Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1911

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	281
2	Mary	279
3	Dorothy	245
4	Ruth	209
5	Margaret	196
6	Mildred	162
7	Florence	101
7	Marie	101
9	Edna	98
10	Gladys	97
11	Frances	96
12	Evelyn	89
13	Alice	88
14	Irene	85
14	Lucille	85
16	Hazel	75
17	Esther	73
18	Elizabeth	69
19	Ethel	68
19	Thelma	68
21	Marjorie	66
22	Bernice	65
22	Grace	65
24	Viola	64
25	Anna	61

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leona	59
27	Louise	54
28	Mabel	52
29	Doris	50
29	Gertrude	50
31	Clara	49
31	Lois	49
33	Agnes	48
33	Edith	48
33	Lillian	48
33	Wilma	48
37	Ruby	47
38	Elsie	46
38	Martha	46
38	Pauline	46
38	Velma	46
42	Catherine	45
42	Eva	45
42	Rose	45
45	Opal	44
46	Maxine	42
46	Vera	42
48	Bertha	39
48	Virginia	39
50	Emma	37
50	Pearl	37
52	Myrtle	36
52	Nellie	36
52	Vivian	36
55	Kathryn	34
56	Bessie	32
56	Genevieve	32
56	Josephine	32
59	Blanche	31
59	Ida	31
59	Marguerite	31
59	Violet	31
63	Alma	30
63	Katherine	30
65	Laura	29
66	Eleanor	27
66	Ellen	27
68	Ann	26
68	Beatrice	26
68	Beulah	26
71	Betty	25
72	Ella	24
72	Fern	24
72	Irma	24
72	Mae	24
72	Marion	24
77	Charlotte	22
78	Verna	21
79	Loretta	20
80	Erma	19
80	Olive	19
82	Jean	18
82	Juanita	18
82	Luella	18
82	Naomi	18
86	Harriet	17
86	Hilda	17
86	Marian	17
86	Minnie	17
90	Dorothea	16
90	Faye	16
90	Inez	16
90	Jessie	16
94	Ada	15
94	June	15
94	Lucile	15
94	Sylvia	15
98	Dora	14
98	Eunice	14
98	Freda	14
98	Georgia	14
98	Goldie	14
98	Julia	14
98	Sarah	14