Popular baby names in Iowa, 1911

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1911 were Helen for girls (281 babies) and John for boys (120). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,529 babies born in Iowa in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1911

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: 42 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Fern: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
June: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilma: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Luella: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leona: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Velma: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Dorothea: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Faye: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marjorie: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 20 babies, 15× the national rate
Lloyd: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gerald: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Glenn: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donald: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Everett: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kenneth: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clifford: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Melvin: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Floyd: 23 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Helen	281	–	2
2	Mary	279	–	1
3	Dorothy	245	–	4
4	Ruth	209	↑1	5
5	Margaret	196	↑1	3
6	Mildred	162	↓2	8
7	Florence	101	↑2	12
8	Marie	101	–	9
9	Edna	98	↑12	17
10	Gladys	97	–	18
11	Frances	96	↑6	10
12	Evelyn	89	↑1	16
13	Alice	88	↓6	11
14	Irene	85	↓2	21
15	Lucille	85	↓1	32
16	Hazel	75	↓5	25
17	Esther	73	↓2	34
18	Elizabeth	69	↑2	7
19	Ethel	68	↑4	15
20	Thelma	68	↑5	27
21	Marjorie	66	↑8	59
22	Bernice	65	–	51
23	Grace	65	↓7	23
24	Viola	64	↑9	47
25	Anna	61	↓6	6
26	Leona	59	↑4	76
27	Louise	54	–	19
28	Mabel	52	↑3	43
29	Doris	50	↑8	56
30	Gertrude	50	↓12	30
31	Clara	49	↑3	33
32	Lois	49	new	68
33	Agnes	48	↑7	39
34	Edith	48	↑2	31
35	Lillian	48	↓7	13
36	Wilma	48	↑3	>100
37	Ruby	47	↓11	22
38	Elsie	46	↑4	41
39	Martha	46	↓15	28
40	Pauline	46	new	38
41	Velma	46	↑3	90
42	Catherine	45	new	20
43	Eva	45	↓5	46
44	Rose	45	new	14
45	Opal	44	↓13	81
46	Maxine	42	↓3	>100
47	Vera	42	↓12	67
48	Bertha	39	↓7	36
49	Virginia	39	new	26
50	Emma	37	↓2	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	120	–	1
2	William	106	–	2
3	Robert	85	↑1	5
4	George	73	↑1	4
5	James	72	↑1	3
6	Charles	69	↑1	7
7	Harold	68	↓4	16
8	Donald	56	↑5	36
9	Raymond	51	↓1	19
10	Joseph	49	–	6
11	Clarence	43	–	23
12	Kenneth	43	↑6	40
13	Paul	40	↓4	17
14	Howard	38	↑18	28
15	Walter	37	↑2	12
16	Arthur	35	↑13	18
17	Edward	35	↓3	9
18	Albert	34	↑1	15
19	Richard	34	↑3	20
20	Frank	33	↓5	8
21	Earl	31	↑2	34
22	Carl	30	↓10	26
23	Lloyd	30	↑10	74
24	Fred	28	↑2	22
25	Lawrence	28	↑2	37
26	Ralph	28	↓1	24
27	Harry	27	↓11	13
28	Clifford	26	↑12	62
29	Leonard	26	↑1	46
30	Henry	25	↓10	11
31	Floyd	23	↑7	57
32	Gerald	22	new	88
33	Roy	22	↓2	31
34	Elmer	21	↑1	48
35	Lester	20	new	65
36	Lyle	20	new	>100
37	Melvin	20	↑8	73
38	Alfred	19	↑3	39
39	Joe	19	new	29
40	Francis	18	↓16	33
41	Thomas	18	↓20	10
42	Bernard	17	–	54
43	Herbert	17	↑7	41
44	Jack	17	–	25
45	Leo	17	↓17	51
46	Russell	17	–	55
47	Ernest	16	new	32
48	Glenn	16	↓12	>100
49	Everett	15	–	>100
50	Edwin	14	↓7	60

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