Iowa ★ 1930

Top names in Iowa, 1930

Mary led for girls with 1,140 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,384. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,140
2	Betty	879
3	Dorothy	564
4	Shirley	519
5	Patricia	420
6	Marilyn	371
7	Donna	360
8	Helen	359
9	Barbara	350
10	Beverly	348
11	Lois	345
12	Phyllis	339
13	Ruth	328
14	Norma	319
15	Doris	309
16	Joan	300
17	Margaret	282
18	Darlene	251
19	Virginia	226
20	Marjorie	224
21	Jean	218
22	Delores	204
23	Joyce	197
24	Evelyn	187
25	Dolores	175
26	Alice	173
27	Bonnie	162
28	Frances	137
29	Carol	125
30	Mildred	119
31	Anna	112
32	Wilma	110
33	Arlene	109
34	Rose	108
35	Elaine	105
36	June	104
37	Joann	103
38	Geraldine	102
39	Nancy	101
40	Elizabeth	96
41	Gloria	95
41	Irene	95
41	Wanda	95
44	Marian	92
45	Joanne	91
46	Martha	89
47	Maxine	88
47	Rita	88
49	Charlotte	86
50	Lorraine	83
51	Lucille	82
52	Kathryn	81
53	Audrey	80
54	Eleanor	79
54	Esther	79
54	Janet	79
57	Pauline	78
58	Rosemary	76
59	Bernice	75
59	Lavonne	75
61	Catherine	71
61	Jacqueline	71
61	Juanita	71
64	Jane	70
64	Kathleen	70
64	Marie	70
67	Gladys	68
68	Louise	65
69	Ann	64
70	Thelma	63
71	Colleen	61
71	Roberta	61
71	Vera	61
74	Carolyn	59
74	Peggy	59
76	Jeanette	58
76	Leona	58
76	Velma	58
79	Edna	56
79	Ruby	56
79	Vivian	56
82	Clara	55
82	Grace	55
82	Janice	55
82	Ramona	55
86	Viola	53
87	Edith	52
87	Florence	52
87	Jeanne	52
90	Lillian	50
91	Deloris	48
91	Loretta	48
93	Hazel	46
94	Josephine	44
94	Violet	44
96	Ellen	43
97	Gertrude	42
97	Jo	42
97	Sally	42
100	Laura	41

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,384
2	Donald	1,026
3	Richard	915
4	John	834
5	James	821
6	William	641
7	Charles	526
8	Kenneth	385
9	Harold	355
10	Jack	321
11	George	281
12	Paul	263
13	Dale	239
14	Eugene	226
15	Gerald	216
16	Raymond	213
17	Marvin	204
18	David	197
18	Thomas	197
20	Ronald	191
21	Edward	190
22	Wayne	187
23	Duane	166
24	Dean	157
24	Joseph	157
26	Roger	155
27	Ralph	154
28	Howard	133
29	Norman	130
30	Earl	125
31	Walter	123
32	Jerry	118
33	Melvin	117
34	Keith	116
35	Lloyd	115
36	Vernon	113
37	Carl	111
38	Russell	110
39	Leo	109
40	Harry	107
40	Leonard	107
42	Lyle	106
43	Arthur	103
44	Clarence	101
44	Lawrence	101
46	Billy	96
47	Frank	94
48	Francis	92
49	Don	91
50	Leroy	89
51	Virgil	88
52	Stanley	86
53	Fred	84
54	Bill	83
54	Gene	83
56	Bernard	82
57	Bob	81
58	Glenn	78
58	Henry	78
58	Herbert	78
61	Clifford	75
62	Roy	73
63	Gordon	70
63	Jim	70
65	Floyd	69
66	Darrell	68
67	Dick	64
67	Merle	64
69	Albert	63
70	Delbert	62
70	Joe	62
72	Arnold	59
72	Edwin	59
72	Max	59
75	Larry	57
76	Ray	54
77	Alvin	53
77	Elmer	53
79	Eldon	52
79	Glen	52
81	Louis	48
81	Lowell	48
83	Alfred	47
83	Daniel	47
83	Ernest	47
83	Lester	47
83	Merlin	47
83	Wilbur	47
89	Everett	46
89	Marion	46
91	Harlan	44
91	Warren	44
93	Ivan	43
93	Leland	43
95	Gilbert	42
95	Theodore	42
95	Willard	42
98	Dwight	41
98	Junior	41
98	Wallace	41