State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,321 Iowa births in 1933 across 661 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#66Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#70Marlysoutside the national top 200
#77Colleenoutside the national top 200
#77Lorenoutside the national top 200
#79Eldonoutside the national top 200
#85Dixieoutside the national top 200
#85Merleoutside the national top 200
#90Merlinoutside the national top 200
#91Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#96Laverneoutside the national top 200
#98Harlanoutside the national top 200
#47Darrell#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,059US #1
#2Betty563US #2
#3Donna512US #24
#4Marilyn480US #16
#5Patricia466US #6
#6Barbara453US #3
#7Shirley443US #9
#8Beverly414US #26
#9Dorothy333US #4
#10Joan313US #5
#11Phyllis281US #28
#12Lois278US #19
#13Norma266US #23
#14Margaret255US #7
#15Ruth252US #13
#16Joyce244US #12
#17Helen243US #8
#18Darlene234US #96
#19Janet224US #25
#20Carol210US #20
#21Doris196US #10
#22Joann185US #72
#23Delores184US #52
#24Jean184US #14
#25Marjorie175US #41
#26Nancy174US #11
#27Virginia168US #15
#28Bonnie159US #68
#29Marlene154US #50
#30Alice152US #22
#31Evelyn152US #30
#32Janice142US #81
#33Joanne133US #56
#34Dolores115US #21
#35Arlene112US #74
#36Carolyn112US #40
#37Frances108US #18
#38Elizabeth104US #17
#39Anna98US #29
#40Gloria93US #31
#41Jane93US #47
#42Wanda91US #48
#43Wilma86US #66
#44Martha85US #27
#45Rose82US #35
#46Charlotte80US #79
#47Elaine80US #61
#48Sally79US #76
#49Jeanette76US #103
#50Mildred76US #32
#51Kathleen71US #77
#52Rita70US #53
#53Maxine69US #110
#54Audrey68US #59
#55Eleanor68US #38
#56Gladys68US #60
#57Marian68US #89
#58Geraldine66US #42
#59Esther65US #88
#60Kathryn65US #108
#61Pauline64US #64
#62Florence63US #49
#63June62US #45
#64Lorraine61US #54
#65Ann59US #34
#66Lavonne59
#67Irene57US #46
#68Peggy57US #36
#69Loretta56US #87
#70Marlys56
#71Roberta56US #112
#72Marie55US #33
#73Rosemary54US #102
#74Edna53US #55
#75Jacqueline53US #86
#76Juanita52US #63
#77Colleen51
#78Jo51US #90
#79Catherine50US #44
#80Ramona49US #180
#81Ellen47US #104
#82Patsy46US #65
#83Grace45US #69
#84Ruby45US #43
#85Dixie44
#86Vivian44US #98
#87Carole43US #107
#88Velma43US #137
#89Deloris42US #187
#90Leona42US #139
#91Marcella41
#92Judith40US #119
#93Louise40US #39
#94Bernice39US #83
#95Clara39US #67
#96Patty39US #191
#97Viola39US #138
#98Edith38US #80
#99Agnes37US #118
#100Charlene37US #156

Boys

#1Robert1,149US #1
#2Richard939US #5
#3Donald861US #7
#4James850US #2
#5John729US #3
#6William566US #4
#7Charles450US #6
#8Kenneth323US #15
#9Ronald311US #12
#10Jack267US #17
#11Paul262US #14
#12Harold260US #18
#13Jerry241US #31
#14Gerald238US #22
#15George227US #8
#16David219US #13
#17Roger202US #48
#18Thomas202US #10
#19Marvin200US #44
#20Raymond194US #19
#21Dale182US #65
#22Duane166US #102
#23Edward160US #11
#24Larry159US #58
#25Wayne159US #52
#26Don157US #54
#27Eugene147US #23
#28Joseph139US #9
#29Norman136US #37
#30Bill126US #59
#31Gary126US #80
#32Carl120US #28
#33Keith113US #127
#34Dean111US #128
#35Franklin104US #33
#36Gene102US #66
#37Howard100US #36
#38Bob99US #82
#39Melvin99US #51
#40Ralph99US #29
#41Francis95US #45
#42Leroy94US #56
#43Frank90US #16
#44Lawrence89US #38
#45Walter89US #21
#46Russell86US #67
#47Darrell84US #148
#48Arthur83US #25
#49Billy83US #20
#50Stanley82US #55
#51Jim81US #98
#52Lloyd81US #73
#53Vernon75US #83
#54Earl74US #41
#55Leo74US #75
#56Bernard73US #63
#57Leonard73US #47
#58Dick70US #144
#59Fred69US #34
#60Gordon69US #71
#61Lyle69US #158
#62Clarence68US #43
#63Henry68US #24
#64Joe68US #27
#65Harry67US #35
#66Dennis66US #106
#67Roy64US #39
#68Albert60US #30
#69Glenn60US #74
#70Edwin58US #77
#71Max57US #140
#72Delbert55US #157
#73Allen54US #84
#74Glen54US #124
#75Ernest53US #50
#76Lester53US #108
#77Loren53
#78Alvin52US #88
#79Eldon52
#80Tom52US #117
#81Daniel51US #42
#82Virgil51US #138
#83Floyd49US #69
#84Ray49US #62
#85Merle48
#86Carroll46US #174
#87Clifford46US #86
#88Elmer46US #101
#89Lee45US #79
#90Merlin45
#91Louis44US #40
#92Arnold43US #103
#93Bruce43US #91
#94Lowell43US #161
#95Douglas42US #81
#96Laverne40
#97Patrick40US #110
#98Harlan38
#99Peter38US #60
#100Marion37US #133

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑58Franklin#35
↑35Jeanette#49
↑29Gary#31
↑27Wanda#42
↑23Kathleen#51
↑20Eldon#79
↑18Ann#65
↑17Marlys#70

Falling

↓30Deloris#89
↓23Arnold#92
↓23Lowell#94
↓21Lyle#61
↓21Floyd#83
↓19Ray#84
↓19Clifford#87
↓19Harlan#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.