Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	403
2	Helen	398
3	Dorothy	323
4	Mildred	271
5	Margaret	267
6	Ruth	258
7	Frances	151
8	Marie	150
9	Alice	145
10	Gladys	124
11	Esther	120
12	Irene	119
13	Florence	117
14	Evelyn	115
15	Hazel	112
16	Edna	110
16	Lucille	110
18	Anna	106
19	Bernice	103
20	Grace	101
21	Thelma	100
22	Marjorie	95
23	Martha	90
24	Elizabeth	88
25	Gertrude	84

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	81
26	Maxine	81
26	Virginia	81
29	Wilma	80
30	Ethel	79
30	Louise	79
32	Doris	77
33	Lois	75
33	Ruby	75
35	Leona	74
36	Edith	72
37	Agnes	69
38	Mabel	68
39	Elsie	65
40	Viola	64
41	Velma	63
42	Vera	62
43	Pauline	61
44	Vivian	55
45	Kathryn	52
46	Emma	51
47	Catherine	50
48	Marguerite	49
49	Clara	48
50	Beulah	47
51	Genevieve	46
52	Opal	44
53	Eva	43
54	Bertha	41
55	Jean	40
55	Nellie	40
57	Eleanor	39
57	Ellen	39
57	Pearl	39
57	Violet	39
61	Ida	37
62	Betty	36
62	Rose	36
64	Josephine	35
65	Laura	34
65	Mae	34
67	Geraldine	33
67	Inez	33
67	Katherine	33
67	Myrtle	33
71	Alma	32
71	Marian	32
71	Verna	32
74	Ann	31
74	Charlotte	31
74	Erma	31
74	Luella	31
78	Bessie	30
78	Marcella	30
78	Phyllis	30
81	Anne	29
81	Blanche	29
81	Marion	29
84	Sylvia	28
85	Beatrice	27
85	Harriet	27
85	Julia	27
85	Norma	27
85	Olive	27
90	Fern	26
90	Juanita	26
90	Lorraine	26
93	Lola	25
93	Lucile	25
95	Georgia	24
95	Irma	24
95	Jessie	24
95	Lena	24
99	Henrietta	23
99	Minnie	23
99	Stella	23