Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,077
2	Dorothy	854
3	Helen	801
4	Ruth	585
5	Margaret	569
6	Mildred	447
7	Evelyn	380
8	Virginia	311
9	Marjorie	306
10	Frances	296
11	Doris	265
12	Marie	264
13	Maxine	263
14	Lucille	248
15	Irene	246
16	Alice	245
17	Florence	232
18	Lois	226
19	Esther	217
20	Gladys	209
21	Elizabeth	208
22	Edna	191
23	Bernice	182
24	Wilma	175
25	Anna	173
26	Grace	171
27	Betty	166
27	Hazel	166
29	Thelma	161
30	Eleanor	156
31	Lillian	151
32	Pauline	147
33	Martha	144
34	Ruby	142
35	Louise	139
36	Viola	134
37	Marian	133
38	Leona	131
39	Vera	130
40	Edith	129
41	Arlene	126
42	Ethel	125
43	Gertrude	123
44	Kathryn	117
45	Jean	116
45	June	116
47	Velma	115
48	Agnes	110
49	Josephine	108
50	Catherine	104

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	961
2	John	872
3	William	600
4	Donald	527
5	James	504
6	Charles	444
7	Harold	443
8	George	394
9	Richard	340
10	Raymond	318
11	Paul	301
12	Kenneth	284
13	Edward	249
14	Ralph	222
15	Howard	214
16	Joseph	208
17	Harry	201
18	Carl	197
18	Frank	197
20	Clarence	196
21	Arthur	193
22	Walter	187
23	Jack	186
24	Earl	175
25	Lloyd	168
26	Thomas	167
27	Lawrence	163
27	Leonard	163
29	Elmer	157
30	Francis	153
31	Henry	151
32	Gerald	149
33	Melvin	146
34	Dale	144
35	Leo	140
35	Marvin	140
35	Roy	140
38	Wayne	138
39	Glenn	135
40	Albert	132
41	Lester	128
42	Russell	126
43	Eugene	125
44	Herbert	112
45	Fred	110
46	Clifford	108
47	Floyd	104
48	Vernon	102
49	Lyle	101
50	Bernard	98