Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Iowa, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	1,054
2	Mary	1,051
3	Dorothy	762
4	Helen	535
5	Ruth	432
6	Margaret	423
7	Lois	403
8	Shirley	392
9	Doris	377
10	Phyllis	323
11	Virginia	305
12	Marjorie	299
13	Barbara	268
14	Norma	258
15	Patricia	250
16	Evelyn	246
17	Jean	241
18	Mildred	213
19	Frances	208
20	Darlene	206
21	Donna	197
22	Alice	192
23	Maxine	185
24	Beverly	177
25	Arlene	168
26	Marilyn	164
27	Wilma	155
28	Marie	141
29	Joyce	140
30	Joan	137
31	Elizabeth	131
31	Irene	131
33	Marian	130
34	Lorraine	126
34	Rose	126
36	Bonnie	125
37	Lucille	124
38	Geraldine	121
39	Anna	120
40	June	119
41	Audrey	115
41	Elaine	115
43	Florence	108
43	Gladys	108
45	Martha	105
46	Eleanor	103
47	Dolores	102
47	Gloria	102
49	Bernice	101
50	Pauline	100

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,575
2	Donald	922
3	John	883
4	William	786
5	Richard	745
6	James	672
7	Charles	442
8	Harold	395
9	Kenneth	387
10	George	352
11	Paul	310
12	Raymond	280
13	Jack	278
14	Dale	221
15	Edward	215
16	Eugene	214
17	Wayne	202
18	Gerald	197
19	Ralph	195
19	Thomas	195
21	Joseph	194
22	Marvin	186
23	Howard	175
24	Earl	153
25	Carl	147
26	Arthur	146
27	Melvin	139
28	Russell	138
28	Walter	138
30	Clarence	135
31	Francis	127
32	Lawrence	126
33	Frank	124
33	Vernon	124
35	Dean	122
36	David	121
37	Lloyd	117
37	Norman	117
39	Harry	116
39	Leonard	116
41	Lyle	111
42	Henry	109
43	Glenn	107
44	Leo	104
45	Virgil	101
46	Bernard	99
46	Keith	99
46	Leroy	99
49	Elmer	98
49	Fred	98