Iowa ★ 1940

Top names in Iowa, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,099 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,095. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,099
2	Karen	718
3	Sharon	673
4	Judith	578
5	Patricia	572
6	Sandra	547
7	Carol	523
8	Barbara	508
9	Judy	473
10	Janice	423
11	Nancy	407
12	Linda	389
13	Donna	384
14	Marilyn	355
15	Shirley	335
16	Janet	330
17	Joyce	320
18	Betty	290
19	Carolyn	263
20	Beverly	258
21	Margaret	226
22	Joan	223
23	Dorothy	198
24	Jean	194
25	Phyllis	185
26	Ruth	183
27	Lois	173
28	Kay	158
29	Bonnie	156
30	Susan	151
31	Virginia	138
32	Helen	136
33	Marlene	128
34	Jane	122
35	Joann	118
35	Kathleen	118
37	Carole	117
37	Connie	117
39	Darlene	112
39	Doris	112
41	Norma	109
42	Alice	107
43	Elaine	105
44	Elizabeth	104
45	Marjorie	98
46	Ann	97
47	Diane	96
48	Sally	94
49	Charlotte	89
49	Gloria	89
51	Delores	87
52	Joanne	86
53	Dixie	85
54	Frances	81
54	Rose	81
56	Evelyn	80
57	Kathryn	72
58	Rita	70
59	Peggy	69
60	Martha	68
60	Pat	68
62	Deanna	67
63	Ellen	66
63	Roberta	66
65	June	65
66	Sue	61
67	Suzanne	59
67	Wanda	59
69	Marcia	58
70	Jacqueline	56
71	Arlene	53
71	Charlene	53
71	Jo	53
71	Marlys	53
75	Audrey	52
75	Rosemary	52
77	Myrna	51
78	Jeanne	50
78	Katherine	50
80	Geraldine	49
80	Patty	49
82	Diana	48
83	Anna	47
83	Marian	47
85	Lavonne	46
86	Marie	45
86	Sherry	45
88	Constance	44
88	Wilma	44
90	Catherine	43
91	Eleanor	42
92	Dolores	41
93	Patsy	40
94	Jeanette	39
95	Anita	37
95	Esther	37
95	Loretta	37
95	Pauline	37
95	Sarah	37
100	Colleen	36

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,095
2	James	1,077
3	Larry	1,076
4	Richard	932
5	John	879
6	Gary	719
7	David	682
8	Ronald	671
9	Donald	585
10	William	536
11	Jerry	513
12	Charles	427
13	Dennis	391
14	Kenneth	372
15	Thomas	359
16	Roger	358
17	Michael	267
18	Gerald	264
19	Paul	258
20	George	183
21	Harold	182
22	Dale	170
23	Wayne	169
24	Jack	162
25	Raymond	152
26	Edward	141
27	Joseph	136
28	Terry	131
29	Jim	127
30	Marvin	123
31	Bill	118
32	Duane	112
33	Lawrence	110
34	Dean	105
34	Eugene	105
36	Keith	103
37	Leroy	98
38	Don	94
39	Norman	93
40	Darrell	91
40	Douglas	91
42	Ralph	90
43	Tom	89
44	Frank	88
45	Fred	86
45	Ronnie	86
45	Russell	86
48	Stanley	83
49	Allen	80
50	Carl	79
50	Melvin	79
52	Howard	75
53	Gene	73
54	Alan	72
54	Bob	72
54	Dick	72
54	Walter	72
58	Patrick	71
59	Daniel	69
59	Jon	69
61	Bruce	68
62	Leonard	67
63	Joe	66
64	Lyle	65
65	Albert	63
66	Clarence	62
67	Phillip	61
68	Arthur	60
68	Francis	60
70	Glenn	59
71	Earl	57
72	Harry	56
72	Lloyd	56
74	Stephen	55
74	Steven	55
76	Vernon	53
77	Leo	52
78	Henry	51
78	Mike	51
80	Gordon	49
81	Clifford	48
81	Jerome	48
83	Philip	47
84	Louis	46
84	Roy	46
86	Glen	45
87	Floyd	43
87	Lee	43
87	Loren	43
90	Merle	42
91	Bernard	41
91	Billy	41
91	Rodney	41
94	Edwin	40
94	Martin	40
94	Max	40
97	Allan	39
97	Lester	39
99	Eldon	38
99	Leland	38