State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,529 Iowa births in 1911 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.

#36Lyleoutside the national top 200
#58Daleoutside the national top 200
#61Merleoutside the national top 200
#70Rexoutside the national top 200
#73Elvinoutside the national top 200
#65Don#184 nationally
#82Myronoutside the national top 200
#84Luellaoutside the national top 200
#85Wendelloutside the national top 200
#80Karl#195 nationally
#89Delbertoutside the national top 200
#87Bruce#197 nationally

Girls

#1Helen281US #2
#2Mary279US #1
#3Dorothy245US #4
#4Ruth209US #5
#5Margaret196US #3
#6Mildred162US #8
#7Florence101US #12
#8Marie101US #9
#9Edna98US #17
#10Gladys97US #18
#11Frances96US #10
#12Evelyn89US #16
#13Alice88US #11
#14Irene85US #21
#15Lucille85US #32
#16Hazel75US #25
#17Esther73US #34
#18Elizabeth69US #7
#19Ethel68US #15
#20Thelma68US #27
#21Marjorie66US #59
#22Bernice65US #51
#23Grace65US #23
#24Viola64US #47
#25Anna61US #6
#26Leona59US #76
#27Louise54US #19
#28Mabel52US #43
#29Doris50US #56
#30Gertrude50US #30
#31Clara49US #33
#32Lois49US #68
#33Agnes48US #39
#34Edith48US #31
#35Lillian48US #13
#36Wilma48US #102
#37Ruby47US #22
#38Elsie46US #41
#39Martha46US #28
#40Pauline46US #38
#41Velma46US #90
#42Catherine45US #20
#43Eva45US #46
#44Rose45US #14
#45Opal44US #81
#46Maxine42US #152
#47Vera42US #67
#48Bertha39US #36
#49Virginia39US #26
#50Emma37US #35
#51Pearl37US #48
#52Myrtle36US #50
#53Nellie36US #54
#54Vivian36US #80
#55Kathryn34US #73
#56Bessie32US #40
#57Genevieve32US #93
#58Josephine32US #29
#59Blanche31US #75
#60Ida31US #45
#61Marguerite31US #87
#62Violet31US #83
#63Alma30US #62
#64Katherine30US #55
#65Laura29US #57
#66Eleanor27US #49
#67Ellen27US #84
#68Ann26US #53
#69Beatrice26US #37
#70Beulah26US #79
#71Betty25US #69
#72Ella24US #63
#73Fern24US #172
#74Irma24US #137
#75Mae24US #71
#76Marion24US #58
#77Charlotte22US #95
#78Verna21US #132
#79Loretta20US #118
#80Erma19US #138
#81Olive19US #121
#82Jean18US #74
#83Juanita18US #107
#84Luella18
#85Naomi18US #141
#86Harriet17US #115
#87Hilda17US #101
#88Marian17US #105
#89Minnie17US #52
#90Dorothea16US #182
#91Faye16US #184
#92Inez16US #99
#93Jessie16US #66
#94Ada15US #97
#95June15
#96Lucile15US #128
#97Sylvia15US #82
#98Dora14US #104
#99Eunice14US #109
#100Freda14US #177

Boys

#1John120US #1
#2William106US #2
#3Robert85US #5
#4George73US #4
#5James72US #3
#6Charles69US #7
#7Harold68US #16
#8Donald56US #36
#9Raymond51US #19
#10Joseph49US #6
#11Clarence43US #23
#12Kenneth43US #40
#13Paul40US #17
#14Howard38US #28
#15Walter37US #12
#16Arthur35US #18
#17Edward35US #9
#18Albert34US #15
#19Richard34US #20
#20Frank33US #8
#21Earl31US #34
#22Carl30US #26
#23Lloyd30US #74
#24Fred28US #22
#25Lawrence28US #37
#26Ralph28US #24
#27Harry27US #13
#28Clifford26US #62
#29Leonard26US #46
#30Henry25US #11
#31Floyd23US #57
#32Gerald22US #88
#33Roy22US #31
#34Elmer21US #48
#35Lester20US #65
#36Lyle20
#37Melvin20US #73
#38Alfred19US #39
#39Joe19US #29
#40Francis18US #33
#41Thomas18US #10
#42Bernard17US #54
#43Herbert17US #41
#44Jack17US #25
#45Leo17US #51
#46Russell17US #55
#47Ernest16US #32
#48Glenn16US #111
#49Everett15US #102
#50Edwin14US #60
#51Herman14US #49
#52Wayne14US #126
#53Cecil13US #76
#54David13US #27
#55Marvin13US #82
#56Clyde12US #61
#57Martin12US #75
#58Dale11
#59Glen11US #145
#60Louis11US #21
#61Merle11
#62Ray11US #71
#63Vernon11US #96
#64Chester10US #58
#65Don10US #184
#66Eugene10US #43
#67Gilbert10US #103
#68Marion10US #110
#69Maurice10US #99
#70Rex10
#71Arnold9US #108
#72Benjamin9US #64
#73Elvin9
#74Leroy9US #59
#75Warren9US #113
#76Alvin8US #89
#77Daniel8US #53
#78Edgar8US #83
#79Frederick8US #52
#80Karl8US #195
#81Milton8US #70
#82Myron8
#83Stanley8US #44
#84Virgil8US #107
#85Wendell8
#86Wilbur8US #101
#87Bruce7US #197
#88Calvin7US #157
#89Delbert7
#90Forrest7US #198
#91Gordon7US #97
#92Harlan7
#93Ivan7
#94Laverne7
#95Leland7
#96Leon7US #77
#97Loren7
#98Norman7US #63
#99Orville7US #146
#100Peter7US #50

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑53Joe#39
↑37Martin#57
↑26Gerald#32
↑25Lois#32
↑23Rose#44
↑23Nellie#53
↑21Bessie#56
↑21Marion#76

Falling

↓37Gordon#91
↓35Marian#88
↓35Orville#99
↓30Maurice#69
↓26Louis#60
↓24Fern#73
↓24Ivan#93
↓23Leroy#74

Every state

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