Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1911

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	281
2	Mary	279
3	Dorothy	245
4	Ruth	209
5	Margaret	196
6	Mildred	162
7	Florence	101
7	Marie	101
9	Edna	98
10	Gladys	97
11	Frances	96
12	Evelyn	89
13	Alice	88
14	Irene	85
14	Lucille	85
16	Hazel	75
17	Esther	73
18	Elizabeth	69
19	Ethel	68
19	Thelma	68
21	Marjorie	66
22	Bernice	65
22	Grace	65
24	Viola	64
25	Anna	61
26	Leona	59
27	Louise	54
28	Mabel	52
29	Doris	50
29	Gertrude	50
31	Clara	49
31	Lois	49
33	Agnes	48
33	Edith	48
33	Lillian	48
33	Wilma	48
37	Ruby	47
38	Elsie	46
38	Martha	46
38	Pauline	46
38	Velma	46
42	Catherine	45
42	Eva	45
42	Rose	45
45	Opal	44
46	Maxine	42
46	Vera	42
48	Bertha	39
48	Virginia	39
50	Emma	37

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	120
2	William	106
3	Robert	85
4	George	73
5	James	72
6	Charles	69
7	Harold	68
8	Donald	56
9	Raymond	51
10	Joseph	49
11	Clarence	43
11	Kenneth	43
13	Paul	40
14	Howard	38
15	Walter	37
16	Arthur	35
16	Edward	35
18	Albert	34
18	Richard	34
20	Frank	33
21	Earl	31
22	Carl	30
22	Lloyd	30
24	Fred	28
24	Lawrence	28
24	Ralph	28
27	Harry	27
28	Clifford	26
28	Leonard	26
30	Henry	25
31	Floyd	23
32	Gerald	22
32	Roy	22
34	Elmer	21
35	Lester	20
35	Lyle	20
35	Melvin	20
38	Alfred	19
38	Joe	19
40	Francis	18
40	Thomas	18
42	Bernard	17
42	Herbert	17
42	Jack	17
42	Leo	17
42	Russell	17
47	Ernest	16
47	Glenn	16
49	Everett	15
50	Edwin	14