State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,496 Iowa births in 1925 across 753 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#23Darleneoutside the national top 200
#44Duane#170 nationally
#77Darrelloutside the national top 200
#78Eldonoutside the national top 200
#79Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#55Merle#175 nationally
#88Harlanoutside the national top 200
#86Lowell#196 nationally
#91Lorenoutside the national top 200
#94Laverneoutside the national top 200
#42Keith#146 nationally
#83Ivan#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,122US #1
#2Betty1,118US #3
#3Dorothy844US #2
#4Helen586US #4
#5Ruth491US #6
#6Margaret433US #5
#7Doris402US #8
#8Lois378US #18
#9Marjorie340US #21
#10Virginia340US #7
#11Shirley322US #17
#12Phyllis318US #40
#13Evelyn301US #12
#14Norma258US #34
#15Mildred244US #9
#16Jean234US #14
#17Patricia234US #28
#18Frances223US #11
#19Barbara220US #22
#20Alice218US #15
#21Maxine199US #79
#22Arlene187US #120
#23Darlene181
#24Wilma174US #62
#25Donna173US #110
#26Lucille165US #41
#27Elizabeth159US #10
#28Marilyn157US #83
#29Bernice143US #46
#30Marian142US #67
#31Anna141US #13
#32Irene141US #19
#33Bonnie137US #107
#34Marie137US #16
#35Florence133US #24
#36June127US #39
#37Eleanor126US #31
#38Gladys123US #33
#39Beverly120US #105
#40Lorraine119US #51
#41Esther117US #56
#42Dolores114US #64
#43Pauline112US #38
#44Rita106US #48
#45Edna104US #37
#46Joyce104US #59
#47Elaine101US #73
#48Geraldine101US #54
#49Gloria99US #20
#50Grace99US #44
#51Martha99US #23
#52Kathryn98US #88
#53Kathleen97US #81
#54Bette93US #155
#55Rosemary93US #103
#56Edith91US #42
#57Joan89US #66
#58Leona88US #108
#59Rose88US #26
#60Carol86US #119
#61Thelma86US #35
#62Viola85US #84
#63Louise83US #27
#64Hazel82US #45
#65Jeanne82US #89
#66Wanda82US #72
#67Catherine80US #29
#68Ruby79US #30
#69Lillian78US #25
#70Vera77US #86
#71Gertrude74US #70
#72Vivian74US #76
#73Audrey73US #78
#74Charlotte73US #77
#75Ethel72US #43
#76Velma72US #128
#77Delores71US #163
#78Juanita71US #49
#79Lavonne70
#80Marcella70US #167
#81Clara69US #55
#82Elsie69US #63
#83Harriet67US #131
#84Jane67US #53
#85Marion66US #47
#86Ellen60US #101
#87Jeanette59US #137
#88Roberta59US #147
#89Katherine58US #61
#90Eileen57US #96
#91Nellie57US #98
#92Genevieve56US #113
#93Agnes55US #69
#94Eva54US #71
#95Lola54US #164
#96Opal54US #129
#97Laura53US #75
#98Verna53US #153
#99Bertha52US #74
#100Carolyn52US #127

Boys

#1Robert1,596US #1
#2John930US #2
#3Donald914US #10
#4William833US #3
#5Richard722US #8
#6James715US #4
#7Charles480US #5
#8Harold442US #14
#9Kenneth397US #19
#10George355US #6
#11Paul346US #13
#12Jack295US #17
#13Raymond294US #15
#14Edward234US #9
#15Eugene224US #24
#16Dale217US #86
#17Wayne215US #74
#18Joseph193US #7
#19Thomas192US #11
#20Howard183US #26
#21Marvin181US #51
#22Walter176US #16
#23Gerald175US #45
#24Carl162US #28
#25Ralph162US #25
#26Clarence148US #30
#27Frank147US #12
#28Arthur145US #20
#29Earl142US #31
#30Russell141US #53
#31Francis138US #35
#32Melvin138US #50
#33David131US #22
#34Albert130US #21
#35Leo127US #54
#36Lloyd126US #62
#37Leonard124US #38
#38Lawrence122US #36
#39Norman122US #41
#40Dean121US #140
#41Harry121US #23
#42Keith121US #146
#43Henry108US #18
#44Duane106US #170
#45Clifford105US #59
#46Vernon100US #67
#47Bernard97US #48
#48Herbert97US #42
#49Lester96US #81
#50Floyd94US #58
#51Ronald94US #104
#52Warren93US #66
#53Lyle92US #154
#54Fred91US #33
#55Merle90US #175
#56Roy88US #32
#57Don87US #106
#58Virgil87US #120
#59Calvin86US #47
#60Glenn86US #77
#61Max84US #128
#62Leroy81US #52
#63Arnold80US #95
#64Glen80US #117
#65Ernest79US #37
#66Louis79US #29
#67Stanley79US #40
#68Elmer78US #61
#69Roger77US #90
#70Alfred72US #43
#71Gordon71US #72
#72Edwin69US #57
#73Ray68US #64
#74Maurice64US #111
#75Wilbur64US #110
#76Alvin63US #70
#77Darrell60
#78Eldon59
#79Everett59US #108
#80Gene59US #112
#81Leland59US #173
#82Theodore58US #63
#83Ivan57US #185
#84Bill56US #84
#85Joe55US #34
#86Lowell55US #196
#87Marion55US #109
#88Harlan54
#89Orville54US #161
#90Junior53US #115
#91Loren53
#92Cecil52US #87
#93Leslie50US #119
#94Laverne48
#95Vincent48US #71
#96Willard48US #97
#97Bob47US #129
#98Bruce47US #130
#99Merlin46
#100Wendell46

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑39Gloria#49
↑38Beverly#39
↑38Rita#44
↑22Joan#57
↑20Don#57
↑19Lavonne#79
↑16Bonnie#33
↑16Rosemary#55

Falling

↓28Wanda#66
↓28Marcella#80
↓26Charlotte#74
↓25Vivian#72
↓23Leslie#93
↓19Hazel#64
↓18Ruby#68
↓17Vera#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.