Popular baby names in Iowa, 1923

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,204 babies) and Robert for boys (1,583). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,227 babies born in Iowa in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1923

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: 69 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Marlys: 19 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Darlene: 112 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Lavon: 23 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Marvel: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Madonna: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Gretchen: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Myrna: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ardis: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Deloris: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Gerrit: 15 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Verle: 15 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Arlo: 19 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Milo: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Merlin: 38 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Laverne: 58 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lavern: 37 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cletus: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darrell: 55 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Keith: 128 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,204	–	1
2	Betty	985	↑1	5
3	Dorothy	886	↓1	2
4	Helen	669	–	3
5	Ruth	531	–	6
6	Margaret	501	–	4
7	Doris	412	↑2	11
8	Marjorie	408	–	16
9	Virginia	407	↓2	7
10	Mildred	342	↑1	8
11	Lois	311	↑2	27
12	Evelyn	281	↓2	12
13	Frances	277	↓1	10
14	Maxine	259	↑1	76
15	Phyllis	244	↑2	45
16	Alice	243	–	15
17	Jean	221	↓3	19
18	Elizabeth	210	↑2	9
19	Shirley	198	↑3	26
20	Irene	195	↓2	17
21	Norma	178	↓2	41
22	Barbara	176	↑19	33
23	Marie	173	↑1	14
24	Wilma	172	↓1	74
25	Gladys	170	↑2	29
26	Florence	166	↓5	18
27	Arlene	163	↑1	>100
28	Patricia	160	↑11	56
29	Lucille	158	↓3	35
30	Esther	152	↓1	47
31	Anna	147	↓6	13
32	Marian	135	↑2	65
33	Geraldine	131	↑11	58
34	Martha	131	↓3	21
35	Lorraine	126	↑8	57
36	Lillian	124	↑6	20
37	Eleanor	123	↓5	28
38	Kathryn	118	↑7	72
39	Bernice	117	↓9	43
40	Bonnie	117	new	>100
41	Hazel	117	↓5	40
42	Edna	116	↓9	32
43	June	115	↓5	42
44	Darlene	112	new	>100
45	Catherine	111	new	24
46	Louise	109	new	22
47	Pauline	104	↓10	37
48	Ruby	102	–	25
49	Charlotte	101	new	77
50	Thelma	100	↓15	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	1,583	–	2
2	John	874	–	1
3	Donald	869	–	10
4	William	748	–	3
5	James	640	–	4
6	Richard	609	–	9
7	Charles	515	–	5
8	Harold	482	↑1	13
9	Kenneth	446	↓1	21
10	George	407	–	6
11	Paul	359	–	14
12	Raymond	305	–	15
13	Jack	263	–	17
14	Joseph	242	–	7
15	Edward	239	–	8
16	Wayne	218	–	75
17	Eugene	214	↑1	25
18	Dale	201	↓1	90
19	Ralph	198	↑2	23
20	Earl	189	↑7	31
21	Harry	187	↑7	22
22	Thomas	183	↑2	12
23	Howard	181	↓1	26
24	Frank	177	↑7	11
25	Marvin	177	↑5	51
26	Walter	176	↓3	16
27	Gerald	163	↓8	54
28	Arthur	158	↓3	19
29	Albert	147	↑10	20
30	Lawrence	144	↑5	36
31	Carl	143	↑2	28
32	Francis	143	↓6	34
33	Clarence	141	↓13	29
34	Leonard	140	↑2	37
35	Lloyd	140	↑5	59
36	Russell	139	↓7	52
37	Leo	134	↑1	49
38	Melvin	133	↓1	48
39	Keith	128	new	>100
40	Warren	127	↑3	43
41	Vernon	123	new	67
42	Roy	122	↓1	32
43	David	121	↑2	24
44	Elmer	120	new	57
45	Lester	115	↑5	71
46	Henry	113	↓14	18
47	Bernard	111	↓13	46
48	Virgil	107	new	100
49	Leroy	101	↓3	55
50	Glenn	98	↓8	84

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