Popular baby names in Iowa, 1910

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1910 were Helen for girls (249 babies) and John for boys (124). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,890 babies born in Iowa in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Iowa that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Maxine: 38 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Fern: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Wilma: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marcella: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wanda: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Opal: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loretta: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leona: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marian: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Glenn: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lloyd: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harold: 80 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donald: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leo: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kenneth: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Raymond: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leonard: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carl: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Helen	249	2
2	Mary	239	1
3	Dorothy	185	4
4	Mildred	162	8
5	Ruth	155	5
6	Margaret	128	3
7	Alice	104	10
8	Marie	101	9
9	Florence	98	12
10	Gladys	98	15
11	Hazel	86	24
12	Irene	86	21
13	Evelyn	80	17
14	Lucille	79	31
15	Esther	77	38
16	Grace	73	23
17	Frances	69	11
18	Gertrude	68	26
19	Anna	65	6
20	Elizabeth	64	7
21	Edna	63	18
22	Bernice	57	58
23	Ethel	57	13
24	Martha	57	28
25	Thelma	55	25
26	Ruby	54	27
27	Louise	52	20
28	Lillian	50	14
29	Marjorie	50	68
30	Leona	49	79
31	Mabel	49	46
32	Opal	49	87
33	Viola	49	48
34	Clara	48	32
35	Vera	45	71
36	Edith	43	35
37	Doris	42	64
38	Eva	42	45
39	Wilma	42	>100
40	Agnes	40	41
41	Bertha	40	33
42	Elsie	39	44
43	Maxine	38	>100
44	Velma	38	90
45	Josephine	37	30
46	Pearl	37	39
47	Katherine	36	57
48	Emma	35	34
49	Fern	34	>100
50	Laura	34	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	124	1
2	William	94	3
3	Harold	80	18
4	Robert	80	4
5	George	74	5
6	James	74	2
7	Charles	64	7
8	Raymond	54	19
9	Paul	46	15
10	Joseph	44	6
11	Clarence	40	20
12	Carl	39	26
13	Donald	36	44
14	Edward	36	9
15	Frank	34	8
16	Harry	33	16
17	Walter	33	13
18	Kenneth	31	43
19	Albert	30	14
20	Henry	30	10
21	Thomas	30	12
22	Richard	29	21
23	Earl	28	33
24	Francis	28	36
25	Ralph	28	28
26	Fred	26	22
27	Lawrence	26	35
28	Leo	26	51
29	Arthur	25	17
30	Leonard	25	46
31	Roy	24	29
32	Howard	23	27
33	Lloyd	23	67
34	Louis	22	24
35	Elmer	21	48
36	Glenn	19	97
37	Herman	19	52
38	Floyd	18	55
39	Maurice	16	>100
40	Clifford	15	66
41	Alfred	14	38
42	Bernard	14	62
43	Edwin	14	71
44	Jack	14	23
45	Melvin	14	75
46	Russell	14	58
47	Clyde	13	57
48	David	13	30
49	Everett	13	88
50	Herbert	13	41

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