Popular baby names in Iowa, 1933

The most popular baby names in Iowa in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,059 babies) and Robert for boys (1,149). Social Security records list 35,321 babies born in Iowa in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Iowa in 1933

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

Girls

Twyla: 16 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Madonna: 29 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Marlys: 56 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 59 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ardis: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Darlene: 234 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Colleen: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donna: 512 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dixie: 44 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Marlyn: 19 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Merlyn: 22 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Daryl: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Merlin: 45 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Laverne: 40 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Merrill: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dwayne: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lavern: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Harlan: 38 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Darrel: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Iowa, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,059	–	1
2	Betty	563	–	2
3	Donna	512	–	24
4	Marilyn	480	–	16
5	Patricia	466	↑2	6
6	Barbara	453	–	3
7	Shirley	443	↓2	9
8	Beverly	414	–	26
9	Dorothy	333	–	4
10	Joan	313	–	5
11	Phyllis	281	↑5	28
12	Lois	278	↑1	19
13	Norma	266	↓2	23
14	Margaret	255	–	7
15	Ruth	252	↓3	13
16	Joyce	244	↓1	12
17	Helen	243	–	8
18	Darlene	234	–	96
19	Janet	224	↑12	25
20	Carol	210	↑8	20
21	Doris	196	↓2	10
22	Joann	185	↑5	72
23	Delores	184	↓3	52
24	Jean	184	–	14
25	Marjorie	175	↓4	41
26	Nancy	174	↓3	11
27	Virginia	168	↓5	15
28	Bonnie	159	↓3	68
29	Marlene	154	↑9	50
30	Alice	152	↓4	22
31	Evelyn	152	↓1	30
32	Janice	142	↑7	81
33	Joanne	133	–	56
34	Dolores	115	↓5	21
35	Arlene	112	–	74
36	Carolyn	112	↑6	40
37	Frances	108	↓5	18
38	Elizabeth	104	↓1	17
39	Anna	98	↑1	29
40	Gloria	93	↓6	31
41	Jane	93	new	47
42	Wanda	91	new	48
43	Wilma	86	↓2	66
44	Martha	85	↑2	27
45	Rose	82	–	35
46	Charlotte	80	↑4	79
47	Elaine	80	new	61
48	Sally	79	new	76
49	Jeanette	76	new	>100
50	Mildred	76	↓14	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	1,149	–	1
2	Richard	939	↑1	5
3	Donald	861	↓1	7
4	James	850	–	2
5	John	729	–	3
6	William	566	–	4
7	Charles	450	–	6
8	Kenneth	323	–	15
9	Ronald	311	–	12
10	Jack	267	↑1	17
11	Paul	262	↑2	14
12	Harold	260	↓2	18
13	Jerry	241	↑10	31
14	Gerald	238	–	22
15	George	227	↓3	8
16	David	219	↑1	13
17	Roger	202	↑7	48
18	Thomas	202	↓3	10
19	Marvin	200	–	44
20	Raymond	194	↓4	19
21	Dale	182	↓1	65
22	Duane	166	–	>100
23	Edward	160	↑3	11
24	Larry	159	↑13	58
25	Wayne	159	↓7	52
26	Don	157	↑4	54
27	Eugene	147	↓6	23
28	Joseph	139	↓3	9
29	Norman	136	↓2	37
30	Bill	126	↓1	59
31	Gary	126	new	80
32	Carl	120	–	28
33	Keith	113	↑1	>100
34	Dean	111	↓6	>100
35	Franklin	104	new	33
36	Gene	102	–	66
37	Howard	100	↓4	36
38	Bob	99	↑10	82
39	Melvin	99	↑3	51
40	Ralph	99	↓9	29
41	Francis	95	↑5	45
42	Leroy	94	new	56
43	Frank	90	↓8	16
44	Lawrence	89	–	38
45	Walter	89	–	21
46	Russell	86	↓8	67
47	Darrell	84	↓6	>100
48	Arthur	83	↓5	25
49	Billy	83	↑1	20
50	Stanley	82	new	55

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