Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1925

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,122
2	Betty	1,118
3	Dorothy	844
4	Helen	586
5	Ruth	491
6	Margaret	433
7	Doris	402
8	Lois	378
9	Marjorie	340
9	Virginia	340
11	Shirley	322
12	Phyllis	318
13	Evelyn	301
14	Norma	258
15	Mildred	244
16	Jean	234
16	Patricia	234
18	Frances	223
19	Barbara	220
20	Alice	218
21	Maxine	199
22	Arlene	187
23	Darlene	181
24	Wilma	174
25	Donna	173
26	Lucille	165
27	Elizabeth	159
28	Marilyn	157
29	Bernice	143
30	Marian	142
31	Anna	141
31	Irene	141
33	Bonnie	137
33	Marie	137
35	Florence	133
36	June	127
37	Eleanor	126
38	Gladys	123
39	Beverly	120
40	Lorraine	119
41	Esther	117
42	Dolores	114
43	Pauline	112
44	Rita	106
45	Edna	104
45	Joyce	104
47	Elaine	101
47	Geraldine	101
49	Gloria	99
49	Grace	99

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,596
2	John	929
3	Donald	914
4	William	833
5	Richard	722
6	James	715
7	Charles	480
8	Harold	442
9	Kenneth	397
10	George	355
11	Paul	346
12	Jack	295
13	Raymond	294
14	Edward	234
15	Eugene	224
16	Dale	217
17	Wayne	215
18	Joseph	193
19	Thomas	192
20	Howard	183
21	Marvin	181
22	Walter	176
23	Gerald	175
24	Carl	162
24	Ralph	162
26	Clarence	148
27	Frank	147
28	Arthur	145
29	Earl	142
30	Russell	141
31	Francis	138
31	Melvin	138
33	David	131
34	Albert	130
35	Leo	127
36	Lloyd	126
37	Leonard	124
38	Lawrence	122
38	Norman	122
40	Dean	121
40	Harry	121
40	Keith	121
43	Henry	108
44	Duane	106
45	Clifford	105
46	Vernon	100
47	Bernard	97
47	Herbert	97
49	Lester	96
50	Floyd	94