State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,866 Iowa births in 1924 across 776 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#26Darleneoutside the national top 200
#55Merle#184 nationally
#40Lyle#159 nationally
#58Duane#176 nationally
#83Darrelloutside the national top 200
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#52Marcella#164 nationally
#86Fern#197 nationally
#93Eldonoutside the national top 200
#44Keith#150 nationally
#39Dean#144 nationally
#80Ivan#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,160US #1
#2Betty1,101US #4
#3Dorothy877US #2
#4Helen608US #3
#5Ruth522US #6
#6Margaret496US #5
#7Marjorie397US #17
#8Lois370US #22
#9Doris365US #9
#10Virginia363US #7
#11Phyllis336US #44
#12Mildred323US #8
#13Evelyn319US #12
#14Jean284US #16
#15Shirley275US #19
#16Norma263US #40
#17Frances250US #10
#18Maxine237US #77
#19Alice225US #15
#20Patricia220US #35
#21Barbara197US #28
#22Irene186US #18
#23Arlene184US #122
#24Elizabeth179US #11
#25Wilma179US #67
#26Darlene176
#27Lucille159US #37
#28Marie154US #14
#29June148US #45
#30Gladys146US #30
#31Anna145US #13
#32Marian144US #64
#33Florence140US #20
#34Bernice137US #47
#35Edna137US #31
#36Esther134US #51
#37Martha133US #21
#38Wanda133US #74
#39Donna131US #131
#40Marilyn128US #101
#41Eleanor127US #29
#42Geraldine127US #58
#43Pauline126US #38
#44Lorraine123US #52
#45Hazel122US #42
#46Kathryn120US #81
#47Vivian117US #71
#48Charlotte111US #80
#49Bonnie104US #117
#50Ruby102US #26
#51Leona96US #103
#52Marcella94US #164
#53Vera94US #85
#54Viola94US #82
#55Edith93US #36
#56Bette92US #151
#57Dolores92US #75
#58Louise92US #24
#59Elaine91US #73
#60Rose91US #25
#61Joyce87US #83
#62Grace86US #43
#63Catherine85US #27
#64Kathleen85US #76
#65Jeanne84US #90
#66Lillian84US #23
#67Thelma82US #33
#68Carol81US #132
#69Velma80US #123
#70Ethel77US #39
#71Rosemary77US #106
#72Gertrude76US #60
#73Audrey75US #84
#74Clara75US #56
#75Jane75US #53
#76Juanita75US #48
#77Beverly71US #121
#78Elsie71US #61
#79Joan69US #95
#80Violet69US #88
#81Eileen67US #93
#82Rita67US #49
#83Ellen66US #99
#84Genevieve66US #107
#85Jeanette66US #134
#86Fern64US #197
#87Pearl64US #78
#88Gloria62US #41
#89Katherine62US #59
#90Delores61US #174
#91Eva61US #66
#92Laura60US #72
#93Marion60US #46
#94Loretta59US #124
#95Josephine58US #34
#96Agnes57US #63
#97Beulah57US #138
#98Lavonne57
#99Harriet56US #128
#100Erma55US #168

Boys

#1Robert1,667US #1
#2John924US #2
#3Donald889US #10
#4William750US #3
#5James642US #4
#6Richard640US #8
#7Charles505US #5
#8Harold478US #13
#9Kenneth430US #19
#10George399US #6
#11Paul341US #14
#12Raymond298US #15
#13Jack268US #17
#14Edward259US #9
#15Dale236US #84
#16Joseph221US #7
#17Thomas211US #11
#18Gerald210US #49
#19Wayne204US #74
#20Howard188US #26
#21Eugene185US #25
#22Walter174US #16
#23Arthur169US #20
#24Ralph168US #23
#25Marvin159US #50
#26Frank158US #12
#27Harry157US #22
#28Clarence153US #29
#29Earl153US #33
#30Francis153US #34
#31Melvin151US #48
#32Carl150US #27
#33Lloyd150US #61
#34Russell136US #52
#35David134US #24
#36Leonard133US #38
#37Leo132US #51
#38Henry124US #18
#39Dean120US #144
#40Lyle118US #159
#41Bernard114US #46
#42Vernon113US #68
#43Roy112US #31
#44Keith110US #150
#45Albert107US #21
#46Leroy107US #53
#47Norman107US #42
#48Virgil107US #111
#49Lawrence105US #36
#50Clifford104US #64
#51Calvin103US #44
#52Floyd103US #66
#53Fred98US #32
#54Max93US #126
#55Merle93US #184
#56Ronald93US #130
#57Warren92US #58
#58Duane91US #176
#59Elmer91US #57
#60Herbert90US #41
#61Glenn89US #79
#62Alvin87US #73
#63Lester87US #72
#64Louis86US #28
#65Roger86US #93
#66Edwin84US #55
#67Stanley80US #40
#68Glen78US #118
#69Ray78US #60
#70Leslie71US #107
#71Arnold70US #95
#72Everett69US #104
#73Delbert68US #161
#74Gordon68US #75
#75Wilbur67US #106
#76Ernest66US #37
#77Don65US #125
#78Gene63US #135
#79Wallace62US #87
#80Ivan61US #183
#81Alfred59US #43
#82Cecil56US #85
#83Darrell56
#84Billy55US #63
#85Joe55US #35
#86Loren55
#87Marion54US #112
#88Maurice54US #102
#89Harvey52US #88
#90Lee52US #83
#91Theodore52US #65
#92Willard52US #97
#93Eldon51
#94Frederick51US #62
#95Orville51US #155
#96Bill49US #92
#97Lowell48US #175
#98Bob46US #142
#99Harlan46
#100Laverne46

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑29Calvin#51
↑23Marilyn#40
↑23Ronald#56
↑21Carol#68
↑21Rosemary#71
↑21Lyle#40
↑19Beverly#77
↑18Darlene#26

Falling

↓30Lillian#66
↓22Beulah#97
↓21Eldon#93
↓20Katherine#89
↓19Lawrence#49
↓18Catherine#63
↓18Lester#63
↓18Laverne#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.