Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	403
2	Helen	398
3	Dorothy	323
4	Mildred	271
5	Margaret	267
6	Ruth	258
7	Frances	151
8	Marie	150
9	Alice	145
10	Gladys	124
11	Esther	120
12	Irene	119
13	Florence	117
14	Evelyn	115
15	Hazel	112
16	Edna	110
16	Lucille	110
18	Anna	106
19	Bernice	103
20	Grace	101
21	Thelma	100
22	Marjorie	95
23	Martha	90
24	Elizabeth	88
25	Gertrude	84
26	Lillian	81
26	Maxine	81
26	Virginia	81
29	Wilma	80
30	Ethel	79
30	Louise	79
32	Doris	77
33	Lois	75
33	Ruby	75
35	Leona	74
36	Edith	72
37	Agnes	69
38	Mabel	68
39	Elsie	65
40	Viola	64
41	Velma	63
42	Vera	62
43	Pauline	61
44	Vivian	55
45	Kathryn	52
46	Emma	51
47	Catherine	50
48	Marguerite	49
49	Clara	48
50	Beulah	47

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	342
2	Robert	236
3	William	232
4	James	203
5	George	199
6	Harold	190
7	Charles	172
8	Donald	168
9	Raymond	137
10	Paul	129
11	Kenneth	119
12	Joseph	115
13	Clarence	109
14	Arthur	106
15	Edward	105
16	Carl	102
17	Ralph	93
18	Richard	92
19	Frank	87
20	Henry	83
21	Earl	80
22	Walter	74
23	Harry	71
24	Howard	70
25	Lawrence	67
26	Albert	66
26	Fred	66
28	Leonard	64
29	Francis	63
30	Elmer	61
30	Roy	61
32	Thomas	60
33	Glenn	58
34	Floyd	57
35	Gerald	53
35	Leo	53
37	Wayne	52
38	Russell	51
39	Lester	50
39	Lloyd	50
39	Melvin	50
42	Clifford	49
42	Dale	49
42	Ernest	49
45	Herbert	44
46	Marvin	42
47	Edwin	40
48	Everett	39
49	Alfred	37
49	Arnold	37