Popular baby names in Iowa, 1915

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1915 were Mary for girls (867 babies) and John for boys (812). Social Security records list 35,896 babies born in Iowa in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1915

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: 23 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Bernadine: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Marvel: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ferne: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Berniece: 40 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Neva: 43 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maxine: 183 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Elda: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gretchen: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Verda: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Milo: 27 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lyle: 89 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Eldon: 49 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Keith: 49 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dale: 118 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cletus: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Laverne: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Duane: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Merle: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	867	–	1
2	Dorothy	761	↑1	3
3	Helen	752	↓1	2
4	Ruth	591	↑1	5
5	Margaret	575	↓1	4
6	Mildred	417	–	6
7	Evelyn	322	–	10
8	Frances	291	–	9
9	Alice	277	↑1	13
10	Marie	257	↓1	11
11	Florence	246	↑1	14
12	Marjorie	236	↑5	39
13	Irene	235	↑2	17
14	Esther	232	↓3	33
15	Lucille	224	↓1	29
16	Gladys	216	–	21
17	Edna	208	↑6	20
18	Doris	204	↑2	34
19	Anna	195	↑7	7
20	Elizabeth	195	↓7	8
21	Virginia	195	↓3	12
22	Lois	194	–	47
23	Bernice	191	↓4	42
24	Hazel	185	–	26
25	Maxine	183	↓4	98
26	Wilma	171	↑1	80
27	Thelma	149	↑2	30
28	Leona	148	↑16	74
29	Pauline	144	↑7	32
30	Lillian	143	↑5	15
31	Grace	142	↓1	27
32	Vera	138	↑7	65
33	Kathryn	137	↑1	60
34	Eleanor	131	↓6	28
35	Elsie	131	↑8	41
36	Viola	130	↓11	59
37	Martha	128	↑1	25
38	Louise	124	↓1	18
39	Marian	122	new	86
40	Edith	118	↓9	31
41	Ethel	117	↓9	23
42	Gertrude	114	↓2	35
43	Velma	109	↓1	94
44	Mabel	108	↓11	62
45	Agnes	107	↑1	45
46	Catherine	104	↑1	19
47	Ruby	103	↓6	24
48	Clara	100	↓3	38
49	Opal	98	–	90
50	Rose	97	↓2	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	812	–	1
2	Robert	793	–	4
3	William	586	–	2
4	Harold	463	–	12
5	Donald	452	–	20
6	Charles	436	↑2	7
7	James	427	–	3
8	George	398	↓2	6
9	Kenneth	301	↑2	28
10	Raymond	280	–	16
11	Paul	269	↓2	13
12	Richard	251	–	15
13	Joseph	229	–	5
14	Edward	228	–	8
15	Walter	216	↑3	11
16	Ralph	208	–	21
17	Carl	203	↑6	22
18	Arthur	192	↑1	18
19	Francis	192	↑6	29
20	Howard	190	–	25
21	Frank	183	↓6	9
22	Clarence	169	↓5	24
23	Harry	161	↑7	19
24	Earl	159	↓3	33
25	Henry	158	↑1	14
26	Elmer	157	↓2	45
27	Leonard	150	↓5	44
28	Albert	137	↑7	17
29	Lester	137	↑5	57
30	Thomas	134	↓1	10
31	Lawrence	133	↓4	37
32	Leo	128	–	47
33	Roy	128	–	32
34	Floyd	121	↑9	59
35	Marvin	119	↑1	72
36	Dale	118	↑5	>100
37	Lloyd	118	↑3	62
38	Russell	118	↓10	51
39	Wayne	118	↑7	97
40	Fred	110	↑2	26
41	Gerald	110	↓10	78
42	Jack	109	↓4	27
43	Melvin	108	↓4	60
44	Arnold	102	new	91
45	Herbert	102	new	40
46	Vernon	102	↓1	80
47	Bernard	101	new	48
48	Glenn	99	↓4	87
49	Clifford	98	↓12	61
50	Edwin	93	new	53

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