Iowa ★ 1920

Top names in Iowa, 1920

Mary led for girls with 1,213 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,389. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,213
2	Dorothy	985
3	Helen	788
4	Margaret	671
5	Ruth	665
6	Betty	461
7	Mildred	409
8	Virginia	401
9	Evelyn	367
10	Marjorie	344
11	Doris	335
12	Maxine	327
13	Frances	312
14	Lois	272
15	Alice	265
16	Marie	240
17	Florence	222
17	Irene	222
19	Lucille	221
20	Jean	220
21	Elizabeth	207
22	Esther	189
23	Gladys	185
24	Wilma	181
25	Thelma	171
26	Anna	170
26	Bernice	170
26	Hazel	170
26	Marian	170
30	Edna	164
31	Pauline	149
31	Phyllis	149
33	Viola	147
34	Arlene	144
35	Leona	139
36	Lillian	137
37	Grace	134
37	June	134
39	Eleanor	133
39	Kathryn	133
41	Edith	132
42	Martha	131
43	Ethel	129
43	Norma	129
45	Ruby	128
46	Vivian	127
47	Shirley	123
48	Charlotte	118
49	Catherine	116
49	Geraldine	116
49	Vera	116
52	Velma	110
53	Barbara	105
53	Violet	105
55	Lorraine	103
56	Louise	101
57	Gertrude	99
57	Opal	99
59	Agnes	96
60	Genevieve	94
61	Kathleen	91
62	Pearl	90
63	Clara	88
64	Elsie	87
64	Rose	87
66	Josephine	82
66	Marcella	82
68	Ellen	80
68	Eva	80
68	Marguerite	80
71	Mabel	78
72	Marion	77
73	Jane	75
73	Patricia	75
75	Fern	73
75	Jeanne	73
77	Darlene	72
78	Beulah	67
78	Eileen	67
80	Laura	65
81	Katherine	64
82	Elaine	63
82	Juanita	63
84	Emma	62
85	Bertha	61
85	Dolores	61
87	Audrey	59
87	Jeanette	59
87	Rita	59
90	Wanda	57
91	Alma	56
91	Donna	56
91	Erma	56
91	Harriet	56
91	Ida	56
96	Beatrice	55
96	Luella	55
98	Joyce	54
99	Loretta	53
100	Eunice	52

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,389
2	John	929
3	William	749
4	Donald	690
5	Charles	561
6	James	543
7	Harold	526
8	Richard	429
9	George	407
10	Kenneth	401
11	Raymond	364
12	Paul	324
13	Edward	264
14	Joseph	246
14	Ralph	246
16	Jack	240
17	Howard	220
18	Arthur	216
19	Clarence	213
20	Frank	204
21	Harry	200
22	Earl	199
23	Walter	197
24	Warren	189
25	Wayne	182
26	Eugene	180
27	Dale	178
28	Francis	176
29	Carl	175
30	Lloyd	164
31	Lawrence	160
32	Thomas	158
33	Gerald	157
34	Vernon	156
35	Russell	149
36	Leonard	139
37	Melvin	138
38	Albert	137
39	Henry	135
40	Glenn	134
41	Floyd	131
42	Leo	130
43	Elmer	126
44	Fred	124
45	Lester	121
46	Lyle	119
46	Marvin	119
48	Bernard	117
48	Clifford	117
50	Roy	116
51	Herbert	115
52	Leroy	110
53	David	108
54	Edwin	102
55	Virgil	101
56	Louis	100
57	Everett	99
58	Arnold	98
59	Norman	93
60	Ernest	92
61	Max	91
61	Merle	91
63	Glen	87
64	Alvin	86
65	Keith	80
66	Dean	78
67	Marion	75
68	Gordon	71
69	Alfred	70
69	Wilbur	70
71	Clyde	68
71	Stanley	68
73	Harvey	66
73	Orville	66
73	Ray	66
76	Cecil	64
76	Maurice	64
76	Roger	64
79	Delbert	62
79	Joe	62
79	Lowell	62
79	Theodore	62
83	Frederick	58
84	Chester	56
84	Eldon	56
84	Vincent	56
87	Don	55
87	Ivan	55
87	Lewis	55
90	Herman	54
90	Martin	54
92	Ronald	53
93	Leslie	52
94	Lee	51
95	Duane	48
95	Leland	48
97	Wallace	46
97	Willard	46
99	Laverne	45
100	Daniel	44