State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,040 Iowa births in 1932 across 667 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#56Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#59Deloris#197 nationally
#77Merleoutside the national top 200
#79Harlanoutside the national top 200
#82Dwightoutside the national top 200
#85Colleenoutside the national top 200
#40Lyle#155 nationally
#87Marlysoutside the national top 200
#41Darrell#154 nationally
#92Lorenoutside the national top 200
#95Laverneoutside the national top 200
#18Darlene#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,077US #1
#2Betty707US #2
#3Donna513US #29
#4Marilyn506US #16
#5Shirley478US #9
#6Barbara462US #3
#7Patricia454US #6
#8Beverly432US #28
#9Dorothy399US #4
#10Joan355US #5
#11Norma292US #22
#12Ruth292US #11
#13Lois291US #20
#14Margaret285US #7
#15Joyce269US #12
#16Phyllis268US #30
#17Helen249US #8
#18Darlene227US #122
#19Doris214US #10
#20Delores202US #56
#21Marjorie189US #37
#22Virginia189US #14
#23Nancy186US #13
#24Jean184US #15
#25Bonnie176US #64
#26Alice174US #21
#27Joann168US #79
#28Carol167US #32
#29Dolores158US #18
#30Evelyn155US #23
#31Janet129US #35
#32Frances123US #19
#33Joanne113US #62
#34Gloria111US #25
#35Arlene109US #80
#36Mildred109US #26
#37Elizabeth108US #17
#38Marlene108US #78
#39Janice99US #94
#40Anna94US #24
#41Wilma94US #65
#42Carolyn92US #46
#43Geraldine88US #42
#44Marian87US #86
#45Rose85US #33
#46Martha83US #27
#47June79US #44
#48Maxine77US #110
#49Rita76US #53
#50Charlotte75US #74
#51Irene74US #43
#52Jane74US #49
#53Audrey73US #61
#54Elaine73US #68
#55Florence71US #47
#56Lavonne71
#57Kathryn69US #107
#58Gladys68US #54
#59Deloris67US #197
#60Jacqueline66US #85
#61Lorraine66US #55
#62Marie66US #31
#63Jo65US #103
#64Sally65US #84
#65Juanita62US #58
#66Roberta62US #109
#67Eleanor61US #45
#68Lucille61US #63
#69Wanda61US #52
#70Esther60US #82
#71Pauline59US #59
#72Rosemary59US #100
#73Ellen58US #104
#74Kathleen58US #83
#75Peggy57US #40
#76Edna55US #50
#77Leona55US #134
#78Catherine53US #39
#79Louise52US #36
#80Vivian52US #90
#81Patsy51US #77
#82Loretta47US #89
#83Ann46US #34
#84Jeanette46US #106
#85Colleen44
#86Edith43US #69
#87Marlys43
#88Katherine42US #95
#89Connie41US #153
#90Ruby41US #38
#91Lila39US #193
#92Ramona39US #180
#93Viola39US #136
#94Violet39US #132
#95Clara38US #70
#96Genevieve38US #167
#97Grace38US #72
#98Verna38US #165
#99Jeanne37US #112
#100Marcella37US #195

Boys

#1Robert1,272US #1
#2Donald960US #7
#3Richard901US #5
#4James820US #2
#5John789US #3
#6William552US #4
#7Charles479US #6
#8Kenneth319US #14
#9Ronald307US #16
#10Harold283US #18
#11Jack271US #17
#12George254US #8
#13Paul253US #13
#14Gerald214US #24
#15Thomas206US #10
#16Raymond201US #19
#17David192US #12
#18Wayne187US #57
#19Marvin180US #46
#20Dale176US #61
#21Eugene173US #22
#22Duane167US #105
#23Jerry161US #34
#24Roger159US #50
#25Joseph157US #9
#26Edward153US #11
#27Norman142US #37
#28Dean140US #123
#29Bill123US #58
#30Don123US #55
#31Ralph117US #27
#32Carl116US #28
#33Howard115US #36
#34Keith110US #133
#35Frank109US #15
#36Gene109US #64
#37Larry108US #65
#38Russell105US #63
#39Earl102US #41
#40Lyle101US #155
#41Darrell94US #154
#42Melvin93US #51
#43Arthur92US #25
#44Lawrence92US #35
#45Walter91US #21
#46Francis87US #43
#47Leo87US #74
#48Bob84US #79
#49Harry83US #32
#50Billy82US #20
#51Leroy82US #53
#52Vernon82US #78
#53Bernard81US #60
#54Leonard81US #48
#55Lloyd80US #71
#56Jim77US #104
#57Dick75US #149
#58Albert73US #26
#59Clarence73US #40
#60Gary73US #136
#61Gordon72US #81
#62Floyd69US #68
#63Fred66US #33
#64Glenn66US #77
#65Ray66US #59
#66Roy65US #38
#67Stanley63US #52
#68Clifford62US #84
#69Arnold61US #100
#70Joe61US #29
#71Lowell60US #150
#72Henry58US #23
#73Ernest57US #47
#74Max56US #143
#75Edwin53US #72
#76Herbert53US #44
#77Merle51
#78Dennis50US #121
#79Harlan50
#80Virgil50US #139
#81Alvin48US #87
#82Dwight48
#83Elmer48US #94
#84Allen47US #80
#85Bruce47US #98
#86Delbert47US #151
#87Glen47US #118
#88Douglas46US #85
#89Lester46US #101
#90Philip45US #70
#91Alfred44US #49
#92Loren44
#93Franklin42US #66
#94Patrick42US #114
#95Laverne41
#96Bobby40US #30
#97Michael40US #54
#98Phillip40US #134
#99Eldon39
#100Lee38US #86

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑31Deloris#59
↑25Gary#60
↑22Darrell#41
↑20Russell#38
↑19Leona#77
↑19Jim#56
↑18Lowell#71
↑17Florence#55

Falling

↓30Wanda#69
↓24Herbert#76
↓23Eldon#99
↓20Rosemary#72
↓20Clarence#59
↓20Delbert#86
↓20Glen#87
↓19Jeanne#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.