Popular baby names in Iowa, 1924

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,160 babies) and Robert for boys (1,667). Social Security records list 42,866 babies born in Iowa in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1924

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: 176 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 57 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lavon: 31 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Bernita: 17 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Marvel: 28 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Madonna: 18 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Ardis: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bernadine: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deloris: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Arlene: 184 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 17 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Daryl: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Lavern: 40 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Merlin: 41 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 118 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Merle: 93 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Laverne: 46 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Duane: 91 babies, 6× the national rate
Darrell: 56 babies, 6× the national rate
Gail: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,160	–	1
2	Betty	1,101	–	4
3	Dorothy	877	–	2
4	Helen	608	–	3
5	Ruth	522	–	6
6	Margaret	496	–	5
7	Marjorie	397	↑1	17
8	Lois	370	↑3	22
9	Doris	365	↓2	9
10	Virginia	363	↓1	7
11	Phyllis	336	↑4	44
12	Mildred	323	↓2	8
13	Evelyn	319	↓1	12
14	Jean	284	↑3	16
15	Shirley	275	↑4	19
16	Norma	263	↑5	40
17	Frances	250	↓4	10
18	Maxine	237	↓4	77
19	Alice	225	↓3	15
20	Patricia	220	↑8	35
21	Barbara	197	↑1	28
22	Irene	186	↓2	18
23	Arlene	184	↑4	>100
24	Elizabeth	179	↓6	11
25	Wilma	179	↓1	67
26	Darlene	176	↑18	>100
27	Lucille	159	↑2	37
28	Marie	154	↓5	14
29	June	148	↑14	45
30	Gladys	146	↓5	30
31	Anna	145	–	13
32	Marian	144	–	64
33	Florence	140	↓7	20
34	Bernice	137	↑5	47
35	Edna	137	↑7	31
36	Esther	134	↓6	51
37	Martha	133	↓3	21
38	Wanda	133	new	74
39	Donna	131	new	>100
40	Marilyn	128	new	>100
41	Eleanor	127	↓4	29
42	Geraldine	127	↓9	58
43	Pauline	126	↑4	38
44	Lorraine	123	↓9	52
45	Hazel	122	↓4	42
46	Kathryn	120	↓8	81
47	Vivian	117	new	71
48	Charlotte	111	↑1	80
49	Bonnie	104	↓9	>100
50	Ruby	102	↓2	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	1,667	–	1
2	John	924	–	2
3	Donald	889	–	10
4	William	750	–	3
5	James	642	–	4
6	Richard	640	–	8
7	Charles	505	–	5
8	Harold	478	–	13
9	Kenneth	430	–	19
10	George	399	–	6
11	Paul	341	–	14
12	Raymond	298	–	15
13	Jack	268	–	17
14	Edward	259	↑1	9
15	Dale	236	↑3	84
16	Joseph	221	↓2	7
17	Thomas	211	↑5	11
18	Gerald	210	↑9	49
19	Wayne	204	↓3	74
20	Howard	188	↑3	26
21	Eugene	185	↓4	25
22	Walter	174	↑4	16
23	Arthur	169	↑5	20
24	Ralph	168	↓5	23
25	Marvin	159	–	50
26	Frank	158	↓2	12
27	Harry	157	↓6	22
28	Clarence	153	↑5	29
29	Earl	153	↓9	33
30	Francis	153	↑2	34
31	Melvin	151	↑7	48
32	Carl	150	↓1	27
33	Lloyd	150	↑2	61
34	Russell	136	↑2	52
35	David	134	↑8	24
36	Leonard	133	↓2	38
37	Leo	132	–	51
38	Henry	124	↑8	18
39	Dean	120	new	>100
40	Lyle	118	new	>100
41	Bernard	114	↑6	46
42	Vernon	113	↓1	68
43	Roy	112	↓1	31
44	Keith	110	↓5	>100
45	Albert	107	↓16	21
46	Leroy	107	↑3	53
47	Norman	107	new	42
48	Virgil	107	–	>100
49	Lawrence	105	↓19	36
50	Clifford	104	new	64

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