene	78
46	Russell	78
48	Jon	76
48	Ronnie	76
50	Tom	74
51	Arthur	73
51	Ralph	73
53	Leroy	71
54	Bob	70
54	Daniel	70
56	Bruce	69
57	Joe	68
58	Leonard	67
59	Melvin	65
60	Allen	64
61	Francis	63
61	Walter	63
63	Dick	62
63	Stanley	62
63	Vernon	62
66	Leo	61
67	Lloyd	59
68	Gordon	58
69	Clifford	57
69	Leon	57
71	Glen	56
72	Earl	55
72	Phillip	55
74	Billy	54
74	Lee	54
74	Patrick	54
77	Philip	53
78	Mike	52
79	Bernard	51
79	Clarence	51
81	Stephen	50
82	Henry	49
83	Glenn	48
84	Harry	47
84	Loren	47
84	Roy	47
87	Alan	46
87	Jerome	46
89	Albert	44
89	Louis	44
89	Rodney	44
92	Lynn	42
92	Merle	42
94	Edwin	41
94	Jimmy	41
96	Delbert	40
97	Jimmie	39
97	Peter	39
99	Allan	38
99	Martin	38