Popular baby names in Iowa, 1922

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1922 were Mary for girls (1,144 babies) and Robert for boys (1,644). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,824 babies born in Iowa in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1922

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: 52 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Darleen: 19 babies, 16× the national rate
Darlene: 93 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Marvel: 28 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Madonna: 18 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Lavon: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Gretchen: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ardis: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Leone: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Arleen: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Merlyn: 16 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lavern: 43 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Darrell: 52 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Merle: 104 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Laverne: 50 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Verne: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Darrel: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Daryl: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Duane: 70 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Milo: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	1,144	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,015	–	2
3	Betty	826	↑1	6
4	Helen	758	↓1	3
5	Ruth	551	–	5
6	Margaret	550	–	4
7	Virginia	437	↑1	7
8	Marjorie	425	↓1	16
9	Doris	419	↑2	11
10	Evelyn	333	↓1	13
11	Mildred	315	↓1	8
12	Frances	268	–	10
13	Lois	268	–	35
14	Jean	247	↑2	20
15	Maxine	234	↓1	82
16	Alice	230	↓1	15
17	Phyllis	222	↑4	53
18	Irene	211	–	17
19	Norma	195	↑10	46
20	Elizabeth	194	↓3	9
21	Florence	191	↑1	18
22	Shirley	191	↑12	39
23	Wilma	191	↑1	77
24	Marie	184	↓1	14
25	Anna	179	↑2	12
26	Lucille	175	↓6	33
27	Gladys	170	↓2	25
28	Arlene	158	–	>100
29	Esther	152	↓10	44
30	Bernice	148	↓4	41
31	Martha	142	↑5	21
32	Eleanor	141	↑3	28
33	Edna	139	↓3	29
34	Marian	135	↓2	67
35	Thelma	134	↑4	31
36	Hazel	132	↓5	37
37	Pauline	131	–	36
38	June	127	↑6	45
39	Patricia	127	new	69
40	Vivian	126	↑10	74
41	Barbara	125	↑1	40
42	Lillian	125	↑3	19
43	Lorraine	124	–	56
44	Geraldine	120	↑4	58
45	Kathryn	118	↓12	73
46	Grace	116	↓5	38
47	Marcella	110	new	>100
48	Ruby	110	new	26
49	Viola	109	↓2	72
50	Edith	108	↓10	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	1,644	–	2
2	John	938	–	1
3	Donald	836	↑1	12
4	William	796	↓1	3
5	James	610	–	4
6	Richard	575	↑2	9
7	Charles	484	↓1	5
8	Kenneth	438	↑2	21
9	Harold	424	↓2	13
10	George	396	↓1	6
11	Paul	354	–	14
12	Raymond	345	–	16
13	Jack	264	↑1	18
14	Joseph	254	↑3	7
15	Edward	240	↓2	8
16	Wayne	212	↑7	78
17	Dale	206	↑7	89
18	Eugene	206	↑3	25
19	Gerald	199	↑11	58
20	Clarence	194	↓5	29
21	Ralph	193	↓2	23
22	Howard	190	–	26
23	Walter	188	↓3	15
24	Thomas	185	↑4	11
25	Arthur	181	–	19
26	Francis	171	↑7	34
27	Earl	169	↓9	31
28	Harry	169	↓1	22
29	Russell	161	↑8	49
30	Marvin	151	↑9	56
31	Frank	149	↓5	10
32	Henry	144	↑10	17
33	Carl	142	↓4	30
34	Bernard	139	↑13	46
35	Lawrence	139	↓1	36
36	Leonard	134	–	38
37	Melvin	134	↑8	50
38	Leo	133	↓6	51
39	Albert	132	↓8	20
40	Lloyd	131	↓5	59
41	Roy	127	↓1	32
42	Glenn	123	↑2	79
43	Warren	117	↓27	45
44	Clifford	116	↓1	63
45	David	111	new	24
46	Leroy	110	↑4	55
47	Dean	105	new	>100
48	Floyd	104	↓7	61
49	Merle	104	new	>100
50	Lester	102	new	69

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