State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,043 Iowa births in 1934 across 670 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#61Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#68Marlysoutside the national top 200
#71Colleenoutside the national top 200
#73Merleoutside the national top 200
#83Dixieoutside the national top 200
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#92Eldonoutside the national top 200
#47Lyle#155 nationally
#93Harlanoutside the national top 200
#67Patty#173 nationally
#84Deloris#189 nationally
#96Dwightoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,092US #1
#2Shirley661US #4
#3Marilyn532US #17
#4Donna526US #23
#5Betty523US #2
#6Barbara501US #3
#7Patricia501US #6
#8Beverly405US #22
#9Dorothy361US #5
#10Joan352US #7
#11Joyce273US #12
#12Lois270US #20
#13Phyllis266US #28
#14Janet264US #21
#15Carol262US #14
#16Margaret261US #8
#17Norma258US #24
#18Darlene234US #90
#19Ruth232US #13
#20Helen231US #9
#21Doris225US #11
#22Nancy212US #10
#23Marjorie194US #41
#24Janice193US #68
#25Jean180US #16
#26Joann179US #50
#27Bonnie178US #58
#28Delores176US #51
#29Virginia175US #15
#30Marlene165US #57
#31Evelyn154US #29
#32Carolyn151US #33
#33Alice147US #25
#34Joanne142US #45
#35Dolores113US #26
#36Frances112US #19
#37Sally108US #62
#38Elizabeth107US #18
#39Gloria95US #30
#40Charlotte93US #72
#41Martha90US #27
#42Arlene89US #53
#43Geraldine89US #43
#44Jane87US #48
#45Rose87US #37
#46Anna81US #31
#47Eleanor80US #44
#48Elaine79US #54
#49June79US #46
#50Kathleen78US #74
#51Jo77US #75
#52Kathryn75US #108
#53Mildred75US #35
#54Sharon75US #150
#55Ann74US #32
#56Wilma74US #73
#57Maxine72US #114
#58Rita72US #63
#59Wanda70US #47
#60Marian68US #97
#61Lavonne67
#62Louise63US #40
#63Rosemary63US #111
#64Carole62US #89
#65Irene60US #49
#66Lorraine60US #56
#67Patty60US #173
#68Marlys59
#69Diane58US #124
#70Peggy58US #36
#71Colleen56
#72Audrey55US #69
#73Connie54US #145
#74Roberta53US #104
#75Esther52US #91
#76Florence52US #61
#77Loretta52US #83
#78Marie52US #34
#79Pauline51US #71
#80Jeanette50US #106
#81Leona48US #140
#82Charlene47US #151
#83Dixie47
#84Deloris46US #189
#85Jacqueline46US #80
#86Judith46US #94
#87Kay46US #143
#88Gladys45US #66
#89Sandra45US #93
#90Grace44US #79
#91Lucille44US #84
#92Patsy42US #59
#93Catherine41US #42
#94Pat40US #162
#95Vivian40US #98
#96Juanita39US #64
#97Eileen38US #109
#98Ramona38US #193
#99Edna37US #55
#100Jeanne37US #131

Boys

#1Robert1,083US #1
#2Richard1,010US #5
#3Donald892US #6
#4James851US #2
#5John784US #3
#6William525US #4
#7Charles427US #7
#8Ronald410US #11
#9Kenneth368US #15
#10Jerry314US #25
#11Jack305US #17
#12David293US #12
#13Thomas260US #9
#14Harold256US #18
#15Larry252US #43
#16Paul250US #14
#17Gerald237US #22
#18Roger236US #39
#19George222US #8
#20Wayne205US #48
#21Raymond197US #19
#22Dale193US #62
#23Duane177US #104
#24Marvin176US #44
#25Don160US #50
#26Gary154US #60
#27Eugene152US #24
#28Norman146US #38
#29Edward145US #13
#30Dean133US #118
#31Bill124US #59
#32Joseph122US #10
#33Jim116US #90
#34Melvin110US #55
#35Frank109US #16
#36Carl107US #28
#37Bob106US #75
#38Keith105US #125
#39Walter104US #21
#40Earl100US #41
#41Gene99US #67
#42Howard94US #37
#43Ralph94US #31
#44Leo93US #86
#45Leroy93US #54
#46Dennis92US #95
#47Lyle92US #155
#48Darrell91US #140
#49Lawrence91US #34
#50Arthur86US #29
#51Stanley85US #58
#52Albert84US #32
#53Francis83US #49
#54Lloyd80US #82
#55Russell80US #70
#56Vernon80US #89
#57Billy79US #20
#58Dick79US #138
#59Harry79US #36
#60Leonard76US #53
#61Clarence75US #45
#62Virgil73US #141
#63Fred71US #33
#64Joe69US #26
#65Gordon68US #71
#66Bernard67US #65
#67Clifford66US #85
#68Max66US #126
#69Lowell65US #148
#70Glenn64US #81
#71Henry64US #27
#72Roy63US #35
#73Merle61
#74Philip61US #69
#75Allen60US #88
#76Glen58US #120
#77Tom58US #112
#78Douglas57US #72
#79Bruce55US #78
#80Floyd55US #73
#81Franklin55US #46
#82Edwin51US #80
#83Phillip51US #113
#84Daniel50US #42
#85Lee48US #79
#86Loren48
#87Michael48US #47
#88Lester47US #110
#89Delbert46US #163
#90Arnold45US #105
#91Jerome45US #107
#92Eldon43
#93Harlan43
#94Ray43US #63
#95Carroll42US #164
#96Dwight41
#97Louis40US #40
#98Warren40US #96
#99Leon39US #87
#100Maurice39US #132

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑31Louise#62
↑29Patty#67
↑27Jo#51
↑25Lowell#69
↑23Carole#64
↑20Dennis#46
↑20Virgil#62
↑20Clifford#67

Falling

↓46Franklin#81
↓32Gladys#88
↓31Jeanette#80
↓25Edna#99
↓20Juanita#96
↓18Audrey#72
↓18Pauline#79
↓18Ramona#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.