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Top names in Iowa

Name: Top baby names in Iowa, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,890 Iowa births in 1910 across 343 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Iowa more than they say America.

#56Lyleoutside the national top 200
#69Ivanoutside the national top 200
#43Maxine#171 nationally
#49Fern#174 nationally
#76Daleoutside the national top 200
#81Merleoutside the national top 200
#73Don#191 nationally
#86Cyriloutside the national top 200
#80Kermit#193 nationally
#90Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#93Wandaoutside the national top 200
#97Andyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen249US #2
#2Mary239US #1
#3Dorothy185US #4
#4Mildred162US #8
#5Ruth155US #5
#6Margaret128US #3
#7Alice104US #10
#8Marie101US #9
#9Florence98US #12
#10Gladys98US #15
#11Hazel86US #24
#12Irene86US #21
#13Evelyn80US #17
#14Lucille79US #31
#15Esther77US #38
#16Grace73US #23
#17Frances69US #11
#18Gertrude68US #26
#19Anna65US #6
#20Elizabeth64US #7
#21Edna63US #18
#22Bernice57US #58
#23Ethel57US #13
#24Martha57US #28
#25Thelma55US #25
#26Ruby54US #27
#27Louise52US #20
#28Lillian50US #14
#29Marjorie50US #68
#30Leona49US #79
#31Mabel49US #46
#32Opal49US #87
#33Viola49US #48
#34Clara48US #32
#35Vera45US #71
#36Edith43US #35
#37Doris42US #64
#38Eva42US #45
#39Wilma42US #119
#40Agnes40US #41
#41Bertha40US #33
#42Elsie39US #44
#43Maxine38US #171
#44Velma38US #90
#45Josephine37US #30
#46Pearl37US #39
#47Katherine36US #57
#48Emma35US #34
#49Fern34US #174
#50Laura34US #53
#51Catherine32US #22
#52Eleanor32US #55
#53Marian32US #106
#54Beulah31US #82
#55Pauline31US #42
#56Beatrice30US #36
#57Lois30US #76
#58Myrtle30US #43
#59Virginia28US #29
#60Alma27US #61
#61Genevieve27US #98
#62Loretta27US #124
#63Vivian27US #107
#64Blanche26US #74
#65Ella26US #62
#66Ida26US #47
#67Rose26US #16
#68Ann25US #52
#69Kathryn25US #80
#70Charlotte23US #99
#71Ellen23US #88
#72Mae23US #65
#73Violet23US #89
#74Erma22US #140
#75Marguerite22US #84
#76Nellie22US #51
#77Bessie21US #37
#78Betty20US #69
#79Jean20US #77
#80Inez19US #97
#81Jennie19US #81
#82Minnie18US #50
#83Phyllis18US #175
#84Lucile17US #118
#85Olive17US #125
#86Goldie16US #139
#87Henrietta16US #153
#88Julia16US #49
#89Mable16US #121
#90Marcella16
#91Norma16US #159
#92Sylvia16US #92
#93Wanda16
#94Jane15US #116
#95Jessie15US #63
#96Lola15US #120
#97Marion15US #59
#98Faye14
#99Ferne14
#100Georgia14US #91

Boys

#1John124US #1
#2William94US #3
#3Harold80US #18
#4Robert80US #4
#5George74US #5
#6James74US #2
#7Charles64US #7
#8Raymond54US #19
#9Paul46US #15
#10Joseph44US #6
#11Clarence40US #20
#12Carl39US #26
#13Donald36US #44
#14Edward36US #9
#15Frank34US #8
#16Harry33US #16
#17Walter33US #13
#18Kenneth31US #43
#19Albert30US #14
#20Henry30US #10
#21Thomas30US #12
#22Richard29US #21
#23Earl28US #33
#24Francis28US #36
#25Ralph28US #28
#26Fred26US #22
#27Lawrence26US #35
#28Leo26US #51
#29Arthur25US #17
#30Leonard25US #46
#31Roy24US #29
#32Howard23US #27
#33Lloyd23US #67
#34Louis22US #24
#35Elmer21US #48
#36Glenn19US #97
#37Herman19US #52
#38Floyd18US #55
#39Maurice16US #110
#40Clifford15US #66
#41Alfred14US #38
#42Bernard14US #62
#43Edwin14US #71
#44Jack14US #23
#45Melvin14US #75
#46Russell14US #58
#47Clyde13US #57
#48David13US #30
#49Everett13US #88
#50Herbert13US #41
#51Leroy13US #50
#52Wayne13US #141
#53Arnold12US #126
#54Gordon12US #120
#55Lester12US #64
#56Lyle12
#57Vernon12US #94
#58Gerald11US #105
#59Marion11US #108
#60Ray11US #68
#61Willard11US #121
#62Cecil10US #77
#63Lee10US #49
#64Orville10US #142
#65Stanley10US #47
#66Victor10US #90
#67Chester9US #61
#68Ernest9US #31
#69Ivan9
#70Marvin9US #84
#71Milton9US #76
#72Theodore9US #54
#73Don8US #191
#74Harvey8US #89
#75Andrew7US #42
#76Dale7
#77Eugene7US #39
#78Guy7US #133
#79Jacob7US #117
#80Kermit7US #193
#81Merle7
#82Michael7US #45
#83Wallace7US #132
#84Warren7US #122
#85Archie6US #119
#86Cyril6
#87Edgar6US #80
#88Edmund6US #154
#89Emmett6US #179
#90Frederick6US #69
#91Jerry6US #131
#92Joe6US #25
#93Lewis6US #65
#94Martin6US #86
#95Max6US #115
#96Alvin5US #85
#97Andy5
#98Carroll5
#99Delbert5
#100Eldon5

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.