State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,833 Iowa births in 1914 across 629 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#72Merleoutside the national top 200
#84Arleneoutside the national top 200
#66Lyle#178 nationally
#91Deanoutside the national top 200
#75Marcella#183 nationally
#93Dwightoutside the national top 200
#86Ivan#193 nationally
#66Fern#172 nationally
#98Harleyoutside the national top 200
#99Kermitoutside the national top 200
#41Dale#142 nationally
#100Laverneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary624US #1
#2Helen580US #2
#3Dorothy566US #3
#4Margaret394US #4
#5Ruth369US #5
#6Mildred323US #7
#7Evelyn216US #11
#8Frances193US #9
#9Marie185US #10
#10Alice175US #12
#11Esther172US #35
#12Florence168US #13
#13Elizabeth158US #8
#14Lucille157US #30
#15Irene155US #22
#16Gladys148US #20
#17Marjorie146US #45
#18Virginia144US #14
#19Bernice142US #43
#20Doris142US #36
#21Maxine130US #114
#22Lois129US #51
#23Edna125US #19
#24Hazel121US #29
#25Viola120US #57
#26Anna118US #6
#27Wilma116US #95
#28Eleanor113US #28
#29Thelma113US #26
#30Grace111US #25
#31Edith109US #31
#32Ethel98US #21
#33Mabel97US #58
#34Kathryn94US #63
#35Lillian93US #16
#36Pauline91US #34
#37Louise90US #17
#38Martha89US #27
#39Vera89US #68
#40Gertrude87US #32
#41Ruby86US #24
#42Velma86US #92
#43Elsie82US #46
#44Leona81US #79
#45Clara79US #37
#46Agnes75US #44
#47Catherine67US #18
#48Rose67US #15
#49Opal66US #89
#50Genevieve63US #76
#51Eva61US #52
#52Marian61US #90
#53Pearl60US #56
#54Ann58US #40
#55Vivian57US #81
#56Charlotte55US #88
#57Katherine55US #48
#58Josephine54US #23
#59Phyllis54US #113
#60Violet54US #83
#61Beulah53US #96
#62Blanche53US #80
#63Erma50US #147
#64Nellie49US #61
#65Bertha48US #41
#66Fern48US #172
#67Jean48US #54
#68Marguerite48US #84
#69Myrtle48US #60
#70Laura47US #59
#71Ellen46US #86
#72Geraldine46US #123
#73Verna46US #125
#74Betty45US #62
#75Marcella44US #183
#76Emma43US #39
#77Olive43US #127
#78Hilda42US #103
#79Jane42US #71
#80Ella41US #72
#81Alma40US #69
#82Lucile40US #129
#83Minnie39US #67
#84Arlene38
#85Bessie37US #55
#86Ida37US #49
#87Loretta37US #122
#88Sylvia37US #70
#89Eunice36US #109
#90Jeanette35US #150
#91June35US #132
#92Norma34US #128
#93Beatrice33US #38
#94Lola32US #144
#95Marion32US #50
#96Inez31US #101
#97Lorraine30US #152
#98Naomi30US #134
#99Alberta29US #119
#100Georgia29US #107

Boys

#1John592US #1
#2Robert490US #4
#3William410US #2
#4Harold330US #14
#5Donald310US #23
#6George291US #6
#7James291US #3
#8Charles274US #7
#9Paul229US #13
#10Raymond218US #16
#11Kenneth203US #30
#12Richard179US #17
#13Joseph172US #5
#14Edward168US #8
#15Frank148US #9
#16Ralph148US #21
#17Clarence143US #22
#18Walter141US #10
#19Arthur140US #18
#20Howard135US #26
#21Earl133US #33
#22Leonard125US #45
#23Carl123US #24
#24Elmer113US #46
#25Francis113US #31
#26Henry113US #12
#27Lawrence108US #35
#28Russell101US #49
#29Thomas98US #11
#30Harry96US #19
#31Gerald95US #81
#32Leo94US #47
#33Roy90US #32
#34Lester88US #57
#35Albert86US #15
#36Marvin84US #75
#37Clifford81US #62
#38Jack80US #27
#39Melvin78US #59
#40Lloyd76US #66
#41Dale75US #142
#42Fred75US #28
#43Floyd74US #58
#44Glenn74US #91
#45Vernon71US #83
#46Wayne70US #111
#47Alfred69US #41
#48Glen66US #123
#49Alvin65US #78
#50Ernest63US #38
#51Louis62US #20
#52Everett60US #90
#53Edwin58US #53
#54Bernard57US #50
#55Herman57US #51
#56Max56US #99
#57Arnold55US #97
#58Herbert55US #42
#59Cecil54US #79
#60Martin54US #73
#61Leroy53US #60
#62Ray51US #74
#63Virgil51US #107
#64Wilbur51US #96
#65Orville49US #133
#66Lyle47US #178
#67Maurice45US #94
#68David44US #29
#69Eugene44US #43
#70Frederick44US #52
#71Willard44US #92
#72Merle43
#73Norman42US #54
#74Joe41US #34
#75Harvey39US #95
#76Vincent37US #61
#77Warren37US #108
#78Victor36US #76
#79Forrest34US #176
#80Stanley34US #39
#81Chester33US #56
#82Ronald32US #163
#83Clyde31US #63
#84Gilbert31US #104
#85Gordon31US #88
#86Ivan31US #193
#87Lewis31US #72
#88Delbert30US #184
#89Peter30US #48
#90Milton29US #69
#91Dean28
#92Theodore28US #64
#93Dwight27
#94Marion27US #115
#95Philip27US #68
#96Andrew26US #44
#97Edgar26US #87
#98Harley26
#99Kermit26
#100Laverne26

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑35Katherine#57
↑26Charlotte#56
↑23Ellen#71
↑20Herman#55
↑20Norman#73
↑18Pauline#36
↑18Victor#78
↑17Doris#20

Falling

↓27Marion#94
↓22Clyde#83
↓21Herbert#58
↓20Bessie#85
↓19Eugene#69
↓18Elsie#43
↓18Emma#76
↓18Ida#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.