Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1913

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	480
2	Helen	469
3	Dorothy	370
4	Margaret	348
5	Ruth	313
6	Mildred	273
7	Alice	176
8	Florence	157
9	Marie	156
10	Evelyn	155
10	Frances	155
12	Esther	140
13	Marjorie	137
14	Edna	136
15	Irene	135
16	Hazel	133
17	Elizabeth	129
18	Gladys	125
19	Bernice	122
20	Lucille	120
21	Lois	106
22	Maxine	103
23	Virginia	102
24	Anna	101
25	Elsie	95
26	Thelma	93
26	Viola	93
28	Grace	92
29	Leona	90
30	Lillian	86
31	Edith	85
31	Ethel	85
33	Martha	82
34	Louise	81
35	Wilma	80
36	Catherine	79
36	Doris	79
38	Velma	78
38	Vera	78
40	Clara	74
41	Gertrude	73
42	Eleanor	71
42	Kathryn	71
44	Opal	67
45	Josephine	66
45	Ruby	66
47	Mabel	65
48	Agnes	64
49	Genevieve	58
50	Vivian	57

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	461
2	Robert	338
3	William	322
4	Harold	246
5	Charles	238
6	James	236
7	George	209
8	Donald	196
9	Raymond	173
10	Kenneth	167
11	Paul	163
12	Edward	150
13	Richard	143
14	Joseph	128
15	Walter	120
16	Frank	116
17	Clarence	114
18	Howard	111
19	Harry	107
20	Carl	103
20	Ralph	103
22	Arthur	98
23	Albert	97
24	Henry	96
25	Earl	87
26	Thomas	86
27	Lawrence	85
28	Francis	83
28	Leo	83
30	Leonard	80
31	Lloyd	79
32	Russell	76
33	Elmer	73
33	Fred	73
35	Dale	71
36	Lester	69
37	Herbert	65
37	Roy	65
37	Wayne	65
40	Floyd	64
40	Marvin	64
42	Ernest	63
43	Gerald	61
44	Louis	59
45	Jack	58
46	Leroy	56
47	Arnold	55
48	Melvin	54
49	Glenn	53
50	Eugene	52