Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,070
2	Dorothy	913
3	Helen	857
4	Ruth	643
5	Margaret	621
6	Mildred	467
7	Evelyn	377
8	Virginia	339
9	Frances	321
10	Maxine	299
11	Alice	288
12	Marjorie	287
13	Doris	268
14	Marie	258
15	Florence	245
16	Irene	243
17	Lucille	237
18	Betty	228
19	Lois	226
20	Esther	221
21	Anna	211
22	Elizabeth	210
23	Gladys	203
24	Wilma	194
25	Edna	192
26	Bernice	172
27	Viola	171
28	Hazel	165
29	Eleanor	158
30	Pauline	157
31	Edith	154
32	Thelma	151
33	Grace	148
34	Jean	147
35	Lillian	145
35	Louise	145
37	Leona	144
38	Ethel	140
39	June	139
40	Vera	136
41	Geraldine	133
42	Gertrude	130
42	Kathryn	130
44	Arlene	127
44	Ruby	127
46	Marian	126
47	Phyllis	121
48	Elsie	118
48	Martha	118
50	Lorraine	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,069
2	John	937
3	William	692
4	Donald	581
5	James	533
6	Charles	532
7	Harold	488
8	George	450
9	Raymond	382
10	Richard	367
11	Kenneth	334
12	Paul	332
13	Edward	320
14	Ralph	250
15	Joseph	233
16	Walter	231
17	Clarence	222
18	Carl	221
19	Arthur	218
20	Earl	207
20	Jack	207
22	Harry	197
22	Lloyd	197
24	Howard	194
25	Francis	186
26	Frank	184
27	Thomas	179
28	Dale	167
29	Albert	166
30	Elmer	165
31	Vernon	158
32	Lawrence	156
33	Leonard	155
34	Henry	153
35	Wayne	149
36	Gerald	141
36	Leo	141
38	Russell	136
39	Lester	134
40	Marvin	129
41	Floyd	128
42	Melvin	127
43	Clifford	126
44	Eugene	124
45	Fred	119
46	Roy	118
47	Herbert	116
48	Leroy	111
49	Louis	108
50	Bernard	106