Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	624
2	Helen	580
3	Dorothy	566
4	Margaret	394
5	Ruth	369
6	Mildred	323
7	Evelyn	216
8	Frances	193
9	Marie	185
10	Alice	175
11	Esther	172
12	Florence	168
13	Elizabeth	158
14	Lucille	157
15	Irene	155
16	Gladys	148
17	Marjorie	146
18	Virginia	144
19	Bernice	142
19	Doris	142
21	Maxine	130
22	Lois	129
23	Edna	125
24	Hazel	121
25	Viola	120
26	Anna	118
27	Wilma	116
28	Eleanor	113
28	Thelma	113
30	Grace	111
31	Edith	109
32	Ethel	98
33	Mabel	97
34	Kathryn	94
35	Lillian	93
36	Pauline	91
37	Louise	90
38	Martha	89
38	Vera	89
40	Gertrude	87
41	Ruby	86
41	Velma	86
43	Elsie	82
44	Leona	81
45	Clara	79
46	Agnes	75
47	Catherine	67
47	Rose	67
49	Opal	66
50	Genevieve	63

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	592
2	Robert	490
3	William	410
4	Harold	330
5	Donald	310
6	George	291
6	James	291
8	Charles	274
9	Paul	229
10	Raymond	218
11	Kenneth	203
12	Richard	179
13	Joseph	172
14	Edward	168
15	Frank	148
15	Ralph	148
17	Clarence	143
18	Walter	141
19	Arthur	140
20	Howard	135
21	Earl	133
22	Leonard	125
23	Carl	123
24	Elmer	113
24	Francis	113
24	Henry	113
27	Lawrence	108
28	Russell	101
29	Thomas	98
30	Harry	96
31	Gerald	95
32	Leo	94
33	Roy	90
34	Lester	88
35	Albert	86
36	Marvin	84
37	Clifford	81
38	Jack	80
39	Melvin	78
40	Lloyd	76
41	Dale	75
41	Fred	75
43	Floyd	74
43	Glenn	74
45	Vernon	71
46	Wayne	70
47	Alfred	69
48	Glen	66
49	Alvin	65
50	Ernest	63