Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Iowa, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,170
2	Betty	1,026
3	Dorothy	672
4	Helen	432
5	Shirley	431
6	Ruth	419
7	Lois	379
8	Doris	363
9	Margaret	358
10	Phyllis	351
11	Patricia	346
12	Virginia	310
13	Barbara	307
14	Norma	294
15	Marjorie	290
16	Darlene	247
17	Donna	236
18	Jean	232
19	Evelyn	222
20	Marilyn	220
21	Beverly	214
22	Mildred	211
23	Alice	204
24	Joyce	187
25	Frances	170
26	Arlene	153
27	Bonnie	146
28	Maxine	145
29	Anna	142
30	Dolores	138
31	Joan	135
32	Lucille	134
33	Elizabeth	132
34	Marian	124
35	Irene	119
36	Florence	112
37	Wanda	111
38	Audrey	108
38	Elaine	108
38	Marie	108
41	Wilma	107
42	Lorraine	106
43	Geraldine	104
44	Gladys	102
45	Kathleen	100
46	Martha	99
47	Edna	98
48	Rosemary	96
49	Esther	95
50	Rose	93

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,497
2	Donald	975
3	John	846
4	William	738
5	Richard	735
6	James	711
7	Charles	495
8	Harold	432
9	Kenneth	404
10	Jack	314
11	Paul	310
12	George	292
13	Raymond	280
14	Eugene	232
15	Edward	216
16	Gerald	205
17	Dale	195
17	Thomas	195
19	Wayne	193
20	Marvin	185
21	Howard	171
22	Ralph	167
23	Carl	156
24	Joseph	155
25	Earl	146
26	David	135
26	Harry	135
26	Ronald	135
29	Arthur	134
30	Lloyd	132
31	Russell	131
32	Clarence	129
33	Dean	125
33	Walter	125
35	Duane	122
36	Melvin	121
37	Frank	118
38	Lawrence	117
38	Roger	117
40	Norman	114
41	Vernon	112
42	Francis	109
43	Leo	108
44	Don	105
45	Leroy	104
46	Leonard	97
47	Roy	96
48	Gene	95
49	Lyle	94
50	Glenn	93