Iowa ★ 1929

Top names in Iowa, 1929

Mary led for girls with 1,025 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,409. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,025
2	Betty	940
3	Dorothy	617
4	Shirley	492
5	Ruth	405
6	Helen	369
7	Lois	356
8	Margaret	350
9	Phyllis	346
10	Donna	343
11	Patricia	328
12	Doris	311
13	Barbara	307
14	Norma	300
15	Beverly	299
16	Marilyn	296
17	Marjorie	254
18	Darlene	247
19	Joan	246
20	Virginia	219
21	Evelyn	215
22	Joyce	209
23	Alice	188
24	Dolores	185
25	Delores	176
26	Mildred	175
27	Jean	171
28	Bonnie	150
29	Frances	126
30	Geraldine	118
31	Wilma	116
32	Anna	115
33	Marian	114
34	Carol	111
35	Elizabeth	106
35	Rose	106
37	Charlotte	103
38	Gloria	101
38	Marie	101
40	Arlene	99
40	Irene	99
42	Lucille	98
42	Ramona	98
44	Gladys	97
44	Maxine	97
46	Martha	90
46	Wanda	90
48	Elaine	88
49	Lorraine	87
50	Audrey	84
50	Joanne	84
52	Nancy	83
52	Pauline	83
54	Rita	79
55	Kathryn	77
55	Rosemary	77
57	Eleanor	76
57	Kathleen	76
59	Florence	71
60	Grace	70
61	Juanita	69
62	Colleen	67
62	Roberta	67
64	Vera	66
65	June	65
66	Edna	64
66	Esther	64
66	Joann	64
66	Ruby	64
70	Carolyn	63
71	Bernice	62
71	Jane	62
71	Jeanette	62
71	Lillian	62
75	Catherine	59
75	Ethel	59
75	Janice	59
75	Peggy	59
79	Leona	58
80	Thelma	56
81	Jacqueline	53
81	Marcella	53
81	Violet	53
81	Vivian	53
85	Lavonne	52
85	Viola	52
87	Janet	51
88	Edith	50
88	Hazel	50
90	Jeannine	49
91	Eileen	48
91	Jo	48
91	Louise	48
94	Harriet	46
94	Sally	46
96	Deloris	45
96	Laura	45
98	Ellen	44
98	Eva	44
98	Josephine	44

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,409
2	Donald	1,018
3	Richard	872
4	John	776
5	James	740
6	William	681
7	Charles	478
8	Kenneth	392
9	Harold	340
10	Paul	290
11	George	289
11	Jack	289
13	Raymond	248
14	Gerald	230
15	Marvin	212
16	Dale	196
17	Edward	193
18	Eugene	192
19	Wayne	185
20	Thomas	175
21	David	170
22	Ronald	160
23	Howard	146
24	Ralph	142
25	Joseph	140
26	Earl	138
27	Dean	137
27	Roger	137
29	Carl	128
29	Duane	128
31	Harry	127
32	Herbert	123
33	Don	119
34	Bernard	118
35	Clarence	115
36	Frank	113
36	Norman	113
38	Arthur	112
38	Keith	112
38	Lloyd	112
41	Francis	105
41	Leonard	105
43	Leo	104
44	Leroy	103
44	Walter	103
46	Russell	99
47	Melvin	98
48	Lawrence	97
48	Lyle	97
50	Bill	89
51	Vernon	85
52	Bob	84
52	Henry	84
54	Gordon	83
54	Louis	83
56	Billy	82
57	Gene	81
58	Jerry	79
59	Clifford	78
59	Glenn	78
59	Merle	78
62	Albert	77
63	Elmer	74
64	Roy	73
65	Max	70
66	Darrell	69
66	Stanley	69
68	Fred	67
69	Ray	63
70	Lester	62
71	Alvin	60
71	Arnold	60
71	Glen	60
74	Floyd	59
75	Edwin	58
75	Virgil	58
77	Ernest	56
78	Eldon	54
78	Joe	54
80	Alfred	52
81	Delbert	51
81	Laverne	51
83	Warren	50
83	Wilbur	50
85	Daniel	48
85	Dick	48
87	Jim	45
87	Merlin	45
89	Everett	43
89	Frederick	43
91	Harlan	42
91	Lee	42
91	Leland	42
91	Maurice	42
95	Harvey	41
96	Clyde	40
97	Carroll	39
97	Theodore	39
99	Billie	38
99	Lowell	38