Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1915

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	867
2	Dorothy	761
3	Helen	752
4	Ruth	591
5	Margaret	575
6	Mildred	417
7	Evelyn	322
8	Frances	291
9	Alice	277
10	Marie	257
11	Florence	246
12	Marjorie	236
13	Irene	235
14	Esther	232
15	Lucille	224
16	Gladys	216
17	Edna	208
18	Doris	204
19	Anna	195
19	Elizabeth	195
19	Virginia	195
22	Lois	194
23	Bernice	191
24	Hazel	185
25	Maxine	183
26	Wilma	171
27	Thelma	149
28	Leona	148
29	Pauline	144
30	Lillian	143
31	Grace	142
32	Vera	138
33	Kathryn	137
34	Eleanor	131
34	Elsie	131
36	Viola	130
37	Martha	128
38	Louise	124
39	Marian	122
40	Edith	118
41	Ethel	117
42	Gertrude	114
43	Velma	109
44	Mabel	108
45	Agnes	107
46	Catherine	104
47	Ruby	103
48	Clara	100
49	Opal	98
50	Rose	97

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	812
2	Robert	793
3	William	586
4	Harold	463
5	Donald	452
6	Charles	436
7	James	427
8	George	398
9	Kenneth	301
10	Raymond	280
11	Paul	269
12	Richard	251
13	Joseph	229
14	Edward	228
15	Walter	216
16	Ralph	208
17	Carl	203
18	Arthur	192
18	Francis	192
20	Howard	190
21	Frank	183
22	Clarence	169
23	Harry	161
24	Earl	159
25	Henry	158
26	Elmer	157
27	Leonard	150
28	Albert	137
28	Lester	137
30	Thomas	134
31	Lawrence	133
32	Leo	128
32	Roy	128
34	Floyd	121
35	Marvin	119
36	Dale	118
36	Lloyd	118
36	Russell	118
36	Wayne	118
40	Fred	110
40	Gerald	110
42	Jack	109
43	Melvin	108
44	Arnold	102
44	Herbert	102
44	Vernon	102
47	Bernard	101
48	Glenn	99
49	Clifford	98
50	Edwin	93