Iowa · 1923

Top 100 names in Iowa, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,204
#2	Betty	985
#3	Dorothy	886
#4	Helen	669
#5	Ruth	531
#6	Margaret	501
#7	Doris	412
#8	Marjorie	408
#9	Virginia	407
#10	Mildred	342
#11	Lois	311
#12	Evelyn	281
#13	Frances	277
#14	Maxine	259
#15	Phyllis	244
#16	Alice	243
#17	Jean	221
#18	Elizabeth	210
#19	Shirley	198
#20	Irene	195
#21	Norma	178
#22	Barbara	176
#23	Marie	173
#24	Wilma	172
#25	Gladys	170
#26	Florence	166
#27	Arlene	163
#28	Patricia	160
#29	Lucille	158
#30	Esther	152
#31	Anna	147
#32	Marian	135
#33	Geraldine	131
#34	Martha	131
#35	Lorraine	126
#36	Lillian	124
#37	Eleanor	123
#38	Kathryn	118
#39	Bonnie	117
#40	Hazel	117
#41	Bernice	117
#42	Edna	116
#43	June	115
#44	Darlene	112
#45	Catherine	111
#46	Louise	109
#47	Pauline	104
#48	Ruby	102
#49	Charlotte	101
#50	Thelma	100
#51	Viola	98
#52	Donna	97
#53	Edith	96
#54	Kathleen	95
#55	Jeanne	94
#56	Wanda	93
#57	Bette	91
#58	Grace	91
#59	Rose	91
#60	Vera	90
#61	Dolores	90
#62	Velma	89
#63	Vivian	88
#64	Marilyn	88
#65	Leona	85
#66	Ethel	84
#67	Elaine	82
#68	Katherine	81
#69	Juanita	81
#70	Marcella	80
#71	Elsie	79
#72	Gertrude	78
#73	Joyce	76
#74	Eileen	75
#75	Beulah	74
#76	Rita	72
#77	Clara	72
#78	Violet	72
#79	Marion	70
#80	Lavonne	69
#81	Opal	69
#82	Audrey	69
#83	Agnes	68
#84	Genevieve	68
#85	Delores	67
#86	Jeanette	66
#87	Fern	66
#88	Josephine	65
#89	Joan	63
#90	Eva	63
#91	Rosemary	63
#92	Carol	63
#93	Emma	59
#94	Ellen	59
#95	Roberta	58
#96	Beverly	54
#97	Gloria	53
#98	Alberta	53
#99	Janet	52
#100	Loretta	52

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	69	32	2
Darlene	112	52	4
Lavon	23	11	1
Marvel	22	10	1
Gretchen	21	10	1
Deloris	34	16	3
Arlene	163	76	17
Berniece	27	13	3
Ione	22	10	3
Maxine	259	121	30
Neva	27	13	3
Lorna	23	11	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.