Popular baby names in Iowa, 1914

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1914 were Mary for girls (624 babies) and John for boys (592). Social Security records list 24,833 babies born in Iowa in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1914

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

Girls

Darlene: 18 babies, 13× the national rate
Gretchen: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ferne: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Maxine: 130 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bernadine: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nadine: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Berniece: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Leota: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Johanna: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maurine: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Arlo: 15 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Laverne: 26 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Duane: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Vern: 23 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Dale: 75 babies, 6× the national rate
Merle: 43 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Milo: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lyle: 47 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dwight: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keith: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	624	–	1
2	Helen	580	–	2
3	Dorothy	566	–	3
4	Margaret	394	–	4
5	Ruth	369	–	5
6	Mildred	323	–	7
7	Evelyn	216	↑3	11
8	Frances	193	↑3	9
9	Marie	185	–	10
10	Alice	175	↓3	12
11	Esther	172	↑1	35
12	Florence	168	↓4	13
13	Elizabeth	158	↑4	8
14	Lucille	157	↑6	30
15	Irene	155	–	22
16	Gladys	148	↑2	20
17	Marjorie	146	↓4	45
18	Virginia	144	↑5	14
19	Bernice	142	–	43
20	Doris	142	↑17	36
21	Maxine	130	↑1	>100
22	Lois	129	↓1	51
23	Edna	125	↓9	19
24	Hazel	121	↓8	29
25	Viola	120	↑2	57
26	Anna	118	↓2	6
27	Wilma	116	↑8	95
28	Eleanor	113	↑14	28
29	Thelma	113	↓3	26
30	Grace	111	↓2	25
31	Edith	109	–	31
32	Ethel	98	–	21
33	Mabel	97	↑14	58
34	Kathryn	94	↑9	63
35	Lillian	93	↓5	16
36	Pauline	91	new	34
37	Louise	90	↓3	17
38	Martha	89	↓5	27
39	Vera	89	–	68
40	Gertrude	87	↑1	32
41	Ruby	86	↑5	24
42	Velma	86	↓4	92
43	Elsie	82	↓18	46
44	Leona	81	↓15	79
45	Clara	79	↓5	37
46	Agnes	75	↑2	44
47	Catherine	67	↓11	18
48	Rose	67	new	15
49	Opal	66	↓5	89
50	Genevieve	63	↓1	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	592	–	1
2	Robert	490	–	4
3	William	410	–	2
4	Harold	330	–	14
5	Donald	310	↑3	23
6	George	291	↑1	6
7	James	291	↓1	3
8	Charles	274	↓3	7
9	Paul	229	↑2	13
10	Raymond	218	↓1	16
11	Kenneth	203	↓1	30
12	Richard	179	↑1	17
13	Joseph	172	↑1	5
14	Edward	168	↓2	8
15	Frank	148	↑1	9
16	Ralph	148	↑5	21
17	Clarence	143	–	22
18	Walter	141	↓3	10
19	Arthur	140	↑3	18
20	Howard	135	↓2	26
21	Earl	133	↑4	33
22	Leonard	125	↑8	45
23	Carl	123	↓3	24
24	Elmer	113	↑9	46
25	Francis	113	↑3	31
26	Henry	113	↓2	12
27	Lawrence	108	–	35
28	Russell	101	↑4	49
29	Thomas	98	↓3	11
30	Harry	96	↓11	19
31	Gerald	95	↑12	81
32	Leo	94	↓3	47
33	Roy	90	↑5	32
34	Lester	88	↑2	57
35	Albert	86	↓12	15
36	Marvin	84	↑5	75
37	Clifford	81	new	62
38	Jack	80	↑7	27
39	Melvin	78	↑9	59
40	Lloyd	76	↓9	66
41	Dale	75	↓6	>100
42	Fred	75	↓8	28
43	Floyd	74	↓3	58
44	Glenn	74	↑5	91
45	Vernon	71	new	83
46	Wayne	70	↓7	>100
47	Alfred	69	new	41
48	Glen	66	new	>100
49	Alvin	65	new	78
50	Ernest	63	↓8	38

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