Iowa ★ 1942

Top names in Iowa, 1942

Mary led for girls with 1,193 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,147. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,193
2	Sharon	788
3	Karen	754
4	Linda	705
5	Judy	584
6	Barbara	582
7	Sandra	565
8	Judith	550
9	Patricia	544
10	Carol	522
11	Nancy	425
12	Janet	407
13	Donna	391
14	Janice	365
15	Carolyn	359
16	Shirley	328
17	Joyce	324
18	Marilyn	308
19	Betty	289
20	Beverly	252
21	Susan	225
22	Margaret	221
23	Joan	219
24	Connie	217
25	Bonnie	209
26	Jean	195
27	Kathleen	192
27	Lois	192
29	Ruth	174
30	Dorothy	172
31	Diane	163
32	Phyllis	156
33	Jane	147
33	Virginia	147
35	Kay	137
36	Carole	132
37	Helen	129
38	Norma	114
39	Ann	109
40	Alice	104
41	Joann	103
42	Darlene	102
43	Doris	101
44	Marlene	100
45	Gloria	97
46	Frances	94
47	Kathryn	92
47	Rita	92
49	Elaine	91
49	Martha	91
51	Elizabeth	87
52	Roberta	86
53	Delores	85
53	Peggy	85
55	Sally	83
56	Charlotte	78
57	Marcia	76
58	Marjorie	75
58	Rose	75
60	Evelyn	74
61	Diana	67
62	Deanna	64
62	Dixie	64
62	Jo	64
62	Pamela	64
62	Patty	64
62	Sheryl	64
68	Joanne	62
69	Ellen	61
69	Julie	61
71	Rosemary	58
72	Jeanne	55
72	Sue	55
74	Dianne	52
74	Jacqueline	52
76	Marlys	51
77	Kathy	50
78	Charlene	49
78	Wanda	49
80	Catherine	48
80	Geraldine	48
80	Pat	48
80	Sherry	48
84	Marie	47
85	Katherine	44
86	Colleen	43
87	Georgia	42
88	Constance	41
88	Eileen	41
88	Jeanette	41
88	Lynda	41
88	Suzanne	41
93	Eleanor	40
93	Loretta	40
95	Cynthia	39
95	Patsy	39
95	Sheila	39
98	Anita	37
98	Mildred	37
100	Arlene	36

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,147
2	James	1,137
3	Larry	1,009
4	John	990
5	Richard	921
6	Gary	830
7	David	815
8	Ronald	794
9	William	616
10	Donald	571
11	Dennis	554
12	Jerry	471
13	Charles	444
14	Thomas	442
15	Kenneth	411
16	Roger	385
17	Michael	364
18	Paul	264
19	Gerald	254
20	Douglas	205
21	Terry	182
22	Jack	176
23	George	173
24	Edward	170
25	Dale	161
25	Wayne	161
27	Jim	155
28	Stephen	150
29	Harold	148
29	Raymond	148
31	Marvin	144
32	Bill	132
33	Duane	131
34	Joseph	125
35	Daniel	123
36	Steven	120
37	Keith	112
38	Carl	110
38	Dean	110
38	Tom	110
41	Lawrence	107
42	Don	97
42	Norman	97
44	Ronnie	96
45	Bruce	95
45	Eugene	95
47	Darrell	93
48	Gene	92
49	Allen	88
50	Harry	87
51	Philip	84
52	Frank	82
52	Patrick	82
54	Joe	81
55	Leonard	80
55	Russell	80
57	Francis	79
58	Dick	77
58	Mike	77
60	Stanley	75
61	Bob	73
61	Jon	73
63	Arthur	72
64	Howard	71
64	Leroy	71
66	Lloyd	69
67	Fred	68
68	Melvin	65
69	Phillip	64
70	Ralph	63
71	Lyle	62
71	Walter	62
73	Mark	58
74	Clifford	57
74	Danny	57
74	Edwin	57
74	Gordon	57
74	Vernon	57
79	Ray	56
79	Steve	56
81	Alan	55
81	Albert	55
81	Loren	55
84	Allan	54
85	Lynn	53
86	Bernard	51
86	Earl	51
88	Tommy	49
89	Henry	48
89	Lee	48
91	Clarence	47
91	Craig	47
91	Virgil	47
94	Roy	46
95	Max	43
95	Warren	43
97	Leon	42
98	Rodney	41
99	Kent	40
99	Lowell	40