Iowa ★ 1926

Top names in Iowa, 1926

Betty led for girls with 1,054 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,575. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Betty	1,054
2	Mary	1,051
3	Dorothy	762
4	Helen	535
5	Ruth	432
6	Margaret	423
7	Lois	403
8	Shirley	392
9	Doris	377
10	Phyllis	323
11	Virginia	305
12	Marjorie	299
13	Barbara	268
14	Norma	258
15	Patricia	250
16	Evelyn	246
17	Jean	241
18	Mildred	213
19	Frances	208
20	Darlene	206
21	Donna	197
22	Alice	192
23	Maxine	185
24	Beverly	177
25	Arlene	168
26	Marilyn	164
27	Wilma	155
28	Marie	141
29	Joyce	140
30	Joan	137
31	Elizabeth	131
31	Irene	131
33	Marian	130
34	Lorraine	126
34	Rose	126
36	Bonnie	125
37	Lucille	124
38	Geraldine	121
39	Anna	120
40	June	119
41	Audrey	115
41	Elaine	115
43	Florence	108
43	Gladys	108
45	Martha	105
46	Eleanor	103
47	Dolores	102
47	Gloria	102
49	Bernice	101
50	Pauline	100
51	Esther	98
52	Kathryn	97
53	Rosemary	95
54	Charlotte	94
55	Wanda	93
56	Carol	89
57	Edna	87
58	Leona	86
59	Thelma	85
60	Kathleen	84
61	Lavonne	83
62	Delores	82
63	Ruby	81
64	Edith	77
64	Rita	77
66	Grace	75
66	Hazel	75
68	Vivian	74
69	Jeanne	73
69	Vera	73
69	Viola	73
72	Velma	72
73	Louise	71
74	Bette	70
74	Gertrude	70
76	Catherine	69
77	Lillian	66
78	Marcella	64
79	Eileen	62
79	Ellen	62
79	Elsie	62
82	Ethel	61
83	Violet	60
84	Colleen	58
84	Juanita	58
86	Josephine	57
87	Jane	55
87	Jeanette	55
89	Loretta	53
89	Roberta	53
91	Genevieve	52
91	Janet	52
93	Agnes	51
93	Harriet	51
93	Marion	51
96	Janice	48
97	Eva	47
98	Deloris	46
99	Ann	45
99	Beulah	45

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,575
2	Donald	922
3	John	883
4	William	786
5	Richard	745
6	James	672
7	Charles	442
8	Harold	395
9	Kenneth	387
10	George	352
11	Paul	310
12	Raymond	280
13	Jack	278
14	Dale	221
15	Edward	215
16	Eugene	214
17	Wayne	202
18	Gerald	197
19	Ralph	195
19	Thomas	195
21	Joseph	194
22	Marvin	186
23	Howard	175
24	Earl	153
25	Carl	147
26	Arthur	146
27	Melvin	139
28	Russell	138
28	Walter	138
30	Clarence	135
31	Francis	127
32	Lawrence	126
33	Frank	124
33	Vernon	124
35	Dean	122
36	David	121
37	Lloyd	117
37	Norman	117
39	Harry	116
39	Leonard	116
41	Lyle	111
42	Henry	109
43	Glenn	107
44	Leo	104
45	Virgil	101
46	Bernard	99
46	Keith	99
46	Leroy	99
49	Elmer	98
49	Fred	98
51	Albert	97
52	Duane	95
53	Gene	93
54	Roger	89
54	Roy	89
56	Warren	88
57	Ronald	87
58	Clifford	86
58	Merle	86
60	Lester	83
61	Edwin	82
62	Max	79
63	Louis	78
64	Stanley	75
65	Bob	74
65	Gordon	74
67	Herbert	73
68	Floyd	72
68	Glen	72
70	Ernest	70
71	Darrell	68
72	Alvin	67
72	Don	67
74	Delbert	64
75	Billy	63
75	Everett	63
77	Leland	61
78	Arnold	60
79	Ray	59
80	Bill	56
80	Wilbur	56
82	Maurice	55
83	Lowell	52
83	Wallace	52
85	Daniel	51
85	Merlin	51
87	Carroll	50
88	Eldon	48
89	Frederick	47
89	Marion	47
91	Calvin	46
91	Cecil	46
91	Ivan	46
91	Loren	46
95	Joe	45
96	Willard	44
97	Bruce	43
97	Harlan	43
97	Laverne	43
97	Philip	43