State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,104 Iowa births in 1919 across 767 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#49Merle#182 nationally
#72Keith#194 nationally
#44Arlene#156 nationally
#70Dean#181 nationally
#92Darleneoutside the national top 200
#93Eldonoutside the national top 200
#99Lowelloutside the national top 200
#75Fern#176 nationally
#100Carrolloutside the national top 200
#53Lyle#153 nationally
#74Marcella#171 nationally
#98Leland#192 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,076US #1
#2Dorothy846US #3
#3Helen785US #2
#4Margaret620US #4
#5Ruth546US #5
#6Mildred420US #6
#7Evelyn360US #11
#8Marjorie332US #33
#9Betty329US #15
#10Frances303US #9
#11Virginia298US #7
#12Maxine286US #85
#13Doris276US #18
#14Lois257US #40
#15Irene247US #16
#16Marie238US #12
#17Alice236US #13
#18Florence215US #14
#19Lucille207US #27
#20Elizabeth201US #8
#21Gladys199US #21
#22Jean181US #37
#23Edna177US #22
#24Anna171US #10
#25Bernice170US #42
#26Wilma168US #86
#27Esther167US #38
#28Hazel161US #32
#29Pauline146US #36
#30Edith145US #29
#31Phyllis141US #84
#32Viola139US #58
#33Grace136US #34
#34Thelma135US #31
#35Ethel134US #28
#36Vera131US #65
#37Lillian130US #17
#38Kathryn128US #66
#39Lorraine125US #62
#40Eleanor124US #30
#41Louise124US #20
#42Leona121US #90
#43Ruby120US #24
#44Arlene118US #156
#45June118US #64
#46Gertrude116US #39
#47Marian115US #82
#48Geraldine110US #68
#49Martha107US #25
#50Vivian106US #72
#51Norma103US #83
#52Catherine102US #23
#53Elsie100US #47
#54Genevieve97US #88
#55Velma96US #104
#56Clara93US #43
#57Katherine89US #51
#58Agnes86US #50
#59Eva86US #55
#60Marguerite86US #96
#61Opal86US #98
#62Rose85US #19
#63Pearl83US #56
#64Barbara82US #60
#65Ellen82US #92
#66Charlotte81US #79
#67Violet79US #74
#68Mabel76US #78
#69Jane74US #53
#70Josephine73US #26
#71Erma72US #147
#72Marion71US #44
#73Dolores70US #124
#74Marcella67US #171
#75Fern66US #176
#76Harriet66US #113
#77Eileen65US #103
#78Myrtle64US #67
#79Beulah63US #108
#80Emma63US #45
#81Jeanette62US #135
#82Alma60US #76
#83Kathleen60US #101
#84Patricia60US #114
#85Laura59US #71
#86Verna59US #131
#87Shirley58US #89
#88Wanda57US #128
#89Ann56US #49
#90Bertha56US #52
#91Juanita56US #73
#92Darlene55
#93Loretta53US #118
#94Audrey52US #115
#95Jeanne52US #130
#96Mae52US #99
#97Lucile51US #152
#98Rita51US #54
#99Jennie49US #93
#100Sylvia49US #77

Boys

#1Robert1,132US #4
#2John824US #1
#3William649US #2
#4Donald590US #17
#5Charles487US #5
#6Harold452US #13
#7James452US #3
#8George367US #6
#9Richard357US #12
#10Paul317US #15
#11Raymond315US #14
#12Kenneth306US #26
#13Edward281US #8
#14Joseph218US #7
#15Arthur195US #19
#16Harry186US #20
#17Howard186US #24
#18Carl185US #29
#19Clarence184US #25
#20Frank184US #9
#21Ralph181US #22
#22Walter180US #11
#23Francis174US #34
#24Earl172US #31
#25Jack172US #21
#26Wayne171US #90
#27Lloyd165US #58
#28Albert157US #18
#29Leo155US #49
#30Gerald154US #70
#31Dale152US #112
#32Leonard150US #39
#33Thomas149US #10
#34Vernon146US #65
#35Marvin144US #63
#36Elmer142US #44
#37Lawrence132US #38
#38Roy132US #32
#39Clifford131US #60
#40Henry127US #16
#41Eugene125US #33
#42Floyd124US #59
#43Melvin124US #56
#44Lester123US #62
#45Russell122US #50
#46Glenn120US #84
#47Virgil105US #103
#48Edwin101US #52
#49Merle101US #182
#50Bernard98US #45
#51Everett96US #93
#52Fred96US #30
#53Lyle93US #153
#54Herbert92US #40
#55Leroy91US #55
#56Glen89US #116
#57Ernest87US #36
#58Max87US #110
#59Norman85US #48
#60Orville81US #133
#61Ray78US #69
#62Wilbur78US #98
#63Alfred77US #42
#64Arnold76US #94
#65Louis74US #28
#66Alvin72US #76
#67Joe72US #35
#68Warren72US #83
#69David71US #27
#70Dean71US #181
#71Willard68US #87
#72Keith64US #194
#73Roger62US #124
#74Stanley61US #37
#75Clyde58US #67
#76Leslie57US #105
#77Victor56US #68
#78Delbert55US #157
#79Frederick53US #64
#80Marion53US #106
#81Maurice53US #108
#82Theodore53US #54
#83Cecil50US #78
#84Vincent50US #72
#85Don47US #145
#86Harvey46US #85
#87Gilbert45US #102
#88Gordon45US #86
#89Martin45US #81
#90Lewis44US #74
#91Ronald44US #171
#92Chester43US #53
#93Eldon43
#94Philip43US #71
#95Daniel41US #51
#96Herman41US #61
#97Hubert41US #115
#98Leland41US #192
#99Lowell40
#100Carroll39

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑24Erma#71
↑22Norma#51
↑19Everett#51
↑19Joe#67
↑18Katherine#57
↑16Phyllis#31
↑16Vincent#84
↑15Orville#60

Falling

↓22Fern#75
↓20Harvey#86
↓18Laura#85
↓16Bertha#90
↓16Louis#65
↓16Maurice#81
↓15Violet#67
↓12Gordon#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.