Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,204
2	Betty	985
3	Dorothy	886
4	Helen	669
5	Ruth	531
6	Margaret	501
7	Doris	412
8	Marjorie	408
9	Virginia	407
10	Mildred	342
11	Lois	311
12	Evelyn	281
13	Frances	277
14	Maxine	259
15	Phyllis	244
16	Alice	243
17	Jean	221
18	Elizabeth	210
19	Shirley	198
20	Irene	195
21	Norma	178
22	Barbara	176
23	Marie	173
24	Wilma	172
25	Gladys	170
26	Florence	166
27	Arlene	163
28	Patricia	160
29	Lucille	158
30	Esther	152
31	Anna	147
32	Marian	135
33	Geraldine	131
33	Martha	131
35	Lorraine	126
36	Lillian	124
37	Eleanor	123
38	Kathryn	118
39	Bernice	117
39	Bonnie	117
39	Hazel	117
42	Edna	116
43	June	115
44	Darlene	112
45	Catherine	111
46	Louise	109
47	Pauline	104
48	Ruby	102
49	Charlotte	101
50	Thelma	100

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,583
2	John	874
3	Donald	869
4	William	748
5	James	640
6	Richard	609
7	Charles	515
8	Harold	482
9	Kenneth	446
10	George	407
11	Paul	359
12	Raymond	305
13	Jack	263
14	Joseph	242
15	Edward	239
16	Wayne	218
17	Eugene	214
18	Dale	201
19	Ralph	198
20	Earl	189
21	Harry	187
22	Thomas	183
23	Howard	181
24	Frank	177
24	Marvin	177
26	Walter	176
27	Gerald	163
28	Arthur	158
29	Albert	147
30	Lawrence	144
31	Carl	143
31	Francis	143
33	Clarence	141
34	Leonard	140
34	Lloyd	140
36	Russell	139
37	Leo	134
38	Melvin	133
39	Keith	128
40	Warren	127
41	Vernon	123
42	Roy	122
43	David	121
44	Elmer	120
45	Lester	115
46	Henry	113
47	Bernard	111
48	Virgil	107
49	Leroy	101
50	Glenn	98