Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1919

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,076
2	Dorothy	846
3	Helen	785
4	Margaret	620
5	Ruth	546
6	Mildred	420
7	Evelyn	360
8	Marjorie	332
9	Betty	329
10	Frances	303
11	Virginia	298
12	Maxine	286
13	Doris	276
14	Lois	257
15	Irene	247
16	Marie	238
17	Alice	236
18	Florence	215
19	Lucille	207
20	Elizabeth	201
21	Gladys	199
22	Jean	181
23	Edna	177
24	Anna	171
25	Bernice	170
26	Wilma	168
27	Esther	167
28	Hazel	161
29	Pauline	146
30	Edith	145
31	Phyllis	141
32	Viola	139
33	Grace	136
34	Thelma	135
35	Ethel	134
36	Vera	131
37	Lillian	130
38	Kathryn	128
39	Lorraine	125
40	Eleanor	124
40	Louise	124
42	Leona	121
43	Ruby	120
44	Arlene	118
44	June	118
46	Gertrude	116
47	Marian	115
48	Geraldine	110
49	Martha	107
50	Vivian	106

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,132
2	John	824
3	William	649
4	Donald	590
5	Charles	487
6	Harold	452
6	James	452
8	George	367
9	Richard	357
10	Paul	317
11	Raymond	315
12	Kenneth	306
13	Edward	281
14	Joseph	218
15	Arthur	195
16	Harry	186
16	Howard	186
18	Carl	185
19	Clarence	184
19	Frank	184
21	Ralph	181
22	Walter	180
23	Francis	174
24	Earl	172
24	Jack	172
26	Wayne	171
27	Lloyd	165
28	Albert	157
29	Leo	155
30	Gerald	154
31	Dale	152
32	Leonard	150
33	Thomas	149
34	Vernon	146
35	Marvin	144
36	Elmer	142
37	Lawrence	132
37	Roy	132
39	Clifford	131
40	Henry	127
41	Eugene	125
42	Floyd	124
42	Melvin	124
44	Lester	123
45	Russell	122
46	Glenn	120
47	Virgil	105
48	Edwin	101
48	Merle	101
50	Bernard	98