Iowa ★ 1917

Top names in Iowa, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,077 babies ; Robert for boys with 961. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
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	Betty	166
27	Hazel	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
45	June	116
47	Velma	115
48	Agnes	110
49	Josephine	108
50	Catherine	104
50	Clara	104
52	Phyllis	103
53	Mabel	102
54	Vivian	101
55	Elsie	100
56	Geraldine	99
57	Fern	94
58	Opal	91
58	Violet	91
60	Eva	90
60	Rose	90
62	Genevieve	86
63	Charlotte	85
63	Jane	85
63	Marion	85
66	Marguerite	79
67	Pearl	74
68	Katherine	71
68	Marcella	71
68	Norma	71
71	Bertha	70
72	Ellen	69
73	Loretta	68
73	Myrtle	68
75	Eileen	66
75	Harriet	66
75	Lorraine	66
78	Barbara	65
79	Ann	64
80	Beulah	63
80	Verna	63
82	Laura	60
82	Nellie	60
84	Alma	55
85	Emma	54
85	Luella	54
87	Dolores	53
87	Julia	53
87	Wanda	53
90	Blanche	52
91	Bessie	51
91	Jeanette	51
91	Naomi	51
94	Beatrice	50
95	Erma	49
95	Georgia	49
97	Inez	48
98	Eunice	47
99	Shirley	46
100	Rosemary	45

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	961
2	John	872
3	William	600
4	Donald	527
5	James	504
6	Charles	444
7	Harold	443
8	George	394
9	Richard	340
10	Raymond	318
11	Paul	301
12	Kenneth	284
13	Edward	249
14	Ralph	222
15	Howard	214
16	Joseph	208
17	Harry	201
18	Carl	197
18	Frank	197
20	Clarence	196
21	Arthur	193
22	Walter	187
23	Jack	186
24	Earl	175
25	Lloyd	168
26	Thomas	167
27	Lawrence	163
27	Leonard	163
29	Elmer	157
30	Francis	153
31	Henry	151
32	Gerald	149
33	Melvin	146
34	Dale	144
35	Leo	140
35	Marvin	140
35	Roy	140
38	Wayne	138
39	Glenn	135
40	Albert	132
41	Lester	128
42	Russell	126
43	Eugene	125
44	Herbert	112
45	Fred	110
46	Clifford	108
47	Floyd	104
48	Vernon	102
49	Lyle	101
50	Bernard	98
51	Louis	97
52	Ernest	95
53	David	92
53	Edwin	92
55	Norman	91
56	Glen	90
57	Leroy	89
58	Virgil	88
59	Max	81
60	Ray	76
61	Arnold	74
62	Everett	71
62	Merle	71
62	Wilbur	71
65	Frederick	69
66	Alfred	67
67	Willard	66
68	Maurice	64
69	Orville	63
69	Ronald	63
69	Stanley	63
72	Alvin	61
72	Roger	61
74	Marion	58
75	Cecil	57
75	Herman	57
77	Ivan	55
78	Keith	54
79	Harvey	53
80	Chester	52
80	Joe	52
80	Vincent	52
83	Clyde	51
83	Delbert	51
83	Warren	51
86	Gordon	50
87	Eldon	49
87	Victor	49
89	Lewis	48
90	Leland	45
91	Ervin	44
91	Gilbert	44
93	Allen	43
93	Martin	43
93	Theodore	43
96	Homer	42
97	Hubert	41
98	Lowell	40
99	Rex	39
100	Don	38