Iowa · 1922

Top 100 names in Iowa, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,144
#2	Dorothy	1,015
#3	Betty	826
#4	Helen	758
#5	Ruth	551
#6	Margaret	550
#7	Virginia	437
#8	Marjorie	425
#9	Doris	419
#10	Evelyn	333
#11	Mildred	315
#12	Frances	268
#13	Lois	268
#14	Jean	247
#15	Maxine	234
#16	Alice	230
#17	Phyllis	222
#18	Irene	211
#19	Norma	195
#20	Elizabeth	194
#21	Wilma	191
#22	Shirley	191
#23	Florence	191
#24	Marie	184
#25	Anna	179
#26	Lucille	175
#27	Gladys	170
#28	Arlene	158
#29	Esther	152
#30	Bernice	148
#31	Martha	142
#32	Eleanor	141
#33	Edna	139
#34	Marian	135
#35	Thelma	134
#36	Hazel	132
#37	Pauline	131
#38	Patricia	127
#39	June	127
#40	Vivian	126
#41	Lillian	125
#42	Barbara	125
#43	Lorraine	124
#44	Geraldine	120
#45	Kathryn	118
#46	Grace	116
#47	Ruby	110
#48	Marcella	110
#49	Viola	109
#50	Edith	108
#51	Gertrude	105
#52	Catherine	105
#53	Leona	105
#54	Ethel	103
#55	Charlotte	102
#56	Bette	101
#57	Jeanne	100
#58	Louise	97
#59	Vera	96
#60	Elsie	96
#61	Darlene	93
#62	Bonnie	91
#63	Velma	89
#64	Rose	89
#65	Wanda	87
#66	Elaine	86
#67	Eileen	84
#68	Violet	83
#69	Kathleen	83
#70	Juanita	81
#71	Agnes	81
#72	Donna	81
#73	Marilyn	79
#74	Dolores	77
#75	Fern	76
#76	Genevieve	76
#77	Clara	76
#78	Ellen	76
#79	Katherine	73
#80	Pearl	72
#81	Opal	69
#82	Josephine	68
#83	Marion	68
#84	Eva	67
#85	Mabel	65
#86	Laura	63
#87	Rita	63
#88	Marguerite	61
#89	Jane	61
#90	Jeanette	60
#91	Carol	60
#92	Beulah	59
#93	Harriet	58
#94	Rosemary	57
#95	Joan	55
#96	Audrey	53
#97	Nellie	52
#98	Lavonne	52
#99	Delores	52
#100	Eunice	51

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	52	24	1
Darlene	93	42	4
Marvel	28	13	1
Lavon	20	9	1
Ardis	20	9	2
Lorna	26	12	2
Arlene	158	72	16
Ione	23	11	2
Berniece	29	13	3
Marcella	110	50	13
Leota	20	9	2
Bette	101	46	12

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.