Popular baby names in Iowa, 1919

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,076 babies) and Robert for boys (1,132). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,104 babies born in Iowa in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1919

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

Girls

Lavonne: 32 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Darlene: 55 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Lavon: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Ferne: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Ilene: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Berniece: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Velda: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maxine: 286 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Arlene: 118 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Verla: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Arlo: 17 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Merle: 101 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Milo: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mervin: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Vern: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Laverne: 39 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Darrell: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Lavern: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dale: 152 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lyle: 93 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,076	–	1
2	Dorothy	846	–	3
3	Helen	785	–	2
4	Margaret	620	↑1	4
5	Ruth	546	↓1	5
6	Mildred	420	–	6
7	Evelyn	360	–	11
8	Marjorie	332	↑4	33
9	Betty	329	↑9	15
10	Frances	303	↓1	9
11	Virginia	298	↓3	7
12	Maxine	286	↓2	85
13	Doris	276	–	18
14	Lois	257	↑5	40
15	Irene	247	↑1	16
16	Marie	238	↓2	12
17	Alice	236	↓6	13
18	Florence	215	↓3	14
19	Lucille	207	↓2	27
20	Elizabeth	201	↑2	8
21	Gladys	199	↑2	21
22	Jean	181	↑12	37
23	Edna	177	↑2	22
24	Anna	171	↓3	10
25	Bernice	170	↑1	42
26	Wilma	168	↓2	86
27	Esther	167	↓7	38
28	Hazel	161	–	32
29	Pauline	146	↑1	36
30	Edith	145	↑1	29
31	Phyllis	141	↑16	84
32	Viola	139	↓5	58
33	Grace	136	–	34
34	Thelma	135	↓2	31
35	Ethel	134	↑3	28
36	Vera	131	↑4	65
37	Lillian	130	↓2	17
38	Kathryn	128	↑5	66
39	Lorraine	125	↑11	62
40	Eleanor	124	↓11	30
41	Louise	124	↓5	20
42	Leona	121	↓5	90
43	Ruby	120	↑2	24
44	Arlene	118	–	>100
45	June	118	↓6	64
46	Gertrude	116	↓4	39
47	Marian	115	↓1	82
48	Geraldine	110	↓7	68
49	Martha	107	–	25
50	Vivian	106	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	1,132	–	4
2	John	824	–	1
3	William	649	–	2
4	Donald	590	–	17
5	Charles	487	↑1	5
6	Harold	452	↑1	13
7	James	452	↓2	3
8	George	367	–	6
9	Richard	357	↑1	12
10	Paul	317	↑2	15
11	Raymond	315	↓2	14
12	Kenneth	306	↓1	26
13	Edward	281	–	8
14	Joseph	218	↑1	7
15	Arthur	195	↑4	19
16	Harry	186	↑6	20
17	Howard	186	↑7	24
18	Carl	185	–	29
19	Clarence	184	↓2	25
20	Frank	184	↑6	9
21	Ralph	181	↓7	22
22	Walter	180	↓6	11
23	Francis	174	↑2	34
24	Earl	172	↓4	31
25	Jack	172	↓4	21
26	Wayne	171	↑9	90
27	Lloyd	165	↓4	58
28	Albert	157	↑1	18
29	Leo	155	↑8	49
30	Gerald	154	↑6	70
31	Dale	152	↓3	>100
32	Leonard	150	↑1	39
33	Thomas	149	↓6	10
34	Vernon	146	↓3	65
35	Marvin	144	↑5	63
36	Elmer	142	↓6	44
37	Lawrence	132	↓5	38
38	Roy	132	↑8	32
39	Clifford	131	↑4	60
40	Henry	127	↓6	16
41	Eugene	125	↑3	33
42	Floyd	124	↓1	59
43	Melvin	124	↓1	56
44	Lester	123	↓5	62
45	Russell	122	↓7	50
46	Glenn	120	new	84
47	Virgil	105	new	>100
48	Edwin	101	new	52
49	Merle	101	new	>100
50	Bernard	98	–	45

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