Iowa ★ 1916

Top names in Iowa, 1916

Mary led for girls with 982 babies ; Robert for boys with 861. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
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
23	Hazel	185
25	Bernice	173
26	Pauline	168
27	Grace	164
28	Anna	155
29	Gertrude	154
30	Lillian	145
30	Ruby	145
32	Louise	140
32	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	Marian	123
42	Viola	123
44	Elsie	120
44	Velma	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
53	Josephine	100
53	Phyllis	100
56	Fern	96
57	Rose	95
58	Violet	92
59	Marguerite	91
60	Genevieve	90
61	Agnes	89
62	Charlotte	88
62	Opal	88
64	Eva	87
65	Beulah	85
66	Marcella	79
67	Pearl	77
68	Marion	74
69	Emma	73
69	Nellie	73
71	Laura	71
72	Bertha	70
72	Norma	70
74	Ann	69
75	Erma	68
75	Jane	68
75	Katherine	68
78	Eileen	64
78	Myrtle	64
80	Ellen	62
80	Lorraine	62
82	Alma	61
83	Bessie	56
83	Lucile	56
85	Irma	55
85	Mae	55
85	Naomi	55
88	Barbara	54
88	Harriet	54
90	Beatrice	53
91	Hilda	52
91	Verna	52
93	Inez	51
93	Loretta	51
95	Alberta	50
95	Blanche	50
97	Jennie	49
97	Kathleen	49
99	Luella	48
100	Gwendolyn	46

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	861
2	John	827
3	William	673
4	Donald	494
5	Harold	471
6	George	464
7	Charles	454
8	James	451
9	Paul	377
10	Richard	318
11	Kenneth	306
12	Edward	270
13	Raymond	262
14	Joseph	254
15	Ralph	213
16	Arthur	211
17	Carl	205
18	Walter	200
19	Clarence	189
20	Frank	188
21	Earl	187
22	Howard	186
23	Henry	168
24	Lawrence	164
25	Harry	161
26	Jack	157
27	Francis	156
28	Leonard	153
29	Gerald	151
29	Wayne	151
31	Elmer	149
32	Roy	140
33	Dale	138
34	Albert	137
35	Lloyd	135
35	Thomas	135
37	Leo	134
38	Russell	129
39	Marvin	125
40	Melvin	120
41	Vernon	119
42	Lester	118
43	Edwin	113
43	Floyd	113
45	Glenn	106
46	Fred	104
47	Clifford	101
47	Herbert	101
47	Louis	101
50	Eugene	100
51	Max	97
52	Bernard	96
53	Ernest	89
53	Lyle	89
55	Glen	88
56	Virgil	84
57	Everett	83
58	Arnold	81
59	Wilbur	79
60	Maurice	77
61	David	76
62	Leroy	75
63	Ray	73
64	Alfred	69
65	Willard	67
66	Merle	66
67	Stanley	65
68	Cecil	64
69	Joe	62
70	Alvin	60
70	Clyde	60
70	Frederick	60
73	Harvey	59
74	Marion	58
74	Theodore	58
76	Orville	57
77	Lewis	55
77	Martin	55
79	Herman	54
80	Norman	53
81	Dean	50
81	Gordon	50
83	Chester	49
84	Ivan	48
84	Roger	48
86	Don	47
86	Peter	47
88	Victor	45
89	Keith	43
89	Leslie	43
89	Ronald	43
92	Lee	42
93	Delbert	41
93	Forrest	41
95	Lowell	40
95	Vincent	40
95	Warren	40
98	Gilbert	39
99	Laverne	37
100	Dwight	36