Popular baby names in Iowa, 1925

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,122 babies) and Robert for boys (1,596). Social Security records list 41,495 babies born in Iowa in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1925

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: 70 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Darlene: 181 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Marlys: 25 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Madonna: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Darleen: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lavon: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Gretchen: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Myrna: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Verla: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bonita: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Merlyn: 18 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Merlin: 46 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Darrel: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Laverne: 48 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Duane: 106 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gail: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darrell: 60 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Harlan: 54 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lavern: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Merle: 90 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,122	–	1
2	Betty	1,118	–	3
3	Dorothy	844	–	2
4	Helen	586	–	4
5	Ruth	491	–	6
6	Margaret	433	–	5
7	Doris	402	↑2	8
8	Lois	378	–	18
9	Marjorie	340	↓2	21
10	Virginia	340	–	7
11	Shirley	322	↑4	17
12	Phyllis	318	↓1	40
13	Evelyn	301	–	12
14	Norma	258	↑2	34
15	Mildred	244	↓3	9
16	Jean	234	↓2	14
17	Patricia	234	↑3	28
18	Frances	223	↓1	11
19	Barbara	220	↑2	22
20	Alice	218	↓1	15
21	Maxine	199	↓3	79
22	Arlene	187	↑1	>100
23	Darlene	181	↑3	>100
24	Wilma	174	↑1	62
25	Donna	173	↑14	>100
26	Lucille	165	↑1	41
27	Elizabeth	159	↓3	10
28	Marilyn	157	↑12	83
29	Bernice	143	↑5	46
30	Marian	142	↑2	67
31	Anna	141	–	13
32	Irene	141	↓10	19
33	Bonnie	137	↑16	>100
34	Marie	137	↓6	16
35	Florence	133	↓2	24
36	June	127	↓7	39
37	Eleanor	126	↑4	31
38	Gladys	123	↓8	33
39	Beverly	120	new	>100
40	Lorraine	119	↑4	51
41	Esther	117	↓5	56
42	Dolores	114	new	64
43	Pauline	112	–	38
44	Rita	106	new	48
45	Edna	104	↓10	37
46	Joyce	104	new	59
47	Elaine	101	new	73
48	Geraldine	101	↓6	54
49	Gloria	99	new	20
50	Grace	99	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	1,596	–	1
2	John	929	–	2
3	Donald	914	–	10
4	William	833	–	3
5	Richard	722	↑1	8
6	James	715	↓1	4
7	Charles	480	–	5
8	Harold	442	–	14
9	Kenneth	397	–	19
10	George	355	–	6
11	Paul	346	–	13
12	Jack	295	↑1	17
13	Raymond	294	↓1	15
14	Edward	234	–	9
15	Eugene	224	↑6	24
16	Dale	217	↓1	86
17	Wayne	215	↑2	74
18	Joseph	193	↓2	7
19	Thomas	192	↓2	11
20	Howard	183	–	26
21	Marvin	181	↑4	51
22	Walter	176	–	16
23	Gerald	175	↓5	45
24	Carl	162	↑8	28
25	Ralph	162	↓1	25
26	Clarence	148	↑2	30
27	Frank	147	↓1	12
28	Arthur	145	↓5	20
29	Earl	142	–	31
30	Russell	141	↑4	53
31	Francis	138	↓1	35
32	Melvin	138	↓1	50
33	David	131	↑2	22
34	Albert	130	↑11	21
35	Leo	127	↑2	54
36	Lloyd	126	↓3	62
37	Leonard	124	↓1	38
38	Lawrence	122	↑11	36
39	Norman	122	↑8	41
40	Dean	121	↓1	>100
41	Harry	121	↓14	23
42	Keith	121	↑2	>100
43	Henry	108	↓5	18
44	Duane	106	new	>100
45	Clifford	105	↑5	59
46	Vernon	100	↓4	67
47	Bernard	97	↓6	48
48	Herbert	97	new	42
49	Lester	96	new	81
50	Floyd	94	new	58

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