Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	982
2	Dorothy	874
3	Helen	824
4	Ruth	628
5	Margaret	601
6	Mildred	448
7	Evelyn	384
8	Frances	318
9	Alice	285
10	Marjorie	278
11	Virginia	264
12	Marie	261
13	Lucille	248
14	Florence	247
15	Esther	244
16	Lois	236
17	Gladys	231
18	Elizabeth	230
19	Irene	228
20	Maxine	226
21	Doris	220
22	Wilma	197
23	Edna	185
23	Hazel	185
25	Bernice	173
26	Pauline	168
27	Grace	164
28	Anna	155
29	Gertrude	154
30	Lillian	145
30	Ruby	145
32	Louise	140
32	Martha	140
34	Kathryn	138
35	Thelma	137
36	Vivian	134
37	Ethel	132
38	Eleanor	131
39	Edith	129
40	Vera	128
41	Leona	126
42	Marian	123
42	Viola	123
44	Elsie	120
44	Velma	120
46	Clara	118
47	Catherine	117
48	June	116
49	Betty	111
50	Mabel	110

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	861
2	John	827
3	William	673
4	Donald	494
5	Harold	471
6	George	464
7	Charles	454
8	James	451
9	Paul	377
10	Richard	318
11	Kenneth	306
12	Edward	270
13	Raymond	262
14	Joseph	254
15	Ralph	213
16	Arthur	211
17	Carl	205
18	Walter	200
19	Clarence	189
20	Frank	188
21	Earl	187
22	Howard	186
23	Henry	168
24	Lawrence	164
25	Harry	161
26	Jack	157
27	Francis	156
28	Leonard	153
29	Gerald	151
29	Wayne	151
31	Elmer	149
32	Roy	140
33	Dale	138
34	Albert	137
35	Lloyd	135
35	Thomas	135
37	Leo	134
38	Russell	129
39	Marvin	125
40	Melvin	120
41	Vernon	119
42	Lester	118
43	Edwin	113
43	Floyd	113
45	Glenn	106
46	Fred	104
47	Clifford	101
47	Herbert	101
47	Louis	101
50	Eugene	100