Most popular girls’ names in Iowa, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	480
2	Helen	469
3	Dorothy	370
4	Margaret	348
5	Ruth	313
6	Mildred	273
7	Alice	176
8	Florence	157
9	Marie	156
10	Evelyn	155
10	Frances	155
12	Esther	140
13	Marjorie	137
14	Edna	136
15	Irene	135
16	Hazel	133
17	Elizabeth	129
18	Gladys	125
19	Bernice	122
20	Lucille	120
21	Lois	106
22	Maxine	103
23	Virginia	102
24	Anna	101
25	Elsie	95

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	93
26	Viola	93
28	Grace	92
29	Leona	90
30	Lillian	86
31	Edith	85
31	Ethel	85
33	Martha	82
34	Louise	81
35	Wilma	80
36	Catherine	79
36	Doris	79
38	Velma	78
38	Vera	78
40	Clara	74
41	Gertrude	73
42	Eleanor	71
42	Kathryn	71
44	Opal	67
45	Josephine	66
45	Ruby	66
47	Mabel	65
48	Agnes	64
49	Genevieve	58
50	Vivian	57
51	Bertha	56
52	Myrtle	55
52	Violet	55
54	Pauline	53
55	Marian	52
56	Rose	51
57	Nellie	50
58	Emma	49
58	Marguerite	49
60	Eva	46
61	Beulah	44
62	Blanche	41
63	Harriet	40
64	Pearl	38
65	Bessie	37
65	Ella	37
65	Geraldine	37
65	Ida	37
69	Ann	36
69	Erma	36
69	Fern	36
69	Loretta	36
73	Audrey	35
73	Betty	35
73	Laura	35
76	Irma	34
76	Jean	34
76	Lucile	34
79	Jessie	33
79	Verna	33
81	Beatrice	32
81	Charlotte	32
83	Marion	31
83	Norma	31
85	Arlene	30
85	Marcella	30
85	Sylvia	30
88	Alma	29
88	Olive	29
90	Hilda	28
90	Jane	28
90	Katherine	28
90	Minnie	28
94	Ellen	27
94	Jennie	27
94	Lola	27
94	Mae	27
94	Naomi	27
99	Sarah	26
100	Anne	25
100	Phyllis	25
100	Stella	25