Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1922

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,144
2	Dorothy	1,015
3	Betty	826
4	Helen	758
5	Ruth	551
6	Margaret	550
7	Virginia	437
8	Marjorie	425
9	Doris	419
10	Evelyn	333
11	Mildred	315
12	Frances	268
12	Lois	268
14	Jean	247
15	Maxine	234
16	Alice	230
17	Phyllis	222
18	Irene	211
19	Norma	195
20	Elizabeth	194
21	Florence	191
21	Shirley	191
21	Wilma	191
24	Marie	184
25	Anna	179
26	Lucille	175
27	Gladys	170
28	Arlene	158
29	Esther	152
30	Bernice	148
31	Martha	142
32	Eleanor	141
33	Edna	139
34	Marian	135
35	Thelma	134
36	Hazel	132
37	Pauline	131
38	June	127
38	Patricia	127
40	Vivian	126
41	Barbara	125
41	Lillian	125
43	Lorraine	124
44	Geraldine	120
45	Kathryn	118
46	Grace	116
47	Marcella	110
47	Ruby	110
49	Viola	109
50	Edith	108

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,644
2	John	938
3	Donald	836
4	William	796
5	James	610
6	Richard	575
7	Charles	484
8	Kenneth	438
9	Harold	424
10	George	396
11	Paul	354
12	Raymond	345
13	Jack	264
14	Joseph	254
15	Edward	240
16	Wayne	212
17	Dale	206
17	Eugene	206
19	Gerald	199
20	Clarence	194
21	Ralph	193
22	Howard	190
23	Walter	188
24	Thomas	185
25	Arthur	181
26	Francis	171
27	Earl	169
27	Harry	169
29	Russell	161
30	Marvin	151
31	Frank	149
32	Henry	144
33	Carl	142
34	Bernard	139
34	Lawrence	139
36	Leonard	134
36	Melvin	134
38	Leo	133
39	Albert	132
40	Lloyd	131
41	Roy	127
42	Glenn	123
43	Warren	117
44	Clifford	116
45	David	111
46	Leroy	110
47	Dean	105
48	Floyd	104
48	Merle	104
50	Lester	102