Iowa · 1921

Top 100 names in Iowa, 1921, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,215
#2	Dorothy	1,044
#3	Helen	828
#4	Betty	675
#5	Ruth	616
#6	Margaret	600
#7	Marjorie	452
#8	Virginia	433
#9	Evelyn	397
#10	Mildred	373
#11	Doris	352
#12	Frances	321
#13	Lois	293
#14	Maxine	289
#15	Alice	288
#16	Jean	263
#17	Elizabeth	253
#18	Irene	237
#19	Lucille	222
#20	Esther	222
#21	Phyllis	198
#22	Florence	191
#23	Marie	191
#24	Wilma	185
#25	Gladys	180
#26	Bernice	173
#27	Anna	170
#28	Arlene	168
#29	Norma	164
#30	Hazel	162
#31	Edna	162
#32	Marian	150
#33	Kathryn	143
#34	Shirley	142
#35	Eleanor	139
#36	Martha	139
#37	Pauline	138
#38	Ethel	133
#39	Thelma	131
#40	Edith	130
#41	Grace	129
#42	Barbara	128
#43	Lorraine	128
#44	June	127
#45	Lillian	124
#46	Louise	123
#47	Viola	123
#48	Geraldine	122
#49	Vivian	120
#50	Catherine	120
#51	Ruby	119
#52	Leona	116
#53	Vera	110
#54	Gertrude	109
#55	Rose	108
#56	Velma	103
#57	Darlene	99
#58	Clara	93
#59	Charlotte	93
#60	Jeanne	92
#61	Eileen	91
#62	Eva	90
#63	Genevieve	88
#64	Elaine	88
#65	Agnes	86
#66	Patricia	85
#67	Juanita	84
#68	Kathleen	83
#69	Fern	83
#70	Marcella	81
#71	Elsie	81
#72	Violet	79
#73	Carol	78
#74	Bette	76
#75	Wanda	76
#76	Josephine	74
#77	Opal	74
#78	Jeanette	74
#79	Pearl	73
#80	Nellie	70
#81	Harriet	70
#82	Mabel	70
#83	Jane	69
#84	Marguerite	69
#85	Dolores	67
#86	Marion	67
#87	Ellen	64
#88	Katherine	64
#89	Audrey	63
#90	Rosemary	61
#91	Laura	61
#92	Beulah	61
#93	Ann	61
#94	Rita	58
#95	Donna	58
#96	Joyce	58
#97	Ida	57
#98	Alma	57
#99	Eunice	56
#100	Erma	53

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
Darlene	99	43	3
Lavonne	41	18	2
Ardis	26	11	2
Arlene	168	74	15
Maxine	289	127	29
Berniece	33	14	3
Bernadine	43	19	5
Ione	25	11	3
Deloris	25	11	3
Leota	22	10	3
Fern	83	36	11
Iona	23	10	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.