Iowa ★ 1928

Top names in Iowa, 1928

Mary led for girls with 1,100 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,405. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,100
2	Betty	960
3	Dorothy	666
4	Shirley	520
5	Helen	419
6	Ruth	347
7	Doris	342
8	Lois	339
9	Patricia	338
10	Margaret	335
11	Phyllis	322
12	Donna	306
13	Barbara	300
14	Norma	294
15	Marjorie	285
16	Beverly	279
17	Virginia	277
18	Darlene	263
19	Marilyn	254
20	Jean	232
21	Evelyn	217
22	Joyce	189
23	Alice	181
24	Frances	178
25	Mildred	168
26	Dolores	167
27	Arlene	165
28	Bonnie	162
29	Maxine	154
30	Joan	138
31	Geraldine	133
32	Elizabeth	129
33	Anna	128
33	Delores	128
35	Marian	120
36	Wilma	119
37	Wanda	110
38	Rose	108
39	Gladys	104
39	June	104
41	Elaine	99
42	Martha	97
43	Florence	96
44	Carol	95
45	Bernice	94
45	Kathryn	94
47	Eleanor	93
47	Pauline	93
49	Audrey	91
49	Esther	91
51	Irene	90
52	Lucille	88
53	Ramona	86
54	Lorraine	84
54	Rosemary	84
56	Charlotte	83
57	Gloria	81
57	Marie	81
59	Kathleen	74
60	Thelma	73
61	Rita	71
62	Edith	70
63	Velma	69
64	Lavonne	68
64	Louise	68
66	Colleen	67
66	Grace	67
68	Roberta	66
69	Ruby	65
69	Vera	65
69	Vivian	65
72	Hazel	64
73	Jeanne	63
73	Lillian	63
75	Violet	62
76	Marcella	60
76	Viola	60
78	Juanita	58
79	Catherine	57
80	Joanne	56
81	Jane	55
81	Janice	55
81	Jeanette	55
84	Ethel	54
85	Edna	53
86	Elsie	52
86	Leona	52
88	Carolyn	49
88	Janet	49
90	Ellen	48
90	Marion	48
92	Gertrude	47
93	Clara	46
93	Theresa	46
95	Agnes	44
95	Eileen	44
95	Jacqueline	44
95	Laura	44
99	Harriet	43
99	Peggy	43

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,405
2	Donald	977
3	John	878
4	Richard	838
5	James	714
6	William	686
7	Charles	493
8	Kenneth	389
9	Harold	373
10	Paul	313
11	George	308
12	Jack	302
13	Dale	231
14	Raymond	227
15	Marvin	208
16	Wayne	207
17	Edward	206
18	Eugene	204
19	Gerald	203
20	Thomas	174
21	David	147
21	Dean	147
23	Joseph	145
24	Ralph	144
25	Ronald	142
26	Francis	141
27	Earl	139
28	Carl	136
29	Howard	135
30	Duane	133
31	Walter	132
32	Roger	130
33	Melvin	128
34	Arthur	124
34	Gene	124
34	Norman	124
37	Leonard	116
38	Harry	113
39	Vernon	112
40	Lawrence	109
41	Herbert	108
42	Frank	105
42	Russell	105
44	Keith	103
45	Glenn	102
45	Lloyd	102
47	Bernard	98
47	Clarence	98
49	Bob	97
50	Louis	90
51	Leroy	87
51	Roy	87
53	Albert	86
53	Leo	86
55	Alvin	84
55	Don	84
57	Alfred	83
57	Henry	83
57	Lyle	83
60	Floyd	80
61	Clifford	78
62	Stanley	77
63	Bill	75
64	Merle	74
65	Gordon	73
65	Max	73
67	Elmer	72
67	Joe	72
69	Glen	70
69	Virgil	70
71	Billy	67
71	Dick	67
73	Fred	66
73	Lester	66
73	Warren	66
76	Darrell	64
77	Jerry	61
77	Ray	61
79	Arnold	56
80	Edwin	54
81	Delbert	53
81	Leland	53
83	Eldon	52
84	Ernest	50
84	Everett	50
84	Merlin	50
87	Laverne	48
88	Cecil	47
88	Wallace	47
90	Daniel	46
90	Ivan	46
90	Lowell	46
90	Rex	46
94	Marion	45
94	Wendell	45
96	Allen	44
97	Harvey	43
98	Willard	42
99	Wilbur	41
100	Bruce	40