Iowa · 1917

Top 100 names in Iowa, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,077
#2	Dorothy	854
#3	Helen	801
#4	Ruth	585
#5	Margaret	569
#6	Mildred	447
#7	Evelyn	380
#8	Virginia	311
#9	Marjorie	306
#10	Frances	296
#11	Doris	265
#12	Marie	264
#13	Maxine	263
#14	Lucille	248
#15	Irene	246
#16	Alice	245
#17	Florence	232
#18	Lois	226
#19	Esther	217
#20	Gladys	209
#21	Elizabeth	208
#22	Edna	191
#23	Bernice	182
#24	Wilma	175
#25	Anna	173
#26	Grace	171
#27	Hazel	166
#28	Betty	166
#29	Thelma	161
#30	Eleanor	156
#31	Lillian	151
#32	Pauline	147
#33	Martha	144
#34	Ruby	142
#35	Louise	139
#36	Viola	134
#37	Marian	133
#38	Leona	131
#39	Vera	130
#40	Edith	129
#41	Arlene	126
#42	Ethel	125
#43	Gertrude	123
#44	Kathryn	117
#45	Jean	116
#46	June	116
#47	Velma	115
#48	Agnes	110
#49	Josephine	108
#50	Clara	104
#51	Catherine	104
#52	Phyllis	103
#53	Mabel	102
#54	Vivian	101
#55	Elsie	100
#56	Geraldine	99
#57	Fern	94
#58	Opal	91
#59	Violet	91
#60	Rose	90
#61	Eva	90
#62	Genevieve	86
#63	Marion	85
#64	Jane	85
#65	Charlotte	85
#66	Marguerite	79
#67	Pearl	74
#68	Katherine	71
#69	Norma	71
#70	Marcella	71
#71	Bertha	70
#72	Ellen	69
#73	Loretta	68
#74	Myrtle	68
#75	Lorraine	66
#76	Harriet	66
#77	Eileen	66
#78	Barbara	65
#79	Ann	64
#80	Beulah	63
#81	Verna	63
#82	Nellie	60
#83	Laura	60
#84	Alma	55
#85	Emma	54
#86	Luella	54
#87	Wanda	53
#88	Dolores	53
#89	Julia	53
#90	Blanche	52
#91	Naomi	51
#92	Bessie	51
#93	Jeanette	51
#94	Beatrice	50
#95	Georgia	49
#96	Erma	49
#97	Inez	48
#98	Eunice	47
#99	Shirley	46
#100	Rosemary	45

Uniquely popular in Iowa

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Lavonne	36	17	1
Darlene	37	18	2
Ferne	24	12	2
Arlene	126	61	11
Maxine	263	127	24
Gretchen	23	11	2
Leone	20	10	2
Neva	44	21	5
Ione	31	15	3
Bernadine	34	16	4
Fern	94	46	12
Johanna	26	13	3

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.