State roster

Top names in Iowa

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Iowa birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,027 Iowa births in 1935 across 672 distinct names.

Distinctively Iowa

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

#69Marlysoutside the national top 200
#71Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#87Colleenoutside the national top 200
#75Dixie#188 nationally
#62Karen#172 nationally
#92Lorenoutside the national top 200
#83Patty#190 nationally
#94Merleoutside the national top 200
#95Eldonoutside the national top 200
#89Wendell#194 nationally
#97Lelandoutside the national top 200
#55Lyle#156 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley1,098US #2
#2Mary1,024US #1
#3Patricia520US #5
#4Marilyn516US #14
#5Betty506US #4
#6Barbara484US #3
#7Donna470US #23
#8Beverly360US #20
#9Joan304US #7
#10Dorothy288US #6
#11Joyce285US #12
#12Carol263US #11
#13Phyllis258US #27
#14Margaret257US #8
#15Nancy256US #9
#16Janet250US #22
#17Ruth247US #15
#18Lois239US #21
#19Norma218US #29
#20Janice217US #47
#21Darlene203US #91
#22Doris201US #13
#23Helen193US #10
#24Marlene178US #39
#25Joann176US #53
#26Carolyn166US #28
#27Bonnie164US #62
#28Virginia163US #16
#29Sharon161US #96
#30Marjorie160US #46
#31Delores157US #57
#32Jean149US #18
#33Alice130US #25
#34Joanne125US #44
#35Sandra122US #50
#36Dolores119US #26
#37Sally115US #58
#38Evelyn112US #31
#39Frances111US #19
#40Elizabeth108US #17
#41Ann99US #30
#42Jane96US #43
#43Arlene88US #59
#44Martha85US #24
#45Rita84US #63
#46Roberta84US #77
#47Charlotte83US #65
#48Rose82US #37
#49Elaine80US #51
#50Rosemary79US #97
#51Gloria78US #32
#52Kathryn78US #111
#53Wilma76US #70
#54Geraldine74US #40
#55Mildred71US #35
#56Judith70US #54
#57Jacqueline69US #79
#58Kay68US #134
#59June67US #55
#60Audrey66US #64
#61Carole65US #93
#62Karen65US #172
#63Loretta64US #69
#64Lorraine64US #68
#65Anna62US #34
#66Kathleen61US #71
#67Marie60US #33
#68Jeanette59US #104
#69Marlys59
#70Maxine59US #120
#71Lavonne58
#72Wanda56US #49
#73Connie55US #140
#74Diane55US #109
#75Dixie55US #188
#76Lucille55US #85
#77Marian55US #105
#78Jo53US #73
#79Pauline53US #80
#80Eleanor49US #48
#81Gladys49US #78
#82Yvonne49US #98
#83Patty47US #190
#84Esther46US #94
#85Peggy46US #36
#86Louise45US #45
#87Colleen44
#88Grace44US #83
#89Charlene42US #146
#90Florence42US #74
#91Georgia42US #123
#92Jeanne42US #133
#93Vera42US #124
#94Patsy41US #56
#95Susan40US #126
#96Bernice39US #90
#97Myrna39US #176
#98Edna38US #67
#99Judy38US #143
#100Marcia38US #149

Boys

#1Robert1,109US #1
#2Richard1,021US #5
#3James899US #2
#4Donald802US #7
#5John784US #3
#6William554US #4
#7Charles463US #6
#8Ronald446US #12
#9Larry390US #33
#10David329US #11
#11Jerry327US #22
#12Kenneth327US #15
#13Paul315US #14
#14Thomas256US #9
#15Jack255US #18
#16Roger250US #36
#17Gerald238US #21
#18Gary236US #44
#19Harold223US #20
#20Dale222US #61
#21George188US #8
#22Marvin176US #45
#23Wayne173US #49
#24Edward167US #13
#25Duane163US #105
#26Eugene162US #26
#27Raymond146US #17
#28Don141US #51
#29Jim126US #90
#30Dean125US #120
#31Norman122US #38
#32Bob113US #81
#33Dennis110US #72
#34Joseph110US #10
#35Lawrence106US #35
#36Frank102US #16
#37Bill101US #60
#38Carl100US #28
#39Keith100US #125
#40Leroy99US #50
#41Walter97US #23
#42Gene95US #66
#43Darrell91US #136
#44Fred89US #34
#45Harry86US #37
#46Lloyd86US #84
#47Melvin86US #57
#48Russell85US #68
#49Bernard84US #67
#50Francis83US #53
#51Earl81US #46
#52Ralph81US #32
#53Tom79US #110
#54Stanley78US #56
#55Lyle77US #156
#56Dick76US #142
#57Howard74US #39
#58Max73US #128
#59Gordon72US #70
#60Arthur70US #29
#61Daniel69US #43
#62Clarence67US #48
#63Glen67US #124
#64Billy66US #19
#65Leonard65US #54
#66Joe64US #25
#67Phillip64US #107
#68Vernon62US #94
#69Michael60US #41
#70Allen58US #83
#71Bruce57US #77
#72Clifford56US #88
#73Lester56US #114
#74Leo55US #92
#75Philip55US #65
#76Delbert54US #165
#77Virgil54US #141
#78Lee53US #80
#79Floyd52US #76
#80Roy52US #40
#81Glenn51US #78
#82Albert50US #31
#83Terry49US #154
#84Lowell48US #152
#85Alvin46US #91
#86Louis46US #42
#87Arnold45US #103
#88Henry45US #27
#89Wendell45US #194
#90Ray44US #64
#91Rodney44US #149
#92Loren43
#93Warren43US #97
#94Merle42
#95Eldon41
#96Jerome41US #96
#97Leland41
#98Alan40US #122
#99Ernest40US #55
#100Everett40US #146

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑54Sandra#35
↑30Judith#56
↑29Kay#58
↑28Roberta#46
↑28Jacqueline#57
↑25Sharon#29
↑24Tom#53
↑23Daniel#61

Falling

↓33Eleanor#80
↓30Leo#74
↓30Albert#82
↓27Jo#78
↓24Louise#86
↓21Merle#94
↓19Anna#65
↓17Marian#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.