Popular baby names in Iowa, 1943

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,243 babies) and Robert for boys (1,156). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,043 babies born in Iowa in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1943

Names given at least 15 times in Iowa that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marlys: 41 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Karolyn: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jolene: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Madonna: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sheryl: 58 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dixie: 85 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Karon: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Janis: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Connie: 222 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Laverne: 34 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Daryl: 44 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Darwin: 38 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Merle: 50 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Eldon: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dwayne: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Merlin: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lyle: 69 babies, 5× the national rate
Harlan: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dick: 63 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,243	–	1
2	Linda	854	↑2	4
3	Sharon	787	↓1	8
4	Karen	690	↓1	15
5	Carol	568	↑5	5
6	Judy	567	↓1	13
7	Sandra	567	–	6
8	Barbara	562	↓2	2
9	Judith	532	↓1	7
10	Patricia	496	↓1	3
11	Nancy	452	–	9
12	Donna	402	↑1	17
13	Janet	392	↓1	20
14	Carolyn	338	↑1	11
15	Janice	330	↓1	26
16	Betty	315	↑3	10
17	Marilyn	310	↑1	27
18	Joyce	297	↓1	16
19	Susan	275	↑2	18
20	Shirley	246	↓4	12
21	Connie	222	↑3	59
22	Beverly	210	↓2	32
23	Diane	210	↑8	24
24	Joan	202	↓1	21
25	Ruth	197	↑4	33
26	Margaret	188	↓4	14
27	Bonnie	183	↓2	34
28	Kathleen	183	↓1	22
29	Jean	174	↓3	36
30	Phyllis	157	↑2	39
31	Jane	148	↑2	44
32	Dorothy	139	↓2	19
33	Lois	129	↓5	43
34	Virginia	128	–	25
35	Elizabeth	127	new	23
36	Kay	119	↓1	81
37	Ann	113	↑2	37
38	Elaine	110	↑11	46
39	Pamela	103	new	54
40	Carole	102	↓4	42
41	Darlene	102	↑1	73
42	Rita	102	↑6	52
43	Helen	101	↓6	28
44	Marlene	96	–	>100
45	Sally	94	new	57
46	Kathryn	93	↑1	75
47	Gloria	92	↓2	30
48	Joann	90	↓7	60
49	Cheryl	89	new	>100
50	Martha	89	–	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	1,156	–	2
2	James	1,132	–	1
3	John	960	↑1	3
4	Richard	868	↑1	5
5	Larry	846	↓2	12
6	David	840	↑1	6
7	Gary	791	↓1	16
8	Ronald	738	–	9
9	Dennis	607	↑2	20
10	William	597	↓1	4
11	Donald	515	↓1	11
12	Michael	469	↑5	10
13	Jerry	459	↓1	17
14	Thomas	455	–	8
15	Kenneth	419	–	15
16	Roger	414	–	24
17	Charles	401	↓4	7
18	Paul	285	–	19
19	Gerald	225	–	23
20	Terry	189	↑1	49
21	George	187	↑2	14
22	Wayne	185	↑4	41
23	Douglas	172	↓3	28
24	Dale	168	↑1	59
25	Keith	160	↑12	>100
26	Edward	159	↓2	18
27	Joseph	146	↑7	13
28	Raymond	146	↑2	22
29	Jim	143	↓2	75
30	Marvin	142	↑1	66
31	Harold	137	↓2	27
32	Jack	136	↓10	34
33	Bill	133	↓1	65
34	Daniel	130	↑1	25
35	Steven	127	↑1	58
36	Stephen	116	↓8	29
37	Don	106	↑5	72
38	Mike	105	new	90
39	Ronnie	105	↑5	71
40	Carl	102	↓2	33
41	Tom	102	↓1	87
42	Dean	95	↓3	>100
43	Russell	95	new	73
44	Lawrence	94	↓3	32
45	Duane	92	↓12	>100
46	Fred	90	new	45
47	Bruce	88	↓2	51
48	Stanley	83	new	54
49	Steve	83	new	93
50	Frank	82	new	21

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