Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,215
2	Dorothy	1,044
3	Helen	828
4	Betty	675
5	Ruth	616
6	Margaret	600
7	Marjorie	452
8	Virginia	433
9	Evelyn	397
10	Mildred	373
11	Doris	352
12	Frances	321
13	Lois	293
14	Maxine	289
15	Alice	288
16	Jean	263
17	Elizabeth	253
18	Irene	237
19	Esther	222
19	Lucille	222
21	Phyllis	198
22	Florence	191
22	Marie	191
24	Wilma	185
25	Gladys	180
26	Bernice	173
27	Anna	170
28	Arlene	168
29	Norma	164
30	Edna	162
30	Hazel	162
32	Marian	150
33	Kathryn	143
34	Shirley	142
35	Eleanor	139
35	Martha	139
37	Pauline	138
38	Ethel	133
39	Thelma	131
40	Edith	130
41	Grace	129
42	Barbara	128
42	Lorraine	128
44	June	127
45	Lillian	124
46	Louise	123
46	Viola	123
48	Geraldine	122
49	Catherine	120
49	Vivian	120

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,591
2	John	1,003
3	William	804
4	Donald	756
5	James	627
6	Charles	571
7	Harold	509
8	Richard	506
9	George	423
10	Kenneth	393
11	Paul	372
12	Raymond	366
13	Edward	282
14	Jack	272
15	Clarence	235
16	Warren	221
17	Joseph	220
18	Earl	216
18	Ralph	216
20	Walter	212
21	Eugene	209
22	Howard	206
22	Wayne	206
24	Dale	190
25	Arthur	189
26	Frank	184
26	Harry	184
28	Thomas	182
29	Carl	173
30	Gerald	160
31	Albert	157
32	Leo	152
33	Francis	151
33	Lawrence	151
35	Lloyd	147
36	Leonard	142
37	Russell	141
38	Elmer	138
38	Marvin	138
40	Roy	134
41	Floyd	133
42	Henry	129
43	Clifford	128
44	Glenn	126
45	Melvin	120
46	Vernon	117
47	Bernard	114
47	Louis	114
49	Max	111
50	Leroy	110