Iowa · 1916

Top 100 names in Iowa, 1916, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	982
#2	Dorothy	874
#3	Helen	824
#4	Ruth	628
#5	Margaret	601
#6	Mildred	448
#7	Evelyn	384
#8	Frances	318
#9	Alice	285
#10	Marjorie	278
#11	Virginia	264
#12	Marie	261
#13	Lucille	248
#14	Florence	247
#15	Esther	244
#16	Lois	236
#17	Gladys	231
#18	Elizabeth	230
#19	Irene	228
#20	Maxine	226
#21	Doris	220
#22	Wilma	197
#23	Edna	185
#24	Hazel	185
#25	Bernice	173
#26	Pauline	168
#27	Grace	164
#28	Anna	155
#29	Gertrude	154
#30	Lillian	145
#31	Ruby	145
#32	Louise	140
#33	Martha	140
#34	Kathryn	138
#35	Thelma	137
#36	Vivian	134
#37	Ethel	132
#38	Eleanor	131
#39	Edith	129
#40	Vera	128
#41	Leona	126
#42	Viola	123
#43	Marian	123
#44	Velma	120
#45	Elsie	120
#46	Clara	118
#47	Catherine	117
#48	June	116
#49	Betty	111
#50	Mabel	110
#51	Geraldine	106
#52	Arlene	103
#53	Jean	100
#54	Josephine	100
#55	Phyllis	100
#56	Fern	96
#57	Rose	95
#58	Violet	92
#59	Marguerite	91
#60	Genevieve	90
#61	Agnes	89
#62	Charlotte	88
#63	Opal	88
#64	Eva	87
#65	Beulah	85
#66	Marcella	79
#67	Pearl	77
#68	Marion	74
#69	Emma	73
#70	Nellie	73
#71	Laura	71
#72	Bertha	70
#73	Norma	70
#74	Ann	69
#75	Erma	68
#76	Katherine	68
#77	Jane	68
#78	Myrtle	64
#79	Eileen	64
#80	Lorraine	62
#81	Ellen	62
#82	Alma	61
#83	Bessie	56
#84	Lucile	56
#85	Mae	55
#86	Naomi	55
#87	Irma	55
#88	Harriet	54
#89	Barbara	54
#90	Beatrice	53
#91	Hilda	52
#92	Verna	52
#93	Loretta	51
#94	Inez	51
#95	Blanche	50
#96	Alberta	50
#97	Jennie	49
#98	Kathleen	49
#99	Luella	48
#100	Gwendolyn	46

Uniquely popular in Iowa

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Lavonne	23	11	1
Darlene	25	12	1
Ferne	34	16	2
Gretchen	32	15	3
Leone	25	12	2
Maxine	226	109	23
Arlene	103	50	11
Leota	30	14	3
Ione	28	14	3
Gwendolyn	46	22	5
Marcella	79	38	10
Fern	96	46	13

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.