Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,213
2	Dorothy	985
3	Helen	788
4	Margaret	671
5	Ruth	665
6	Betty	461
7	Mildred	409
8	Virginia	401
9	Evelyn	367
10	Marjorie	344
11	Doris	335
12	Maxine	327
13	Frances	312
14	Lois	272
15	Alice	265
16	Marie	240
17	Florence	222
17	Irene	222
19	Lucille	221
20	Jean	220
21	Elizabeth	207
22	Esther	189
23	Gladys	185
24	Wilma	181
25	Thelma	171
26	Anna	170
26	Bernice	170
26	Hazel	170
26	Marian	170
30	Edna	164
31	Pauline	149
31	Phyllis	149
33	Viola	147
34	Arlene	144
35	Leona	139
36	Lillian	137
37	Grace	134
37	June	134
39	Eleanor	133
39	Kathryn	133
41	Edith	132
42	Martha	131
43	Ethel	129
43	Norma	129
45	Ruby	128
46	Vivian	127
47	Shirley	123
48	Charlotte	118
49	Catherine	116
49	Geraldine	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,389
2	John	929
3	William	749
4	Donald	690
5	Charles	561
6	James	543
7	Harold	526
8	Richard	429
9	George	407
10	Kenneth	401
11	Raymond	364
12	Paul	324
13	Edward	264
14	Joseph	246
14	Ralph	246
16	Jack	240
17	Howard	220
18	Arthur	216
19	Clarence	213
20	Frank	204
21	Harry	200
22	Earl	199
23	Walter	197
24	Warren	189
25	Wayne	182
26	Eugene	180
27	Dale	178
28	Francis	176
29	Carl	175
30	Lloyd	164
31	Lawrence	160
32	Thomas	158
33	Gerald	157
34	Vernon	156
35	Russell	149
36	Leonard	139
37	Melvin	138
38	Albert	137
39	Henry	135
40	Glenn	134
41	Floyd	131
42	Leo	130
43	Elmer	126
44	Fred	124
45	Lester	121
46	Lyle	119
46	Marvin	119
48	Bernard	117
48	Clifford	117
50	Roy	116