State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,896 Iowa births in 1915 across 770 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#82Eldonoutside the national top 200
#83Keithoutside the national top 200
#87Luellaoutside the national top 200
#81Arlene#193 nationally
#79Merle#186 nationally
#53Lyle#159 nationally
#85Marcella#186 nationally
#100Lowelloutside the national top 200
#80Ivan#173 nationally
#65Fern#157 nationally
#36Dale#125 nationally
#88Forrest#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary867US #1
#2Dorothy761US #3
#3Helen752US #2
#4Ruth591US #5
#5Margaret575US #4
#6Mildred417US #6
#7Evelyn322US #10
#8Frances291US #9
#9Alice277US #13
#10Marie257US #11
#11Florence246US #14
#12Marjorie236US #39
#13Irene235US #17
#14Esther232US #33
#15Lucille224US #29
#16Gladys216US #21
#17Edna208US #20
#18Doris204US #34
#19Anna195US #7
#20Elizabeth195US #8
#21Virginia195US #12
#22Lois194US #47
#23Bernice191US #42
#24Hazel185US #26
#25Maxine183US #98
#26Wilma171US #80
#27Thelma149US #30
#28Leona148US #74
#29Pauline144US #32
#30Lillian143US #15
#31Grace142US #27
#32Vera138US #65
#33Kathryn137US #60
#34Eleanor131US #28
#35Elsie131US #41
#36Viola130US #59
#37Martha128US #25
#38Louise124US #18
#39Marian122US #86
#40Edith118US #31
#41Ethel117US #23
#42Gertrude114US #35
#43Velma109US #94
#44Mabel108US #62
#45Agnes107US #45
#46Catherine104US #19
#47Ruby103US #24
#48Clara100US #38
#49Opal98US #90
#50Rose97US #16
#51Violet97US #82
#52Vivian91US #78
#53Betty85US #53
#54Eva85US #55
#55Pearl84US #56
#56Charlotte83US #81
#57June83US #96
#58Myrtle82US #58
#59Josephine79US #22
#60Laura78US #61
#61Genevieve75US #76
#62Bertha72US #46
#63Ellen70US #88
#64Emma70US #40
#65Fern70US #157
#66Geraldine70US #108
#67Marguerite70US #85
#68Erma69US #139
#69Katherine69US #49
#70Jean68US #48
#71Alma66US #70
#72Ann66US #43
#73Beulah65US #95
#74Norma65US #118
#75Nellie64US #63
#76Phyllis63US #100
#77Jessie60US #66
#78Verna57US #126
#79Eileen56US #132
#80Mae56US #89
#81Arlene55US #193
#82Loretta54US #115
#83Ella52US #75
#84Ida51US #54
#85Marcella51US #186
#86Blanche50US #87
#87Luella49
#88Jennie48US #73
#89Lola48US #136
#90Harriet47US #112
#91Hilda47US #107
#92Olive47US #123
#93Jane46US #69
#94Irma45US #142
#95Lorraine45US #141
#96Marion45US #50
#97Inez44US #101
#98Beatrice43US #37
#99Dolores43US #147
#100Julia43US #44

Boys

#1John812US #1
#2Robert793US #4
#3William586US #2
#4Harold463US #12
#5Donald452US #20
#6Charles436US #7
#7James427US #3
#8George398US #6
#9Kenneth301US #28
#10Raymond280US #16
#11Paul269US #13
#12Richard251US #15
#13Joseph229US #5
#14Edward228US #8
#15Walter216US #11
#16Ralph208US #21
#17Carl203US #22
#18Arthur192US #18
#19Francis192US #29
#20Howard190US #25
#21Frank183US #9
#22Clarence169US #24
#23Harry161US #19
#24Earl159US #33
#25Henry158US #14
#26Elmer157US #45
#27Leonard150US #44
#28Albert137US #17
#29Lester137US #57
#30Thomas134US #10
#31Lawrence133US #37
#32Leo128US #47
#33Roy128US #32
#34Floyd121US #59
#35Marvin119US #72
#36Dale118US #125
#37Lloyd118US #62
#38Russell118US #51
#39Wayne118US #97
#40Fred110US #26
#41Gerald110US #78
#42Jack109US #27
#43Melvin108US #60
#44Arnold102US #91
#45Herbert102US #40
#46Vernon102US #80
#47Bernard101US #48
#48Glenn99US #87
#49Clifford98US #61
#50Edwin93US #53
#51Everett92US #89
#52Alvin90US #81
#53Lyle89US #159
#54Louis84US #23
#55Eugene83US #41
#56Ray83US #67
#57Willard83US #58
#58Glen80US #123
#59Joe80US #38
#60Virgil80US #108
#61Ernest78US #35
#62Max78US #102
#63Wilbur75US #92
#64Herman72US #56
#65Orville71US #127
#66Chester68US #54
#67Norman67US #50
#68Alfred66US #42
#69Maurice66US #101
#70Cecil64US #76
#71Leroy64US #66
#72David62US #31
#73Marion61US #112
#74Lewis59US #70
#75Ronald56US #155
#76Stanley55US #34
#77Frederick54US #52
#78Clyde52US #63
#79Merle52US #186
#80Ivan50US #173
#81Vincent50US #65
#82Eldon49
#83Keith49
#84Gordon48US #90
#85Peter48US #49
#86Roger48US #124
#87Warren47US #105
#88Forrest46US #176
#89Harvey43US #95
#90Leslie43US #106
#91Martin43US #79
#92Milton43US #73
#93Victor43US #74
#94Delbert42US #179
#95Homer42US #98
#96Don40US #156
#97Gilbert40US #100
#98Hugh39US #111
#99Lee39US #84
#100Lowell39

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑34June#57
↑21Betty#53
↑21Marion#73
↑18Norma#74
↑16Leona#28
↑15Joe#59
↑15Chester#66
↑14Eugene#55

Falling

↓31Martin#91
↓24Blanche#86
↓21Alfred#68
↓18Ann#72
↓17Phyllis#76
↓15Olive#92
↓15Victor#93
↓14Jane#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.