State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,734 Iowa births in 1913 across 560 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#71Lyle#196 nationally
#76Lowelloutside the national top 200
#78Eldonoutside the national top 200
#35Dale#155 nationally
#81Keithoutside the national top 200
#85Arleneoutside the national top 200
#88Merleoutside the national top 200
#86Marcella#189 nationally
#99Leland#200 nationally
#22Maxine#119 nationally
#71Fern#166 nationally
#73Ronald#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mary480US #1
#2Helen469US #2
#3Dorothy370US #3
#4Margaret348US #4
#5Ruth313US #5
#6Mildred273US #6
#7Alice176US #11
#8Florence157US #13
#9Marie156US #10
#10Evelyn155US #12
#11Frances155US #9
#12Esther140US #32
#13Marjorie137US #48
#14Edna136US #18
#15Irene135US #21
#16Hazel133US #27
#17Elizabeth129US #8
#18Gladys125US #19
#19Bernice122US #45
#20Lucille120US #31
#21Lois106US #59
#22Maxine103US #119
#23Virginia102US #15
#24Anna101US #7
#25Elsie95US #40
#26Thelma93US #26
#27Viola93US #52
#28Grace92US #25
#29Leona90US #74
#30Lillian86US #16
#31Edith85US #29
#32Ethel85US #20
#33Martha82US #28
#34Louise81US #17
#35Wilma80US #92
#36Catherine79US #22
#37Doris79US #44
#38Velma78US #89
#39Vera78US #68
#40Clara74US #36
#41Gertrude73US #33
#42Eleanor71US #34
#43Kathryn71US #66
#44Opal67US #86
#45Josephine66US #24
#46Ruby66US #23
#47Mabel65US #56
#48Agnes64US #41
#49Genevieve58US #84
#50Vivian57US #83
#51Bertha56US #39
#52Myrtle55US #53
#53Violet55US #82
#54Pauline53US #35
#55Marian52US #93
#56Rose51US #14
#57Nellie50US #58
#58Emma49US #38
#59Marguerite49US #78
#60Eva46US #50
#61Beulah44US #85
#62Blanche41US #76
#63Harriet40US #125
#64Pearl38US #55
#65Bessie37US #47
#66Ella37US #70
#67Geraldine37US #121
#68Ida37US #49
#69Ann36US #46
#70Erma36US #140
#71Fern36US #166
#72Loretta36US #118
#73Audrey35US #136
#74Betty35US #67
#75Laura35US #62
#76Irma34US #144
#77Jean34US #60
#78Lucile34US #128
#79Jessie33US #61
#80Verna33US #126
#81Beatrice32US #37
#82Charlotte32US #87
#83Marion31US #51
#84Norma31US #139
#85Arlene30
#86Marcella30US #189
#87Sylvia30US #72
#88Alma29US #64
#89Olive29US #129
#90Hilda28US #105
#91Jane28US #81
#92Katherine28US #54
#93Minnie28US #63
#94Ellen27US #88
#95Jennie27US #80
#96Lola27US #130
#97Mae27US #79
#98Naomi27US #142
#99Sarah26US #43
#100Anne25US #57

Boys

#1John461US #1
#2Robert338US #4
#3William322US #2
#4Harold246US #13
#5Charles238US #7
#6James236US #3
#7George209US #6
#8Donald196US #25
#9Raymond173US #18
#10Kenneth167US #33
#11Paul163US #14
#12Edward150US #8
#13Richard143US #19
#14Joseph128US #5
#15Walter120US #11
#16Frank116US #9
#17Clarence114US #21
#18Howard111US #26
#19Harry107US #15
#20Carl103US #23
#21Ralph103US #22
#22Arthur98US #17
#23Albert97US #16
#24Henry96US #12
#25Earl87US #31
#26Thomas86US #10
#27Lawrence85US #35
#28Francis83US #30
#29Leo83US #48
#30Leonard80US #46
#31Lloyd79US #67
#32Russell76US #50
#33Elmer73US #45
#34Fred73US #27
#35Dale71US #155
#36Lester69US #59
#37Herbert65US #39
#38Roy65US #32
#39Wayne65US #113
#40Floyd64US #58
#41Marvin64US #77
#42Ernest63US #34
#43Gerald61US #84
#44Louis59US #20
#45Jack58US #28
#46Leroy56US #63
#47Arnold55US #92
#48Melvin54US #61
#49Glenn53US #85
#50Eugene52US #43
#51Edwin50US #55
#52Virgil49US #107
#53Clifford48US #68
#54Everett48US #97
#55Vernon45US #83
#56Alfred44US #42
#57Bernard44US #52
#58David44US #29
#59Max42US #101
#60Wilbur41US #91
#61Clyde38US #64
#62Ray38US #73
#63Cecil37US #74
#64Woodrow37US #44
#65Glen36US #129
#66Alvin35US #82
#67Marion35US #111
#68Frederick34US #49
#69Gilbert33US #103
#70Joe33US #37
#71Lyle33US #196
#72Martin33US #75
#73Ronald32US #167
#74Chester31US #56
#75Herman31US #53
#76Lowell31
#77Orville31US #120
#78Eldon30
#79Maurice30US #95
#80Vincent29US #66
#81Keith28
#82Leslie28US #105
#83Lewis28US #72
#84Milton28US #71
#85Stanley28US #41
#86Gordon27US #94
#87Willard27US #99
#88Merle26
#89Philip26US #69
#90Edgar23US #87
#91Forrest23US #173
#92Harvey23US #93
#93Norman23US #57
#94Warren23US #109
#95Homer21US #96
#96Victor20US #80
#97Andrew19US #47
#98Don19US #176
#99Leland19US #200
#100Peter19US #51

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑28Louis#44
↑28Gilbert#69
↑23Harriet#63
↑20Blanche#62
↑20Irma#76
↑20Leroy#46
↑19Josephine#45
↑19Fern#71

Falling

↓36Ellen#94
↓31Mae#97
↓25Merle#88
↓23Katherine#92
↓22Jean#77
↓22Chester#74
↓22Orville#77
↓21Herman#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.